by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831)
Dedushka! ‑‑ devicy'
Language: Russian (Русский)
«Dedushka! -- devicy' Raz mne govorili, -- Net li neby'licy' Il` starinnoj by'li?» -- «Kak ne by't`! -- uny'lo Krasny'm otvechal ya, -- Serdce vas lyubilo, Tak chego ne znal ya! By'lo vremya! Gde vy', Gody' zoloty'e? Kak plenyali devy' V nashi dni by'ly'e! Uzh oni -- starushki, No ot nix poroyu Mnogo na podushki Slyoz prolito mnoyu. Dushu volnovali Ix usta i ochi, Po ognyu bezhali Dni moi i nochi.» «Dedushka! -- tolpoyu Devicy' vskrichali, -- Zhal` nam, a toboyu Babushki igrali! Kak ne sty'dno! zly'e Vot nad [kem shutili]1! Net, my' ne takie, My' b tebya lyubili!» -- «Vy' b lyubili? Skazki! Very' mne nejmyotsya! - I na nashi laski Dedushka smeyotsya.»
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Text Authorship:
- by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831), "Песня", written 1820 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Дедушка" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Дедушка! девицы раз мне говорили" [sung text checked 1 time]
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