Released 1837 | ||
More Sokol Pie (English: Behold a Falcon is Drinking) is a traditional song from the Balkans, particularly popular in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. There are several version of this song. Probably the earliest record of an early version of this song was in 1837, by Serbian author Petar Petrović Samopodlužanin. The song was recorded by Podlužanin from Bulgarian immigrant in Serbia and in the text occur Serbian language influences made either by the recorder or by the informant. Many other versions of this song with motif of falcon drinking water from Vardar were published at the beginning of the 20th century in Serbia (i.e. Serbian: Соко пиле и Вардаринка Дока) and Bulgaria. Numerous performers of this song include Toše Proeski, Hanka Paldum, Kostadin Gugov, Aleksandar Sarievski, Nikola Badev, Slavi Trifonov, Volodya Stoyanov and "Episode" group.
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Bulgaria
The first performer of the song is Bulgarian singer Baba Nastia Pavlova. Her record is from 1940. Then the song was recorded by Bulgarian singers Mary Kokareshkova and Teodora Ivanova. After them a stereo recording was made by singer Lyuben Bozhkov. The song is also included in many compilations with Bulgarian singing folklore.
Macedonia
Full title of the song is: More Sokol Pie voda na Vardarot (English: Behold a Falcon is Drinking water from the Vardar). Vardar is river in Macedonia.