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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka
Language: Russian (Русский) 
— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
Chto ty' izvolish` v kotle varit`?
— Kashiczu, matushka, kashiczu,
Kashiczu, sudary'nya, kashiczu!

— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
A gde ty' izvolil krupy' dostat`?
— Za morem, matushka, za morem,
Za morem, sudary'nya, za morem!

— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
Neshto svoej krupy' ne by'lo?
— Sornaya, matushka, sornaya,
Sornaya, sudary'nya, sornaya!

— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
A chem ty' izvolish` meshat` ee?
— Palkoyu, matushka, palkoyu,
Palkoyu, sudary'nya, palkoyu!

— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
A ved` kasha-to vy'jdet kruten`ka?
— Kruten`ka, matushka, kruten`ka,
Kruten`ka, sudary'nya, kruten`ka!

— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
A ved` kasha-to vy'jdet solona?
— Solona, matushka, solona,
Solona, sudary'nya, solona!

— Gosudar` ty' nash batyushka,
Gosudar` Petr Alekseevich,
A kto zh budet eyo rasxleby'vat`?
— Detushki, matushka, detushki,
Detushki, sudary'nya, detushki!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1861 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Aleksandr Alekseyevich Olenin (1865 - 1944), "Государь ты наш батюшка" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-21
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Word count: 148

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