Midshipman Oleksiy Lakei immigrated from Ukraine just a few years ago. He still has family in Ukraine. While on their Spring Break Concert Tour, he asked if he could teach the Glee Club a folk song, "Plyve Kacha" - sung here to a deeply moved audience. Our thoughts are with all those suffering in Ukraine and throughout the world in conflict.

Translation:

Oh, duckling floats on Tisyna
Duckling floats on Tisyna.
My mother, don't swear me,
My mother, don't swear me.

Oh, if you will swear me at dark hour,
If you will swear me at dark hour.
I don't know where I'll die,
I don't know where I'll die.

Oh, I'll die on foreign lands
I will die on foreign lands.
Who will prepare a grave for me?
Who will prepare a grave for me?

Oh, another people will prepare,
Strangers will prepare.
Won't you regret, mother?
Won't you regret, mother?

Oh, my son, how could I not regret?
My son, how could I not regret?
You were laying on my heart,
You were laying on my heart.

Oh, duckling floats on Tisyna
Duckling floats on Tisyna.

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