Na obali reke...

"Na obali reke..." (Serbian Cyrillic: "На обали реке...", lit. "On the Riverbank...") is an adapted folk song performed by Veselin Grujić - Vesa.

"На обали реке..."
Song by Веселин Грујић Веса
from the album Добро јутро, мој Србине
English title	On the Riverbank...
Released	1992 (1992)
Genre	Novokompovana
Length	5:29
Label	PGP RTS
Producer(s)	Бранко Маринковић-Лалић

Music and lyrics

The song is an adapted version of the song, "Na obali Drine". Originally written by Rade Jovanović and composed by Zaim Imamović, the song was initially released on a single in 1960. Performed by Mile Petrović and Zaim Imamović, it was originally about a Partisan mother mourning the loss of her son who was killed and thrown in the Drina. This reworked changes the mom from being Partisan to Serbian. This version explicitly states that the son was shot and killed by Ustaša forces and was thrown into the river. The song is also about two minutes longer.

Lyrics

Lyrics: Na obali reke, jednog mutnog dana, Srbinova majka stoji uplakana gleda mutne vale i proliva suze pita hladnu reku što joj sina uze Sećaš li se, Drino, na godinu ratnu kad pogibe junak, za slobodu zlatnu ustaške mu puške srce razniješe a tvoji ga, reko, vali odniješe Huči mutna reka, viju se oblaci, majka stručak ruža u valove baci nosi mutna reko, ružu utrganu pa zakiti sinu grobnicu neznanu Reko, mutna reko, mutna razlivena ti si mome sinu grobnica ledena kaži meni, kaži gde mi čedo spava gde mi skrivaš, reko, sina Milovana

Lyrics (English): [TBA]