Russian Drinking Song

[Alina Israeli]

For some strange reason, the proverbial song of the drunks is "shumel  
kamysh, derev'ja gnulis'" http://pesni.retroportal.ru/np3/38.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZpekgwo7RI

(there are other versions of it on youtube)

On Feb 20, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Brian Johnson wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A friend of mine is directing a play for Bedlam Theatre in  
> Minneapolis, and
> she has this stage direction in the script: "she bursts into Russian a
> drinking song." Any suggestions for an appropriate musical number?
> Please reply off list to brianrjohnsonphd at gmail.com (or on list if  
> you feel
> this is of interest to the larger community).
>
> Thanks,
> Brian R. Johnson
>
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Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
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