Video: 'Byla Mene Maty/My Mother Beat Me' Ukrainian folk song

"My Mother Beat Me" is a Ukrainian folk song Baba's mother passed on to her, as is traditional. When Raisa recently visited her mother in a nursing home, she brought along the lyrics Mom had handwritten so many years ago. The two of them sang together, and for a few minutes, Mom's dementia retreated. She knew every word, and remembered teaching it to Raisa as a little girl. Seeing her own handwriting seemed to trigger her memory, as well.

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