Lyrics:

Be a good soldier, son, your mother loves you,
be a soldier for two or three days, then return home

O Serbia, dear mother, you fell very low,
won't you really wait for women to defend you

When they ask, you explain, in front of the officers,
I'm sorry, I have to go home, my mom told me

O Serbia, dear mother, you fell very low,
won't you really wait for women to defend you

As the heroes on the battlefield, with the rifle, lie bravely,
deserters, through the corn, flee to their mother

O Serbia, dear mother, you fell very low,
won't you really wait for women to defend you



Serbian latin:

Budi dobar vojnik sine, ljubila te mati,
budi vojnik dva-tri dana, pa se kući vrati

Oj Srbijo, mila mati, na niske si pala grane,
nećeš valjda dočekati da te žene brane

Kad pitaju, ti objasni, pred starešinama,
izvinete moram kući, rekla mi je mama

Oj Srbijo, mila mati, na niske si pala grane,
nećeš valjda dočekati da te žene brane

Dok junaci na bojištu s puškom hrabro leže,
dezerteri kroz kukuruz svojoj mami beže

Oj Srbijo, mila mati, na niske si pala grane,
nećeš valjda dočekati da te žene brane