Ot berezy k trem dubkam dolom cherez bor k granovitoj sosne – na mezhe churka staraja lezhit, v churke znakhar' Chur sokryt. Mordasten'kij, kudlasten'kij nosok – smorchek, a v volose, chto rog, torchit chertopolokh. `Ej ty, chur-churachek-churbachek, Chur menja chur! Nuzhen Churu glaz da glaz, kak raz ne promorgaj: chto ni chas – to beda; ni godina – napast' neminuchaja. Von vor – vyrvet churku vor! – Chur zashchurilsja, da khvat'… - Chur menja, chur! A ruki svedeny i sokhnut, kak kovyl': zabudesh' vorovat'. Na churke Chur zavodit zorkij glaz. Serdechnyj drug, postoj, ne zadremli… Kosa – Zvenit kosa, pojet i mashet, mashet tak – ljazg! Ljazg! po churbanu – Chur na dyby da za kosu… – Chur menja, chur! I vostraja izlomana, kosa moja, kosa, ne razmakhivajsja skósa. Na churake svernulsja Chur, khot' chutochku vskhrapnut': ot zor' do zor' i za lazorevu zvezdu na storozhe stojat', da spusku ne davat'. Bez pal'ca ruka, bez mizinca noga s bashkoj golova. `Ej ty, chur-churachek-churbachek, Chur menja, chur! Klad prisumnitsja, ne roj, Chura zovi, – znajet zarok… Von voron – Voron-kruk – kradetsja Korochun – kar, kar… Chur menja, chur! Chur: chrr! – i kruk za krug: krr-krr… Spasibo, Chur – chtob lopnul Korochun: ni dna jemu i ni pokryshki.
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Text 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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