strange request

[mikhail lipyanskiy]

thanks!
this is what we found out - it was written by Boris Rubashkin - a son of 
russian emigrants born in Sofia. it made him famous - and then was 
popularized by Rika. he used the popular russian tunes of Katusha and 
Dubinushka as the base for the score.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FRISON Philippe" <Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:06 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] strange request


> Here is the words of the song in French:
>
> http://gauterdo.com/ref/cc/casatchok.html
>
> Here is a Rika Zarai performance on YouTube:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_lVBqFcO2I&mode=related&search=
>
> The much more romantic Russian words I know for the music
> (http://www.prazdnik.by/essential/songs/war/katusha)
> have nothing to do with the French...
>
> Are there several versions ?
>
> But "babushka" should be spelled "babouchka" in French)
>
> Best regards
>
> Philippe
> (Strasbourg, France)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of mikhail lipyanskiy
> Sent: jeudi 3 juillet 2008 04:02
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] strange request
>
> a colleague asked me if i could help him out with this
>
> quoting the request verbatim since i have no idea how to interpret it
> any
> better.
>
>
>
> "this is originally a russian song. I don't know the Russian title or
> words,
> but know some in French as we learned as kids. Here it goes:
>
> Babushka aporte du pain d'orge
> Ce qu'il y a du bon dans la maison
> La votka qui brule en peu la gorge
> Et quand to sera fini nus dancerons
>
>
>
> any chance you know it? Sorry for the bad French spelling"
>
>
>
> i have no clue... but am hoping someone here might?
>
>
>
> thanks in advance!!!
>
>
>
> ML
>
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