by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Oj, kaby' Volga‑matushka da vspyat`...
Language: Russian (Русский)
Oj, kaby' Volga-matushka da vspyat` pobezhala! Kaby' mozhno, bratcy', nachat` zhit` snachala! Oj, kaby' zimoyu czvety' rasczvetali! Kaby' my' lyubili da ne razlyublyali! Kaby' dno morskoe dostat` da izmerit`! Kaby' mozhno, bratcy', krasny'm devkam verit`! Oj, kaby' vse baby' by'li b molodicy'! Kaby' v polugare pomen`she vodicy'! Kaby' vsegda charka doxodila do rtu! Da kaby' prikazny'x po boku da k chertu! Da kaby' zveneli zavsegda karmany'! Da kaby' nam, bratcy', da svoi kaftany'! Da kaby' golodny'j vsyakij den` obedal! Da batyushka b czar` nash vsyu 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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