Yale Women's Slavic Chorus - Shto Mi E Milo

[@Ppuffdiddleydangdoof]

This is a magic version of this song. it's more than fine singers and good acoustics. I think it's blessed. Listen for yourself!

[@bobbymkd457]

Macedonian sounds amazing and you girls are awesome! ❤️🇲🇰

[@purpurenMacedonia]

This is a MACEDONIAN song, it sings about a town in MACEDONIA, and it is in MACEDONIAN. It is a nice performance, but it pays tribute to the MACEDONIAN genius!

[@stivan81]

It is a part of the shared Bulgarian and Macedonian heritage.

[@voskreglavincevska7080]

​@@stivan81 Sutrinta !

[@drakceherakovic8256]

@@stivan81 No man, it is a pure serbian heritage. What are You talking about?

[@Glosuraban]

once again, a beautiful interpretation of an old Macedonian song, for those who don't know, it's about Struga, a town in south-west Macedonia.

[@karakamen]

You guys are gr8! Best regards from Macedonia!

[@papasitoman]

This is probably my favourite version.

[@roykosonen8197]

What a beautiful song, and what beautiful voices!

[@Eyologist1]

Beautiful singing! Thank you all so much for this!

[@elvisgavrilov]

Mnogu ubava Makedonska narodna pesna, BRAVO

[@saltapollo]

grace and Kindness of the women do not have nationality and gain all the wars, best!! BRAVE

[@ArorMak]

A beautiful Macedonian song sung by beautiful voices. The song sings about a girl wanting to have a shop in Struga (a town in Macedonia).

[@gosho0]

The song is Bulgarian written about the Bulgarian town Struga which is now in the communist-made country of N.M. The song was described in the Miladinovi brothers's textbook of Bulgarian folklore.

[@GayleMI]

Beautiful performance. You can tell that they love singing this song and it washes right over you. More!

[@rayshorten9280]

Although I do not actually speak any eastern European language, I learned this song an many others by rote from a sixties group, the Pennywhistlers. I recommend that group to you for more great Balkan music! I used to sing many of these songs to my kids.... it actually got them to sleep!

[@charlesgoldberg2171]

As did I: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJvZhKl9dtiIbck

[@Glosuraban]

beautiful interpretation of a beautiful macedonian song.

[@MakedonVojvoda]

Great performance of a beautiful macedonian song.Well done

[@emmarosemusic16]

I sang an upbeat version of this song in choir a few years ago and just recently found it on youtube again. This is such a beautiful version, the voices are just gorgeous, well done!

[@crazydesi1947]

the girls choir at my high school sang this like 5 years ago ...i've been trying to find this song forever!

[@YouDummy]

I fell in love with this song when I heard Kitka perform it on "A Prairie Home Companion", and it took my breath away. You all do an amazing job. Just beautiful!

[@Zdub212]

Fantastic. I don't care where it's from or what country wants to take credit for it, these girls performed beautifully.

[@wolfkafitz9461]

How I would like to have a shop In the town of Struga Hurry, young Kalino To sit by the door And watch the young girls of Struga go by Hurry, young Kalino As they fetch water With their brightly colored jugs Hurry, young Kalino And meet with their friends at the well Hurry, young Kalino. truly a wonderful song of youth. and a great rendition by lively youngsters, Thanx a lot!

[@rosilynking8439]

A Beautiful song sung by wonderful singers. Merci.

[@CatsinQuarantine]

Heart-breakingly beautiful... thank you for sharing your music.

[@RonPassfield]

Beautiful singing - it's sheer pleasure to hear your choir sing and have such fun doing it. There's something very special about experiencing harmony.

[@Pladask]

Beautiful. We use the same melody in Norway, only with the words "Har du barbert deg?", meaning "Have you shaved"? It's basically a song about shaving.

[@Lu3Zak]

surprise surprise, the love for our Slavic heritage comes from far far away - which we are forgetting but you help us remember ... well done, thank you

[@pasha6a]

@blozanovski I am Macedonian from Macedonia. This is a beautiful Macedonian song. You must be a grkoman.

[@flahiguera]

So beautiful. Thank you.

