Denez Prigent - Gwerz Kiev (feat. Karen Matheson)-Breton/French/English/Ukrainian/Italian

Denez Prigent - Gwerz Kiev (feat. Karen Matheson) The Fair Use Policy applies to this video. Lyrics by Denez Prigent Gwerz Kiev relates the Holodomor, the famine that struck Kiev in the 1930s, with casualties estimated to four million. Lyrics, approximate English translation by the original uploader, hagakure90: 1 Hervé Saint-Patron of the Bards Gave me the inspiration He gave me the inspiration again To compose a song To compose a new song A Gwerz on famine On the large famine of Kiev, Ukraine That took away three million people That took away three million people By the order of one man 2 Woe, a thousand misfortunes, men in red Woe, woe, men in red in December When they came into the country To take away all our property To take away our animals and our wheat They left nothing at all And here we are in misery! 3 If a traveler asks the way to Kiev Tell him so: “Follow the ravens in
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