by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Oj, kaby Volga‑matuška da vspjat'...
Language: Russian (Русский)
Oj, kaby Volga-matuška da vspjat' pobežala! Kaby možno, bratcy, načat' žit' snačala! Oj, kaby zimoju cvety rascvetali! Kaby my ljubili da ne razljubljali! Kaby dno morskoe dostat' da izmerit'! Kaby možno, bratcy, krasnym devkam verit'! Oj, kaby vse baby byli b molodicy! Kaby v polugare pomen'še vodicy! Kaby vsegda čarka dochodila do rtu! Da kaby prikaznych po boku da k čertu! Da kaby zveneli zavsegda karmany! Da kaby nam, bratcy, da svoi kaftany! Da kaby golodnyj vsjakij den' obedal! Da batjuška b car' naš vsju pravdu by vedal!
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875) [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "Ой, кабы Волга-матушка" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "Ой, кабы Волга-матушка да вспять побежала!", op. 21 no. 4, published [1896] [ mixed chorus a cappella ], St. Petersburg, Wispolsky [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pavel Grigorevich Chesnokov (1877 - 1944), "Ой, кабы Волга-матушка" [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Ой, кабы Волга-матушка", op. 67 (Восемьнадцать стихотворении А.К. Толстого = Vosem'nadcat' stikhotvorenii A. K. Tolstogo (18 Poems of A. K. Tolstoy)) no. 1, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by S .V. Danchenko , "Ой, кабы Волга-матушка" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Aleksandrovich Kopylov (1854 - 1911), "Ой, ка-б Волга-матушка", op. 55 no. 5, published [1908] [ men's chorus a cappella ], Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
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