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Thread #14182   Message #1344222
Posted By: GUEST,John in Brisbane
01-Dec-04 - 07:53 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Dark Eyes / Ochi Chornya
Subject: Lyr Add: RUSSIAN LULLABY (Irving Berlin)
I came across another song of quasi Russian backgroung with a liberal dressing of ragtime from the pen of Irving Berlin. The tune can be found at THIS LOCATION :


RUSSIAN LULLABY
by Irving Berlin
Copyright © 1927 by Irving Berlin

Where the dream-y Vol-ga flows, there's a lone-ly Russ-ian Rose,
Gaz-ing ten-der-ly down up-on her knee,
Where a bab-y's big brown eyes glis-ten, listen,
Ev-'ry night you'll hear her croon a Russ-ian lul-la-by,
Just a lit-tle plain-tive tune, when ba-by starts to cry,
Rock-a-bye my ba-by,
Some-where there may be a land that's free for you and me
and a Russ-ian lul-la-by.

Regards, John