Siałem proso na zagonie (Ive sowed a millet patch) is a popular lyrical wedding song from the Wielkopolska Region, performed on the way from home to church (a so-called transit song).
In the olden days love and marriage rarely went together. And although young people fell in love with each other, exactly as they do now, a formalised union was mainly a matter of economics. The choice of a bachelors wife was up to the parents, and the community watched very closely to make sure there was no misalliance. As a result, for all the throes of love, lovers most often tied the knot with someone who wasnt close to their heart.
This piece combines two songs with a similar theme, Polish and Ukrainian ( ). Its no accident that the latter has found its place on this record its a song Dana learnt from her grandfather Ivas Dyakun.