Introducing The Ukrainians original acordionist & co-writer- all digital releases @ http://www.ukrainians.org.uk . I am Stepan, and I am known by my nickname "Ludwig" to many in Ukrainian diaspora circles. I was the original accordionist and co-songwriter in The Ukrainians for the Vorony, Kultura and The Smiths EP releases.About this song. Imagine a lonely mother in a Ukrainian village listening to it on a crackly old bit of vinyl on her old Soviet era gramophone player as the last child to leave home sings along to it in a far away land. It's a popular Ukrainian song about mother and child parting for ever, a common theme in Ukraine's often tragic history. My English version is here http://youtu.be/3Hdgxmbf6uoI thought it lends itself to Spanish guitar and French accordion interpretation quite nicely.