[@troyota1955]

The best--simply the best!!! You ladies rock it! As an A2, I especially love your strong bass line. How I wish I'd known about this group when I was at Yale (1970's)...might have spent my time better!

[@annekenlon]

My women's chorale group sings this same piece and you have helped me to rehearse - thank you so much! Your harmonies and joy in this sweet piece really come through. Have watched over and over again, singing along - thank you!

[@jeffl56]

Very nice job ladies.

[@kukunes]

Bravo devojki!!!

[@Chrisiant]

Very beautiful, and not a song I've ever heard before.

[@creativepod]

@blozanovski You know, it's a beautiful night were I live and I am in a fine mood. I came across this video and I was moved to tears by the sound of the girls' voices. What could be sweeter than people coming together in harmony. Maybe you know more about this song than I do, but for me, your comments don't matter. I enjoyed it and shared it with friends. I am so tired of people who complain....

[@mmaki72]

PREKRASNO !!! We want more!

[@cecosim]

Sitting in my German office, listening to music. Suddenly this song comes along and tears start pouring from my eyes. Touched my bulgarian heart like nothing else :)

[@SofiaIsRed]

Even though I'm in Bulgaria, when I hear the magical Bulgarian voice, my heart also starts crying because of the millions of Bulgarian hearts around the world seeking something that was always here... In Bulgaria! Пазете корена си и не бягайте далеч от него!

[@Kaitipoo]

Wow! What a great song

[@motokrack]

very nice ,

[@carlkaufman2429]

Stumbled upon this. Beautifully done. 14 thumbs down?!?! The world is full of crazy pointless people. And these ladies and people who create beautiful things, too : )

[@michelewortelaers]

nice song! i am trying to learn it to my students in Brussels !!

[@Ecoman365]

Bravo !!! A splendid performance of a famous BULGARIAN folk song from Macedonia ! Greetings to all BULGARIANS and friends of the BULGARIANS from an American descendant of BULGARIANS from Aegean Macedonia !

[@dannyneilmadsen]

I don't care if it's Macedonian or Bulgarian the harmony is so good it's downright spooky. These young ladies are really having a great time singing. As a barbershop singer I feel qualified to recognize great a cappella singing when I hear it.

[@aleksandarshindilovski4974]

Perhaps you don't care, but they're singing about Struga, and Struga is a town in Macedonia, so there's that.

[@ivanpetrov610]

Danny, sure it is a fantastic song and inspirational performance. And it is Bulgarian, no question about that. This Vardar Macedonia territory, heavily populated by Bulgarians, was given to Serbia in 1918. For over 100 years, we now have a different "identity" of locals. The song, however, it is older than that. As a Bulgarian who loves Macedonian folk songs, I can assure you it is a Bulgarian song. We are the same people who have been split for all the wrong reasons by the Balkan's trouble makers (Serbia). Here you are! Listen to "Болен мi лежи Миле ПопЙoрданов".

[@dannyneilmadsen]

@@ivanpetrov610 thanks for your reply after all these years. I still listen to Bulgarian harmony singing. I think that this harmonic style is somewhat outside the European tradition. I suspect it was influenced by the Indian tradition.

[@dannyneilmadsen]

@@ivanpetrov610 This is a new one I found: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJrSqXqep7SUb6c

[@BlazinBen1]

I always loved the translation of this song, it always made me wonder what sparked the person who wrote it to do so: How I would like to have a shop In the town of Struga Hurry, young Kalino To sit by the door And watch the young girls of Struga go by Hurry, young Kalino As they fetch water With their brightly colored jugs Hurry, young Kalino And meet with their friends at the well Hurry, young Kalino

[@iquirer]

Once again, the fact that Struga is in FYROM today, does not make the song any less Bulgarian. There are Bulgarian songs about Istanbul, but that doesn't make them Turkish! Daaaa! PS: A country by the name of "Macedonia" does not exist yet!!!

[@papasitoman]

"Turkey" didn't exist until recently. It's also been occupied by everyone from the British to the Greeks to the Persians to Turks etc. You are making it too simple.

[@iquirer]

Beautiful Bulgarian song! You, guys, are just great!!!!!!

[@hristosanesti]

Bravo, girls! :)

[@Glosuraban]

One of the most beautiful Macedonian songs. Macedonia is a small country with rich culture.

