The Volga Boatmen's Song - Ivan Rebroff
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THE VOLGA BOATMEN's Song
By Ivan Rebroff
Ey ukhnyem! Ey ukhnyem!
Yeshtsho razik, yeshtsho da ras!
Razovyom mý byeryozu,
razovyom mý kudryavu!
Aida da aida, aida da aida,
razovyom mý kudryavu!
Ey ukhnyem! Ey ukhnyem!
Yeshtsho razik, yeshtsho da ras!
Mý po byereshku idyom,
pyesnyu solnýshku payom!
Aida da aida, aida da aida,
pyesnyu solnýshku payom!
Ey ukhnyem! Ey ukhnyem!
Yeshtsho razik, yeshtsho da ras!
Ekh, tý Volga, mat'-ryeka,
shiroka i gluboka!
Aida da aida, aida da aida,
shiroka i gluboka!
Ey ukhnyem! Ey ukhnyem!
Yeshtsho razik, yeshtsho da ras!
The Volga Boatmen's Song.
The Song of the Volga Boatmen is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev, and published in his book of folk songs. It is a genuine barge-haulers' shanty. Balakirev published it with only one verse (the first). The other two verses were added at a later date. The song, also called The Volga Burlak's Song, was inspired by Repin's famous painting, Burlaks on the Volga, depicting the suffering of the people in the depth of misery in Tsarist Russia.(See scroll pic)
The song was popularised by Feodor Chaliapin, and has been a favourite concert piece of bass singers ever since. Glenn Miller took the song to #1 in the US charts in 1941.
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