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KALINKA

(Russian folk song; learned from Theodore Bikel record in about 1958)

Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka maya
V'sadu yagoda, malinka malinka maya
    Akhi pod sosnoyu, pod zhelenoyu,
    Spat polozhitye vi menya,
    Ay, ljuli, ljuli, ay, ljuli, ljuli,
    Spat polozhitye vi menya,

Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka maya
V'sadu yagoda, malinka malinka maya
    Akhi sosyonushka ti zhelenaya
    Nye shumi zhe nado mnoy
    Ay, ljuli, ljuli, ay, ljuli, ljuli,
    Nye shumi zhe nado mnoy

Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka maya
V'sadu yagoda, malinka malinka maya
    Akhi krasavitsa, dusha devitsa
    Poljubi zhe ti menya,
    Ay, ljuli, ljuli, ay, ljuli, ljuli,
    Poljubi zhe ti menya,

Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka maya
V'sadu yagoda, malinka malinka maya!

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)