Kaby reki i ozjora slit by v ozero odno, A iz vsekh derev'ev bora sdelat' derevo odno, Topory by vse posplavit i otlit odin topor, A iz vsekh ljudej sostavit cheloveka vyshe gor, Kaby vzjav topor moguchij, `etot groznyj velikan `Etot stvol obrushil s kruchi v `etot more-okean, To-to gromkij byl by tresk, To-to shumnyj byl by plesk!
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Text Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987), "Кабы реки и озёра", op. 41 no. 2 (1944-1945), published 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Семь весёлых песен (Sem' vesjolykh pesen) = Seven Happy Songs, no. 2, Москва : Муз. фонд СССР [sung text checked 1 time]
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