Same song, dif words?

[Meredig, John]

And its хулиганская version:
>
> Я не знаю, я не знаю
> Ничего, ничего
> Ничeго не знаю, и не понимаю
> Хорошо! Хорошо!

The version I'm familiar with has всё равно, всё равно for the last line. Or for the really REALLY хулиганская version, at the very end you can substitute another word that rhymes with равно...

John Meredig
University of Evansville

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Same song, dif words?

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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