The rise of
Pan-Slavism in the 19th century led to calls for unity within the South Slavic people, including Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Proponents of the movement believed in unifying the South Slavic people through similarities in their language, culture, and ethnicity. It was during this time in
Prague that the
Sokol movement was founded and quickly spread throughout the Slavic lands. The
sokol () would become a popular motif in national songs and writings during both the times of
Austria-Hungary and the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia. One of the earliest writings of the song were found in the 1919 journal
Jugoslavenska Njiva, where the local people were described as singing "Zovi, samo zovi" along with "" and "". Other lyrics were not combined together until years later. "Jugoslavska mati" (
Yugoslavia mother) appeared separately at first, then was combined with "zovi, samo zovi". Various regions of Yugoslavia were added into the lyrics, including those in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. == Croatian lyrics==