Russian lyrics to song

Victoria Thorstensson thorstensson at WISC.EDU
Thu Mar 22 14:59:19 UTC 2007


Is "Na sopkakh Man'chzhurii" one of the songs from that war?

----- Original Message -----
From: Emily Diehl <diehl at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:06 am
Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian lyrics to song
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU


> Dear SEELANGS List Folks,
>  
>  Does anyone study the songs of the Russian army during the era of the 
> 
>  Russo-Japanese war?
>  A student, working in East Asia, sent me this question:
>  
>  So, according to one of the history textbooks I have to teach, there
>  was a song Russian soldiers would sing during the war with Japan in
>  the early 20th century. One of the lyrics went, "A Japanese is nothing
>  but a mosquito."
>  
>  She would like to confirm this and find out where to find the lyrics 
> (or 
>  music).
>  Please respond off-list.
>  Thank you.
>  Emily Diehl
>  diehl at rci.rutgers.edu
>  
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