"Marjane, Marjane" ( lit. "Marjan, Marjan") is a

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n song from Dalmatia. The name refers to the

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which overlooks the largest city of Dalmatia,

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, and on which the main (large) city flag is raised. It originates from a folk song sung in the city during the late 1930s, which was first recorded by the poet

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. Its melody was also used for the

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n patriotic song ''Janez, kranjski Janez'' (John, John of Carniola). During

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the song (with somewhat expanded wording) became very popular among the

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. The original song was played on the radio of the Nazi-puppet

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, the ''Croatian Radio'' (''Hrvatski krugoval''). The original lyrics serve as the official festive song of the city of Split. The song, being traditional, does not have a strictly defined ending, so its ending has changed through time and ideologies. Numerous artists have recorded the song.

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included it in their 1989 release ''Hrvatska pjesmarica''. Trio Gušt released a version with new lyrics in 2009.

Original (core) lyrics

Historical full versions

Partisan version

In later versions, from the beginning of the

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until the

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in 1948, the stanza with the reference to Stalin was no longer popular and became used less and less. It was revived in the 1970s nationalist version, with "

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" replacing "Stalin" in the wording. The first two stanzas of this version are featured in the

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-nominated motion picture ''

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''.

Contemporary version

This is the version more widely known in post-1989 Croatia. One of its first large scale performances was on May 30, 1990 by the Croatian singer Duško Lokin. It is often sung by

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, the supporters of the Split football club, HNK Hajduk.{{cite web, url=http://www.hnkhajduk.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=35, title=NAVIJAČKE PJESME , work=Hnkhajduk.com , date=2005-03-06 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324013650/http://www.hnkhajduk.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=35, archivedate=2006-03-24

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