[@kppteam]

Really great! Regards from Bulgaria.

[@Galichanec]

Bravo girls !

[@susantaylorpoet]

Wow!

[@tiomoidofangle102]

Classmates of mine at Yale would sing this at the drop of a hat.

[@AmandaBennett__]

Joy to my ears

[@rosemooney5151]

i love them so much

[@timothyashworth7161]

Angelic.

[@skadivar]

True, yet I haven't up to this moment got any material about a possible Slavic origin of Alexander; as far as I know, his armor plate had the carving of a Medusa, a symbology only understood fully by some ophidian cults which some mediterranean peoples shared in secrecy... culturally Macedonians were more directed towards the Dorians... as far as I know...

[@skadivar]

and as this warriorlike culture is as admirable as were the Celts, the Norse, the Thracians (other forefathers to the Bulgarians that invented the Bastarnae, a sword that for me is only comparable to the Iberian Falx or the Japanese Katana) the Arabs or the Macedonians, you cannot call "barbarian" (a materialistic, anti-cultural term itself) a people that creates a music so wonderful and deep, so overwhelmingly charged with feeling yet so technically complex! You know what I mean...

[@avwel3827]

❤❤❤

[@bulgarianmimi]

I love you girls.

[@milatamila]

WAY TO GO, girls!! What an AMAZING PERFORMANCE! Seriously, if it didn't say 'Yale choir' I would have thought you were bulgarians. For the past half an hour I've been listening to this performance of yours and to 'Ergen deda' as well and I just can't get enough! You girls are amazing, keep doing the great job! Greetings from Bulgaria! :)

[@MakedonVojvoda]

What we (Macedonians) in common with the Bulgarians have is the great love to Macedonia...with the only difference that their is highly pathological. Wonderful performance and great song, but i couldn`t tell if the girls are coming from Bulgaria, USA, Macedonia... Everyone could learn a macedonian text, not just Bulgarians.

[@Elodian]

Wonderful singing! You should record an album,

[@gretibernhardt7921]

Why can' people just stop arguing what is Bulgarian and what is Makedonian? Just enjoy your music , lele maiko!

[@IstorTheMacedonian]

yea !! It is obvious. Macedonians spoke and speak Greek, not Slavic !!

[@gosho0]

Macedonia = Bulgaria Bulgaria = Macedonia One nation, two countries.

[@electronicbrainpan]

Macedonia + Bulgaria = Zimbabwe

[@Jamesdena]

Lovely Macedonian song from the beautiful town of Struga in south-western Macedonia. Very popular in all parts of Macedonia and abroad

[@njolakoski]

@ellischristoff Actually the song would include regionalism/dialect slang from the areas of Struga and Ohrid, in Macedonian, and not Bulgarian. Also Kalino is the girls name in the song, and not a descriptive adjective. Best Regards.

[@tanasissalvarinas3722]

TheMacedonian this

[@tanasissalvarinas3722]

TheMacedonian this is macedonian song period

[@StanislavaDaskalova]

Hey, I think I watched these girls in Slavi's Show...I'm almost sure it was them but...

[@lvandenakker]

Nice vocals:)

[@pilepetelkov]

2/.... След като се премине моста, отделящ Албания и България, се навлиза в Стружкото поле, което е почти изцяло обработвано и е много плодородно. Българите говорят славянски език и следват гръцки обред. На покривите на къщите им гнездят щъркели. Всички хора уважават птиците и смятат, че те носят късмет на тези, на чиито къщи гнездят. / Bernardo, Lorenzo. Journey of the Venetian Ambassador/

[@galimir]

pilepetelkov коя е годината на това?

[@galimir]

pilepetelkov аха сега видях

[@bobbymkd457]

Кога бевте фашисти се збогувавте засекогаш со вистината! Сега МРШ!

[@gumba609]

Прекрасна българска песен от Македония

[@isingsin]

if you like slavic stuff, you will surely dig this "Mechanical Forest" Hip Hop Rap Folk Industrial Beat Instrumental 2013

[@melanieenmats]

I learnt this song on the flute from a dear friend. I would love to learn the text to remember her. I found a partial text in the comments. Can anyone find the time to send the full text? thanks in advance!

