2019.05.01.
The Black Raven - A Stray Friend Of Mine
Black raven, a stray friend of mine,Where you've been flying so far away?
Black raven, a stray friend of mine,
Where you've been flying so far away?
Where you've been flying so far away?
Black raven, you brought a white hand
With a golden ring to me.
Black raven, you brought a white hand
With a golden ring to me.
A white hand with a golden ring.
I came out, came out on my porch,
Slightly unsteady on my feet.
I came out, came out on my porch,
Slightly unsteady on my feet.
Slightly unsteady on my feet.
I recognized by my friend's ring,
Whose hand the raven held.
I recognized by my friend's ring,
Whose hand the raven held.
And it was the hand of my sweatheart.
See, he is killed in the war...
It was the hand of my sweatheart.
See, he is killed in the war...
He's killed, lying unburied
In a far and foreign land.
He's killed, lying unburied
In a far and foreign land.
In a far and foreign land.
A merciful man came there
He came around with a shovel.
A merciful man came there
He came around with a shovel.
The merciful man came.
He buried two hundred and forty people
He buried them in a same grave.
He buried two hundred and forty people
He buried them in a same grave.
And he put a cross on the grave, made of oak,
And he wrote on it.
And he put a cross on the grave, made of oak,
And he wrote on it:
'Here the russian heroes rest,
Glory to brothers Cossacks!
Here the russian heroes rest,
Glory to brothers Cossacks!'
Glorious heroes, you sleep, sleep
Rest in peace in the tomb's quiet.
Glorious heroes, you sleep, sleep
Rest in peace in the tomb's quiet.
Here you're safe from being dug up by animals
Safe from being pecked by a black raven.
Here you're safe from being dug up by animals
Safe from being pecked by a black raven!