Murka (p.s.)

[ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN]

I should have mentioned that the text of "Murka" that I posted was
taken from the collection _V nashu gavan' zakhodili korabli_,
compiled by Eduard Nikolaevich Uspenskii (author of _Krokodil
Gena_ and other wonderful children's books) and Eleonora
Nikolaevna Filina (M.:  Omega/Denis Al'fa, 1995).  Upon checking
with the record, I realized that the text is close to part of
the version sung by Yulya Whitney, but far from identical to it.  She
sang it on her last record, _Yulya Sings Songs of Russian Street
Urchins/Pesni bezprizornikov_ (Monitor MFS 759), which was released
around 1966, a year after she died.
                                        Bob Rothstein