The crow
wish'd every thing
was black,
the owl,
that every thing
was white.
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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):
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- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Чёрное и белое", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 14
Vorona xochet,
chtob vsyo
by'lo chyorny'm,
sova -
chtob vsyo
by'lo bely'm.