On by'l titulyarny'j sovetnik,
 Ona - general`skaya doch`;
On skromno v lyubvi ob``yasnilsya,
 Ona prognala ego proch`.

Poshyol titulyarny'j sovetnik
 i p`yanstvoval celuyu noch`.
I v vinnom tumane nosilas`
 pred nim general`skaya doch`!

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Note: "Titular Councilor" was the lowest rank of public servant in Tsarist Russia.

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Text Authorship:

• by Pyotr Isayevich Veinberg (1831 - 1908), no title, first published 1859 [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 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Титулярный Советник" [voice and piano], confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 2 times]

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• ENG English (Victor Han) , "Titular councilor", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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