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elizabeth  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I collect old folk songs from Europe. Which can you recomend?

How about Bubamara ? Or is it in your list under a different name? Apparently the song was a traditional Serbian song which was translated into Romani by Dragan Ristic. I don't know much about it apart from the fact that it sounded great in "Black cat, White cat" by Kusturica. I'll go look for more songs, i love folk music :)

We have a great band in town called "Roma Carnivale" that do a great take on Bubamara. It's a bit more hardcore than usual: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBZ3TPaz5VU

Update:

Ukrainian

Горіла сосна, палала and This version by Воплі Відоплясова is my favorite. It's a great band.

Ой ти, Галю, Галю молодая

Ти ж мене пiдманула

Червона рута

Ой, чорна я си чорна

Russian

очи черные

катюша

Polish

Hej Sokoly (I think the Ukranians have this song too)