by Alexei Vasilyevich Timofeyev (1812 - 1883)
Baba staraja
Language: Russian (Русский)
«Zalomlju nabekren' šapku barchatnu; Zagužu, zabrenču v gusli zvonkie! Pobegu, poleču k krasnym devuškam! Proguljaju s utra do polunoči! Propiruju s zari do nočnoj zvezdy, Pribegu, prileču s pesnej, s posvistom! Ne uznaet menja Baba staraja!» «Polno, polno tebe pochvaljat'sja, knjaz'! Mudrena ja, toska, ne schoroniš'sja! V černyj les prevrašču krasnych devušek, V grobovuju dosku gusli zvonkie, Issušu, izorvu serdce bujnoe, Prežde smerti sgonju tebja so svetu! Izvedu ja tebja, baba staraja!»
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- by Alexei Vasilyevich Timofeyev (1812 - 1883) [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), "Баба старая" [sung text checked 1 time]
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