ОЙ ДУБЕ, ДУБЕ / НАША ХИЖА
The label category “Ukrainian-Lemko Folksong” is retained as a historical commercial designation.
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A musician from Lemkovyna
Andrij (Andrii / Andrew) Barna came from Odrzechowa in historic Lemkovyna. The original American discs generally credit him as A. Barna, sometimes with Nicholas Potochak and other musicians. The fuller identification comes from research by Bohdan Horbal and Wladek Maksimovich, including information supplied by Odrzechowa musician and historian Ivan Maichyk.
Archival caution. Barna’s birth year is reported as 1894, but the July 20 and August 20 dates cited in the research disagree. The exact date remains unconfirmed. The printed record-company classifications — “Ukrainian,” “Lemko-Ukrainian,” “Ukrainian-Lemko,” and “Slovak” — are retained as evidence of historical marketing practices, not treated as final definitions of the performers’ identities.
These recordings are preserved for listening on LemkoHUB. The original disc labels shown below are archival objects in their own right. Recording dates and matrix details are based on supplied catalog research; labels alone do not verify every session detail.
Recordings and original labels
САМА Я РУЖУ САДИЛА / ЗАСПАЛА ДІВЧИНА ПІД ЛІЩИНОЮ
The label describes these selections as “Lemko-Folk Song.”
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В МОЇМ ГОРОДІ / МОЯ ПШЕНИЦЯ НЕ СХОДИТЬ
Village orchestra dance selections. “Пшениця” means wheat; the wheat is not sprouting.
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ПІГНАЛА ВОЛИ НА БУКОВИНУ / МАМА СЯ ЗЛОСТИТЬ
A dance and a mazurka. The Lemko reflexive ся may precede or follow the verb.
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ЛУЧКА ЗЕЛЕНА / ОДРЕХІВСЬКИЙ МІШАНИЙ ТАНЕЦЬ
The second title names Odrzechowa, the village associated with Andrij Barna. The two issues use differing Lemko-Ukrainian classifications.
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ТЕЧЕ ВОДА З ПІД ЯВОРА — ЧАСТЬ I / ЧАСТЬ II
A two-part folk song. OKeh labels say “Ukrainian-Lemko Folk Song”; Columbia says “Lemko-Ukrainian Folk Song.”
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ЯК ЄМ ИШОВ ВЧЕРА ВЕЧЕР / А ЧИЯ ТО ХАТА ЗКРАЮ
The labels credit A. Barna i Ko. and “Музика Д. Середа,” with singing and orchestra.
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ПРИЙШОВ ДО ДІВЧИНИ БУЛО В ПОНЕДІЛЕК / ДАЛИ СТЕ МА МАМУСЬ ЗА МОРЕ ШИРОКЕ
The original Side B label is preserved; in the interpretive transcription the family-language form is “Дали сте мiа, мамусь.”
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ПРОДАЙ МУЖУ ТОТІ БИЧКИ, КУПИ МЕНІ ЧЕРЕВИЧКИ / ПРОДАЙ МУЖУ ЧЕРЕВИЧКИ, КУПИ ЯКІ ТАКІ БИЧКИ
A two-sided comic exchange about oxen and shoes. Both labels credit A. Barna and Company, with D. Sereda in the performance credit.
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ДІВЧИНОЧКА НА ГРИБИ ХОДИЛА / А В ПРЕШОВІ В ПЕРШІМ ДОМІ
Ukrainian-series and Slovak-series issues. The Slovak labels read “Toto dievče na huby chodilo” and “Jeho prvý vojenský oblieк.” Matching matrices are supplied in the catalog metadata.
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Historical sources and preservation
Lemko Folk Music on Wax Cylinders (1901–1913) and American Records (1928–1930), Bohdan Horbal and Wladek Maksimovich (2008), provides a foundation for the biographical research. Ivan Maichyk and Mykola Tsupryk’s history of Odrzechowa and later Maichyk-family publications provide regional context. The individual records and label photographs document commercial issues in the United States and Canada.
Each HVP serial identifies a recording entry, not every commercial reissue separately. Some OKeh/Columbia and Victor Ukrainian/Slovak labels represent parallel issues of the same performances. No audio players or outdated plugins are embedded here.