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THE KOBZAR OF THE UKRAINE
Out spake Taras Traselo
With bitter words and true,
"That they trampled on Ukraina
For sure the Poles shall rue."
Out spake Taras Traselo,
Out spake the eagle grey.
Rescue for the faith he wrought,
Well indeed the Poles he taught.
"Let's make an end of our woe.
Arise, my gentle comrades, all
Upon the Poles with blows we'll fall."
Three days of war
did the land deliver,
From the Delta's shore
to Trubail's river.
The fields are covered
with dead, in course,
But weary now
is the Cossack force.
Now the dirty Polish ruler
Was feeling very jolly,
Gathered all his lords together,
For a time of feast and folly.
Taras did his Cossacks gather
To have a little talk together.
"Captains and comrades,
My children and brothers,
