Ukrainian kids singing, "Why, why, why?"

I was an English teacher in a western Ukrainian village called Dubove. I asked some of the 6th graders in the schoolyard to sing for me. So this is what they sang!

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[tynechka]

And this is not in the least bit Russian. This is pure, as clean as it can get traditional Ukrainian.

And Russian is spoken everywhere in Ukraine, even in the most Ukrainian regions. And to insinuate that the Karpathian mountains is a "russian area" is like saying North America speaks swahili. Well not that intense, (As I'm sure these kids do indeed know how to converse "po ruske". If you aren't good at Ukrainian, don't pretend to know what's going on, and then attempt to defend it.

[geoffds]

Note: I posted this video.

The Karpathian mountains aren't a "Russian area" per se. But it is a fact that they are less ethnically Ukrainian, less nationalistic and far more Russified than Galicia Western Ukraine (which makes sense because Zakarpattya's history differs greatly). I lived in Dubove for two years, which had a surprisingly large Russian minority. Another case in point: 67% voted for Yushchenko in 2004, whereas he won the rest of the Western oblasts with 90-95% of the vote.

[MrOolala]

YES IT IS CAUSE AM FROM RUSSIAN FROM KAZAKSTAN AND THEY SAY CHO CHO CHO MEANS WHY WHY SO BUZZ OFF

[maksymvaskiv1]

Hi!

I was born in Dubove. Nice video.

When were You there? Where are You now?

USA? Or Canada?

[124RAMBO]

Любіть Україну, усім серцем любіть...

[124RAMBO]

u are stupid like your stupid canadian. u need sometimes visit ukraine becouse not every single region speak russian, go to city Lviv and speak there they will kick your fat ass, also western ukraine very well speak ukrainian, yes they undurstand russian languague, but the speaks ukrainian...

[geoffds]

Чом, чом, чом, Земле моя,

Так люба ти мені, так люба ти мені,

Чом, чом, чом...

[geoffds]

Yeah, it's funny that every house in Dubove is either really big or way too small. There's no such thing as a middle-sized house there.

[CurlyandSmile]

I live in TransCarpathian region and I sang this song in school's choir. Dubove is situated in rich Tyachiv district. There are SUCH BIG houses...

[tynechka]

No reason to further speculate. It is Chom, which is a shortened version of "Chomu?" [why?] which has been mentioned previously. Chom is very common in many Western-Ukrainian songs, and comes from the dialects in that area (zakarpattya). I at least can name 3 other songs off the top of my head that use chom as an abbreviated Chomu. This is not even a contest. And tsyom? Should be spelt tsyom. Kiss sounds nothing like chom. If you say chom to say kiss, please stop and do not teach your children.