Ворон к ворону летит,
Ворон к ворону кричит:
,,Ворон, где б нам [отобедать]1 ?
[Как]2 бы нам о том проведать?``

Ворон ворону в ответ:
,,Знаю, будет нам обед;
В чистом поле под ракитой
Богатырь лежит убитый.

Кем убит и отчего,
Знает сокол лишь его,
[Да]3 кобылка вороная,
Да хозяйка молодая.

Сокол в рощу улетел,
На кобылку недруг сел,
А хозяйка ждёт милого,
Не убитого, живого.``

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¹ Medtner, Verstovsky: "пообедать" ("poobedat'")
² Viel'gorsky: "Что" ("Chto")
³ Aliabev, Verstovsky, Viel'gorsky: "И" ("I")

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• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1828, first published 1828 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, first published 1826 [text unavailable]
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• a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "The twa corbies", published by Sir Walter Scott, as written down, from tradition, by a lady, from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 3, James Ballantyne, Edinburgh, first published 1803
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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 Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Два ворона", published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Два ворона", op. 7 (Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (1913 - 2004), "Два ворона" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Evgeny Ivanovich Bukke (1877 - 1920), "Шотландская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko (1896 - c1938), "Ворон к ворону", op. 20 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], also set in Ukrainian (Українська) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Шотландская песня", op. 71 no. 1 (1919-1920) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Ворон к ворону летит", op. 52 (Семь песен на стихотворения А. Пушкина (Sem' pesen na stikhotvorenija A. Pushkina)) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ivan Alexandrovich Pomazansky (1848 - 1918), "Шотландская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Ворон к ворону летит", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 11 (c1867), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
• by V. Ryabov , "Ворон к ворону летит", op. 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ilya Fyodorovich Tyumenev (1855 - 1927), "Шотландская песня" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aleksei Nikolayevich Verstovsky (1799 - 1862), "Два ворона", published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mikhail Yur'yevich Viel'gorsky (1788 - 1856), "Ворон к ворону летит", published 1828 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Yevgeniya Iosifovna Yakhnina (1892 - 1979), "Ворон к ворону летит" [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by A. Aleksandrova ; composed by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maria Bach.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anna Teichmüller.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851) [an adaptation] ; composed by Carl Banck.
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• Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Ivan Yakovych Franko (1856 - 1916) , "Шотландська пісня" ; composed by Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko .
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