Klimu Voroshilovu pis'mo ja napisal: Tovarishch Voroshilov, narodnyj komissar! V Krasnuju armiju v nyneshnij god, V Krasnuju armiju brat moj idjot! Tovarishch Voroshilov, ty, verno, budesh' rad, Kogda k tebe na sluzhbu pridjot moj starshij brat. Narkom Voroshilov, jemu ty doverjaj: Umrjot on, a ne pustit vraga v Sovetskij kraj! Slyshal ja, fashisty zadumali vojnu, Khotjat oni razgrabit' Sovetskuju stranu. Tovarishch Voroshilov, kogda nachnjotsja boj – Puskaj naznachat brata v otrjad peredovoj! Tovarishch Voroshilov, a jesli na vojne Pogibnet brat moj milyj – pishi skoreje mne! Narkom Voroshilov, ja bystro podrastu I vstanu vmesto brata s vintovkoj na postu!
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Text Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by Leib Moiseyevich Kvitko (1890 - 1952) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pavel Semyonovich Akulenko (1904 - 1960), "Климу Ворошилову письмо я написал...", 1938 [ voice and instrumental ensemble of balalaikas ], A small boy writes a letter to marshal Klim Voroshilov and swares to fight for the Motherland [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Письмо Ворошилову", op. 23 (Три песни (Tri pesni) = Three Songs) no. 1 (1936), published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Muzgiz, 1936 [sung text not yet checked]
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