[@mamayama2]

Here's a link to the lyrics AND translation AND sheet music AND chords (and a link to a pronunciation guide): www.travellersunion.org/music/stoMi.html Listen carefully to the song for pronunciation, as well...for instance where the lyric sheet writes "Sto" it's pronounced more like "Shto" (as the Yale gals wrote it). There's one of those little diacritical marks over the "S", but they left that out in the lyric sheet.

[@melanieenmats]

Thank you very much!

[@apocobring]

How I would like to have a shop In the town of Struga Hurry, young Kalino To sit by the door And watch the young girls of Struga go by Hurry, young Kalino As they fetch water With their brightly colored jugs Hurry, young Kalino And meet with their friends at the well Hurry, young Kalino That is the entire song.

[@glendagable]

does this woman sing the way you mean? Rosica Pejcheva on You Tube search. Have you heard of Kitka? These college ladies are doing great as compared to them, but thanks for letting us know about the tempo, etc. I would love to know the music for this song. Thank you for your information in comment above.

[@hillibillycat56]

The choir where I sung when I was a child now sings this song, great song. I also think that BG girls are the prettiest. I am a former boysinger.

[@LyeraNY]

beautiful vocals, girls!!! :)) yay bulgaria

[@operamusicfan]

The Moon is also macedonian.

[@87degreez]

MACEDONIAN SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@velichkov8009]

BULGARIAN DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@87degreez]

Десислав Величков Yes in your dream

[@qwghw]

@makkiwi All I meant to say was that the language in this song isn't standard Bulgarian or standard Macedonian, but could probably be taken to be a dialect of either. That doesn't mean I think it's Bulgarian (in fact, I'd rather believe it to be Macedonian). Also, the singer doesn't say he lives in Struga, a kazhuva deka saka da zhivee tamy, gi gleda devojkite, itn. znachi, duri ako pesnava e bugarska, Makedonija ushte e podobra zemja! :)

[@pentangle4444]

Pennywhistlers 1966!

[@dimit0]

@blozanovski if you are bulgarian is your own right dud' dont tell us what we are...if we were bulgarians, why did our grandfathers change their names in order to bulgarise them ? when bulgarians came in macedonia, the first thing they did is to change the name of the population in order to bulgarise them.....

[@joeshmo95]

MILO IS COMING TO YALE PREPARE YOURSELVES. BE VIGILANT.

[@elisabethbrechet7325]

tres beauu

[@makedonBULGAR]

BULGARIA LOVES YOU, GILRS!!!!!!

[@pilepetelkov]

В 1845 година руският славист Виктор Григорович описва Струга така: В Струга има една църква, посветена на Свети Георги, където има няколко ръкописни и старопечатни славянски книги. При църквата има гръцко училище. Жителите на града са българи и албанци мохамедани и християни. Григорович, Виктор. Очерк путешествия по европейской Турции, 1877

[@galimir]

pilepetelkov хехе...нещо мълчат макетата под твойте постове а?Ми кво да кажат-нищо не могат! ;)

[@artisste]

Look for The Mystery Of Bulgarian Voices on Facebook! =)

[@Faustobellissimo]

I suggest you listen at 0.75 speed.

[@sebastopol2002]

beatiful song, magnificent performance. it is sang in bulagarian? is there a score of it?

[@primikir67]

great bulgarian song. 5*****

[@skadivar]

So be careful about your vision of history, try not to be simplistic nor materialistic, try to just appreciate good art from wherever it comes! I live in Brazil, my whole family is from southern France, and since early age I was always been attracted irrationally towards Bulgarian culture, in particular the female choirs; Frithjof Schuon must have been listening to one of those songs when he wrote that Mathematical Rigor and Musical Harmony were the constituent threads of the Divine itself!

