Published on 03/21/2021

Branko Žuvela Dodo is the author of Croatian song "Sjećanje na Velu Luku" (Remembering Vela Luka), that almost every Croatian knows. Most of them think that it is a folk song. Vela Luka is a lovely Croatian town on the island of Korčula, where the author of the song was born. It is interesting that there exists a Czech version of the song (Krasne s tebou žit). This version was published on YouTube by late David Byler (on the photo), collaborator of the CROWN, who prepared the accompanying video.

Remembering Vela Luka - Sjećanje na Velu Luku, eternal song by Branko Žuvala Dodo

Sjećanje na Velu Luku by Branko Žuvala Dodo,
translated from Croatian language into Czech; video prepared by David Byler

Branko Žuvela Dodo is the author of Croatian song "Sjećanje na Velu Luku" (Remembering Vela Luka), that almost every Croatian knows. Most of them think that it is a folk song. Vela Luka is a lovely Croatian town on the island of Korčula, where the author of the song was born.

It is interesting that there exists a Czech version of the song (Krasne s tebou žit). This version was published on YouTube by late David Byler, 8th generation Croatian-American, collaborator of the CROWN, who prepared the accompanying video.

Song by Branko Žuvela Dodo interpreted by Oliver Dragojević (1947-2018)