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Oy Shope: Bulgarian Folk Lyrics by Romy Luchini is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This folk song describes a group of Shopi men from Bulgaria. It notes that they wear sheepskin hats on their heads, carry wooden staffs in their hands, and have pigskin shoes on their feet. It mentions that no matter where they go, they are higher than Mount Vitosha and deeper than the Iskar River. A woman named Bojana challenges this, saying that Pirin Mountain is higher and the Danube River is deeper. The Shopi men do not listen, instead just nodding their heads and continuing their song about being the h

Author

Romy Luchini

Language

EN