[@pilepetelkov]

Бѫлгарски народни пѣсни. Собрани отъ братья Миладиновци, Димитрıя и Константина и издадени отъ Константина. Въ Загребъ. Въ книгопечатница-та на А. Якича, 1861

[@galimir]

pilepetelkov хехе...те толкоз назад не помнят ,горките макета ;)

[@3pierluigi]

Que j'aimerais avoir Dans la ville de Struga, une boutique, ma belle. Lele varai mome, mome Kalino :Oh, hâte-toi, belle Kalino. Au pas de la porte, ma belle, je serai assis là, Et les filles de Struga, ma belle, je regarderai passer. Quand de l'eau, de l‘eau elles vont chercher. So tja stomni, mamo, stomni šareni: Avec leurs cruches, ma belle, leurs cruches multicolores. Na ovoj izvor, izvor studeni: À cette fontaine, fontaine froide, Là-bas, ma belle, où elles retrouvent leurs amis.

[@MakedonVojvoda]

dream on, dream on... "beautiful" was the only true word that you wrote.

[@pilepetelkov]

1/Но молям Вас, огласите, кои изпратих да ги раздадите со честниот ваш лист, споминвеещем нещо за песните и особено за западните во Македония болгари. Во огласот ми Македония назвах Западна Болгария (как и требит да се викат), защо во Беч (Виена) гърците се разпоряжват сос нас како со овци. Тие Македония сакает гърцка земя и не может даже да разберат како можит да не йе гърцка. А тамошните повике од два милиона болгаре що ке ги сториме?...

[@Osogovec]

@TheMadness4allofu If you're from Struga you must know history about Miladinovi brothers? What was the title of their main book- "Bulgarian folk songs",isn't it?.The serbs washed "bulgarian" from title page and from your brain but were not so clever to change the texts of the songs in the book where it is written at many places that people in Struga and around were Bulgarians when the brothers lived in 19th century.If you have not the original came to see in in National History museum in Sofia

[@StanislavaDaskalova]

That's great! How do they find the lyrics? Is there a Bulgarian who helps them?

[@skadivar]

Just a comment to the Macedonian guy... though I understand your concern about your culture, you make basic mistakes; that the bulgarians came from an ancient tribe in eastern russia it does not mean they are mongoloids, the spatial distribution of peoples is not so linear as official history claims; for instance, Sturlusson states that Ásaland, the tribe guided by Odin and the Drotnar, forefathers of the varangians, norse and danes,, was in the same "turkish" region of central asia; (cont.)

[@pilepetelkov]

1/В 1591 година венецианският посланик Лоренцо Бернардо пътува за Цариград през Македония и оставя любопитно описание на Струга: Струга, град в България на границата с Албания... Макар и да наричат Струга град, всъщност е по-скоро село и е първото селище в България след като се напусне Албания. През града тече малка река, която изтича от Охридското езеро, и която е извор на реката на Леш...

[@galimir]

pilepetelkov тоя Лоренцо ще да е бил татарски агент а?

[@danielm3670]

Wonderful. This is a Macedonian song, not Bulgarian.

[@iquirer]

Well, if you think your ancestors created this song, then you are Bulgarian. When this song was first sung near Vardar there were no FYROMians because, FYROM was created by Tito in 1944. Before that Macedonia was inhabited by Bulgarians and Greeks. Check the Miladinov Brothers' collection of Bulgarian folk songs in Macedonia.

[@qwghw]

@makkiwi Struga was part of Bulgaria for a long time, too. The language in this song is neither standard Macedonian nor standard Bulgarian. I agree that the caption of this video ("Bulgarian genius") really isn't correct, but only because you can't tell whether it's truly Macedonian or Bulgarian. Either way, it's beautiful, and both Bulgarians and Macedonians should be equally proud that they have such beautiful languages and songs.

[@Osogovec]

@makkiwi Не отричам че песента е македонска ,но Македония е географска област попадаща на територията на три държави- България,Гърция и Македония в която славяните говорят на български, имат български обичаи,песни и история до 1878 г.Така че македонските песни са и български,както са български и добруджански, родопски,тракийски,шопски,странджански и др песни. Реп.Македония е независима страна и България я подкрепя,но езика на песента е български и тя си остава българска независимо от политиката

[@makedonBULGAR]

@Ordanco1981 ahahaha

[@Fjohnny]

what a nice... i love slavic. whatever they are communist or not, i don`t care.

[@Glosuraban]

it's NOT a bulgarian song it's a MACEDONIAN SONG, google Struga and u'll see it's a town in MACEDONIA.

Great job of breaking down the stereotype of southeastern European are past nationalism. I’m sure your response will deny that but you know I’m right.