help with identifying a popular song

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Dear SEELANGers:

A student of mine is looking for the name of the composer, author or
performer of the Russian song "zontik."  It's a folksy song about the
inhabitants of a small town who don't know what umbrellas are.

I'd appreciate it if you could send any information about the song to me
off-list and I will pass it on to the student, who doesn't use e-mail.

Thanks very much for your help.

Ben Rifkin


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Benjamin Rifkin
Assistant Professor of Russian,
Coordinator of Russian-Language Instruction & Teacher Training
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI  53706

e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu
telephone:  608/262-1623, 608/262-3498
fax:  608/265-2814