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Evo zore, evo dana

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"'Evo zore, evo dana'" (English translation: 'Here comes the dawn, here comes the day') is a Croatian marching song first used by the fascist Ustae. It was written after the Black Legion's battle for Kupres in the summer of 1942.

The Black Legion fought off the attack by the Montenegrin Chetniks of Pavle urii and Tito's Partisans. The name refers to the time between the dawn and full daylight when the Black Legion (Crna Legija) surprised both forces with a counterattack that drove them out of Kupres and its surrounding area. Its lyrical origins are unclear, but some unsourced claims state that it was written by an anonymous poet from Herzegovina. However, other sources contend that its authors were a small group of the Ustae soldiers of Jure Franceti and Rafael Boban who sang the lyrics to the melody of the song "Oj kupreko Ravno poljce" (Oh Kupresian flat field), which is also about the Kupres battle. The lyrics, translated to English, are as follows:

There are more than 40 verses in the original song, but only seven or eight are usually sung.

The seven or eight commonly known verses are these:

Other verses include these:

In 1992, the new version of this song was performed by Draen Zei from the album 'Evo zore, evo dana' during the Croatian War of Independence.

Category:1942 songs

Category:Ustae songs

Category:Independent State of Croatia

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