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OJ TI VILO VELEBITA (VELEBIT: CROATIAN MAJESTY)

OJ TI VILO, VILO VELEBITA VELEBIT, CROATIAN MAJESTY
TI NASHEG RODA DIKA SYMBOL OF PRIDE FOR OUR RACE
TVOJA SLAVA JESTA NAMA SVETA YOUR GLORY, TO US, IS ALMOST HOLY.
TI VILO VELEBITA VELEBIT, CROATIAN MAJESTY
TI NASHEG RODA DIKA SYMBOL OF PRIDE FOR OUR RACE,
ZHIVILA PREMILA. ZHIVILA PREMILA. MAY YOU LIVE AND PREVAIL AS A
ZHIVILA, OJ PREMILA, TI VILO SVI HRVATA! SYMBOL OF CROATIANS
UNITED.

Submitter comment:

THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC

Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO

Keyword(s): CROATIA

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PATRIOTISM ; TAMBURITZA

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation

Date learned: 00001979CA