The songs to which the English form has been given in the following volume have been taken mostly from Vuk Karadzic's invaluable collection:
Srpske Narodne Pjesme (Serbian National Songs). Karadzic, of whom the literary world has heard so much, is the father of modern Serbian
literature. He spent many years among the peasantsin collecting the national treasures : ballads, tales, proverbs, anecdotes and other folklore.