Origins of Puskai pogibnu...

[ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN]

The song beginning "Puskai pogibnu...," the subject of an inquiry by^M
Tony Qualin and comments by Emily Tall, was indeed sung by
Theodore Bikel on his record _Songs of a Russian Gypsy_.  It's
called "Kogda ia p'ian" and is included in his 1960 songbook
_Folksongs and Footnotes_ in a version described as "[a]rranged,
adapted, and translated by Theodore Bikel" with a 1959 copyright
by Nina Music Corporation.
        I have sent a copy of the text to Tony and Emily and would
be happy to do the same for anyone who would like it.  (Don't hit
the "reply" button:  write me at <rar at slavic.umass.edu>.)  Posting
the whole text here might violate the copyright.
                                                 Bob Rothstein