by Anton Antonovich Delvig (1798 - 1831)
Dedushka! ‑‑ devicy
Language: Russian (Русский)
«Dedushka! -- devicy Raz mne govorili, -- Net li nebylicy Il' starinnoj byli?» -- «Kak ne byt'! -- unylo Krasnym otvechal ja, -- Serdce vas ljubilo, Tak chego ne znal ja! Bylo vremja! Gde vy, Gody zolotye? Kak plenjali devy V nashi dni bylye! Uzh oni -- starushki, No ot nikh poroju Mnogo na podushki Sljoz prolito mnoju. Dushu volnovali Ikh usta i ochi, Po ognju bezhali Dni moi i nochi.» «Dedushka! -- tolpoju Devicy vskrichali, -- Zhal' nam, a toboju Babushki igrali! Kak ne stydno! zlye Vot nad [kem shutili]1! Net, my ne takije, My b tebja ljubili!» -- «Vy b ljubili? Skazki! Very mne nejmjotsja! - I na nashi laski Dedushka smejotsja.»
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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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