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

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n song from

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. The name refers to the Marjan hill which overlooks the largest city of Dalmatia,

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, and on which the main (large) city

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is raised. It originates from a folk song sung in the city during the late 1930s, which was first recorded by the poet Ivo Tijardović. Its melody was also used for the

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n patriotic song ''Janez, kranjski Janez'' (John, John of

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). 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. Najbolji Hrvatski Tamburaši 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

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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 '' The Battle of Neretva''.

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 Torcida, 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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