Same song, dif words?

[Melissa Smith]

SOME of the kind have stuck in my mind since olden days in Russian 
classes. A humble beginning:

Братец Яков, Братец Яков
Спишь ли ты, спишь ли ты?

.....
Артышоки, артышокии
И миндаль, и миндаль
Не растут в Европе, Не растут в Европе
Очень жаль, Очень жаль.

And its хулиганская version:

Я не знаю, я не знаю
Ничего, ничего
Ничго не знаю, и не понимаю
Хорошо! Хорошо!

Mark Kingdom wrote:


>Hi All,
>
>I'm trying to compile a list of American/English tunes that Russian kids
>would know, either because:
>
>A)... they sing the English tune itself (they way everyone in Russia 
seems
>to know "Happy Birthday" and most kids here seem to know "Jingle 
Bells"), or
>
>
>B) ... because it is also a Russian tune with its own words. Take for
>example, the French song Frere Jacques*: *We have the same tune in 
English,
>but we call it "Are You Sleeping?" (If memory serves, "Twinkle Twinkle"
>(also The Alphabet Song) was originally a French tune as well.) In other
>words, are there Russian versions of Mary Had A Little Lamb, or Hot 
Cross
>Buns, Row Your Boat, London Bridge...*any* of these or similar kids' 
songs?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mark
>
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Melissa T. Smith, Professor
Department of Foreign Languages and 
Literatures  
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
Tel: (330)941-3462

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