Ot berezy' k trem dubkam dolom cherez bor k granovitoj sosnѣ – na mezhѣ churka staraya lezhit, v churkѣ znaxar` Chur sokry't. Mordasten`kij, kudlasten`kij nosok – smorchek, a v volosѣ, chto rog, torchit chertopolox. E`j ty', chur-churachek-churbachek, Chur menya chur! Nuzhen Churu glaz da glaz, kak raz ne promorgaj: chto ni chas – to bѣda; ni godina – napast` neminuchaya. Von vor – vy'rvet churku vor! – Chur zashhurilsya, da xvat`… - Chur menya, chur! A ruki svedeny' i soxnut, kak kovy'l`: zabudesh` vorovat`. Na churkѣ Chur zavodit zorkij glaz. Serdechny'j drug, postoj, ne zadremli… Kosa – Zvenit kosa, poet i mashet, mashet tak – lyazg! Lyazg! po churbanu – Chur na dy'by' da za kosu… – Chur menya, chur! I vostraya izlomana, kosa moya, kosa, ne razmaxivajsya skósa. Na churakѣ svernulsya Chur, xot` chutochku vsxrapnut`: ot zor` do zor` i za lazorevu zvѣzdu na storozhѣ stoyat`, da spusku ne davat`. Bez pal`cza ruka, bez mizincza noga s bashkoj golova. E`j ty', chur-churachek-churbachek, Chur menya, chur! Klad prisumnitsya, ne roj, Chura zovi, – znaet zarok… Von voron – Voron-kruk – kradetsya Korochun – kar, kar… Chur menya, chur! Chur: chrr! – i kruk za krug: krr-krr… Spasibo, Chur – chtob lopnul Korochun: ni dna emu i ni pokry'shki.
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Authorship:
- by Aleksey Mikhailovich Remizov (1877 - 1957), "Чур", written 1907, appears in Посолонь (Posolon') [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Vladimir Alekseyevich Senilov (1875 - 1918), "Чур-чурачек" [sung text not yet checked]
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