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[jeff brooks]

The first can be found in many pre-revolutionary songbooks.  There were
hundreds of these published in the last decade of Imperial Russia. These
were urban songs particularly popular with the lower classes but familiar to
others as well.

Here are some titles, publishers, and dates of publication.


любила маруса дгуга своего. балаов. 1910. XVIс



шурин, а. я., маруса отравиласъ. бедная швейка. одесса. тип. я.х. шеран.

   1913. 16с



Маруся отравилась, сытин. 1912



Маруся отравилась       сытин 1915



Маруся отравилась      максимов  1911



Cheers,



Jeffrey Brooks




On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Jerry Katsell <jerry3 at roadrunner.com> wrote:

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>            Dear All,
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> My dad, who left Russia (Irkutsk) with part of our family when he was
> about ten (then two years in Harbin and Japan before coming to the US in
> 1925), remembered snatches of songs that I believe are from perhaps the
> provincial Russian theater or operettas. I wonder if someone out there
> among the Seelangtsy might identify them:
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> 1.      Marusia, ty, Marusia
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> Otkryvai tvoi glaza,
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> No doktor otvechaet,
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> Davnym davno umerla.
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> 2.      Ia Vam skazhu
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> Odin sekret,
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> Kogo liubliu,
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> Togo i net.
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>            Thanks,
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>            Jerry Katsell
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