Shchedryk

Щедрий вечiр, Bountiful Evening ) is a Ukrainian shchedrivka, or New Year s carol. It was arranged by composer and teacher Mykola Leontovych in 1916, and tells a story of a swallow flying into a household to sing of wealth that will come with the following spring. Shchedryk was originally sung on the night of January 13, New Year s Eve in the Julian Calendar (December 31 Old Style), which is Shchedry Vechir.