The collection consists of verses collected in Canada from various pioneers from western Ukraine, and a collection of jokes, proverbs, New Year's verses and texts of other folk songs.

A collection of songs and customs collected from Alberta residents: Mariia Mykytiv, Hafiia Ianyshevs'ka, Iustyna Visniuk, Maria Husak, Marusia Kuz'o-Hura, Ol'ha Hladun, includes carols (koliadky i shchedrivky), spring songs (haivky), kolomyiky, religious songs, love songs, wedding songs, Easter songs, harvest songs, as well as descriptions of wedding customs and rituals.

The audio cassettes contain carols, shchedrivky, religious songs; wedding songs; folk songs; ballads; kolomyiky; obzhynkovi songs; Easter songs recorded by Myra Petriw from Ol'ha Hladun, Maria Kuzio-Hura, Iustyna Visniuk and Maria Husak.