Folk ballad, 17th-18th c.
The lyrics and music are folk according to the BNT Chrestomathy: Social Songs (Minsk, 1987). According to the folk method of blend (Lat. cantomination), the lyrics include plots and images of the next folk songs: "Spiavali ŭlany", "Jak pa našych paliach", "Syn na vajnu sabiraŭsia", "U čystym poli", "Ech ty polie majo". The text and melody adaptation is done by Zmicier Sasnoŭski. The text contains archaic mythological images of horse, falcon, raven, the third field, as well as tragic daily images. Mentioning Lancers as kind of troops allows dating the song back to the 17-18th c.