Same song, dif words?

[Mark Kingdom]

Love it! Those are great!


On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Melissa Smith <mtsmith02 at ysu.edu> wrote:

> 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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