Shepherd folk songs – labor folk songs. Abound with numbers and diversity. They irritate the heavy and lonely life of the shepherds in the mountain, in the middle of the harsh nature, far from the village, from its loved ones and comrades. The shepherd was exposed to many dangers, both of the wild beasts, also from natural element. In those circumstances, in the songs, he talks to his flock, the rotten leader, the sheep Rogus, with always faithful dogs, and all his feelings are expressed through the melody of the caval. The shepherds and their flocks were a common target and various robbery gangs, especially when the state administration was weak and ruled massive self-power. This phenomenon was very common in Western Macedonia, where more songs originate with this motive. Family and shepherd problems have been interconnected, and it also registered the song: … I was even a shepherd unmarried, / I was grining up to the mountain, / water I was drinking from the springs / and I placed under cold shadows. Marry, / Now you are passing the chicks, / in the cheekies, after the busts, / water you are dying after the barisher. Lit.: Kiril Penakliski, selected folklore papers, 2, Skopje, 1988; Marko Kitevski, Macedonian People’s Lirika (mythological, papers, family, humorous, love songs), Skopje, 2000; Macedonian People’s Lika, Choice, Reduction and Preface Dr Marko Kitevski, Skopje, 2002. M. Keith.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
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