Lyr Add: Gop So Smykom (Russ Underworld Song)

Subject: Lyr Add: Gop So Smykom (Russ Underworld Song)
From: GUEST,Volgadon
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 12:00 AM

A fun, upbeat (musically speaking) song about an unreformed and unpenitent crook.
In Odessa of the early 20th century, "gop so smykom" was a term for a special kind of crook, a fiddler who would be hired to play a party, but would contrive to get there only once everyone was plastered and then empty the house of all it's contents.
Good story, innit? I dunno if there was actually someone like that, but whoever it was has NOTHING to do with the song, despite what Eng language websites seem to say. The song isn't Ukrainian either, but comes from central Russsia.
It's old criminal slang for making a clean job of a mugging or breaking-and-entrying.
Being sent to the moon was a term for the death sentence.
Arkady Severny repeats the last three lines of each verse.
http://www.severnij.dp.ua/sound/Gop_so_smykom.mp3
http://a-pesni.golosa.info/dvor/gopsosmykom.htm

ÃÎÏ-ÑÎ-ÑÌÛÊÎÌ

Ãîï-ñî-ñìûêîì - ýòî áóäó ÿ,
Áðàòöû, ïîñìîòðèòå íà ìåíÿ:
Ðåìåñëîì ÿ âûáðàë êðàæó,
Èç òþðüìû ÿ íå âûëàæó,
È òþðüìà ñêó÷àåò áåç ìåíÿ.

Ðîäèëñÿ íà Ôîðøòàäòå Ãîï-ñî-ñìûêîì,
Îí ñëàâèëñÿ ñâîèì áàñèñòûì êðèêîì.
À ãëîòêà ó íåãî çäîðîâà,
È ðåâåë îí êàê êîðîâà,-
Âîò êàêîâ áûë ïàðåíü Ãîï-ñî-ñìûêîì!

Ñêîëüêî áû ÿ, áðàòöû, íå ñèäåë,
Íå áûëî ìèíóòû, ÷òîá íå ïåë.
Çàëîæó ÿ ðóêè â áðþêè -
È ïîþ ðîìàíñ ñî ñêóêè,
×òî æå, áðàòöû, äåëàòü, - ñòîëüêî äåë!

Åñëè ÿ íåïðàâåäíî æèâó -
Ïîïàäó ÿ ê ÷¸ðòó íà Ëóíó.
À ÷åðòè òàì, êàê â ðóññêîé ïå÷êå
Æàðÿò ãðåøíèêîâ íà ñâå÷å,-
Ñ íèìè ÿ ïîëøòîôà äîëáàíó!

 ðàþ ÿ íà ðàáîòó ñðàçó âûéäó,-
Âîçüìó ñ ñîáîþ ôîìêó, ëîìèê, âûäðó.
Äåíüãè íóæíû äî çàðåçó,-
Ê Áîãó â ãàðäåðîá çàëåçó,
ß òåáÿ íàìíîãî íå îáèæó!

Èóäà Ñêàðèîò â ðàþ æèâ¸ò,
Äåíüãè áåðåæ¸ò - íå åñò, íå ïüåò.
Îõ, ïàäëî áóäó - íå çàáóäó,
Ïîêàëå÷ó ÿ Èóäó,
Çíàþ, ãäå ÷åðâîíöû îí êëàä¸ò!

Ðîäèëñÿ íà Ôîðøòàäòå,- òàì è ñäîõíó,
Áóäó ïîìèðàòü, äðóçüÿ, íå îõíó.
Ëèøü áû òîëüêî íå çàáûòüñÿ
Ïåðåä ñìåðòüþ ïîõìåëèòüñÿ,
Íó à òàì - êàê ìóìèÿ çàñîõíó!

   GOP SA SMYKAM

Gop-sa-smykam - eta budu ya,
bratsy, pasmatritye na menya:
remyeslam ya vybral krazhu,
iz tyurmy ya nye vylazhu,
i tyurma skuchayet byez menya.

Radilsa na forshtate gop-sa-smykam,
on slavilsa sva'im basistym krikam.
a glotka u nyevo zdarova-
i ryevel on kak karova-
vot kakov byl paren gop-sa-smykam!

Skolka by ya, bratsy, nye sidyel,
nye bylo minuty, shtob nye pyel.
zalozhu ya ruki v bryuki-
i payu romans za skuki,
shto zhe, bratsy, dyelat - stolka dyel!

Yesli ya nyepravyedna zhivu-
papadu ya'k chyortu na lunu.
a chyerti tam, kak v russkoy pyechke
zharyet gryeshnikov na svyeche-
s nimi ya palshtofa dalbanu

V rayu ya na rabotu srazu vyydu-
vazmu saboyu fomku, lomik, vydru.
dyengi nuzhny da zaryezy-
k Bogu v gardyerob zalyezu,
ya tebya namnoga nye obizhu!

Yuda Skaryot v rayu zhivyot,
dyengi berezhyot - nye yest, nye pyot.
okh, padla budu - nye zabudu,
pakalyechu ya Yudu,
znayu gdye chyervontsy on kladyot!

Radilsa na forshtatye - tam i zdokhnu,
budu pamirat, druzya, nye okhnu.
lish by tolka nye zabytsa
pyered smyertyu pakhmyelitsa,
nu a tam - kak mumiya zasokhnu!

GOP SO SMYKOM

Gop-sosmykom - I'll be doing some of that,
brothers, take a look at me:
For a trade I've chosen theft,
I won't be coming out of prison,
and the prison will get bored without me.

I was born in the forstadt (an Odessa suburb) gop-so-smykom
The guy was famous for his deep, bass, cries.
his throat was healthy,
he bellowed like a cow-
behold what sort of fellow he was gop-so-smykom!

However often, brothers, I did my time,
there wasn't a minute when I wasn't drinking.
I'll place my hands in trousers (not sure if he means his or somebody else's) -
and sing a romance out of boredom ,
what, brothers, is a man to do - there is so much business to attend to!

And if I'm not living right -
I'll end up with the devils on the moon.
and the devils there, as if it were in a russian oven,
roasts sinners on candles-
with them I'll finish off a half-bottle!

In heaven I'll get straight to work-
I'll take with me a tom (special instrument for lock-picking), crowbar, and an otter (skeleton-key for coupe doors).
cash is needed as soon as possible,
I won't take too much!

Judas Iscariot in heaven dwells,
his money he keeps - doesn't eat or drink.
och, I'll be a swine - I won't forget to,
I'll cripple Judas,
I know, where he keeps the pieces of silver!

I was born in Forstadt - there I'll die,
I will die, friends, withought a sigh,
if only I can remember,
to get drunk before I face death,
because there - I'll dry up like a mummy!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Gop So Smykom (Russ Underworld Song)
From: GUEST,Volgadon
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 03:27 PM

Sokolsky sings it differently. It's a fun rendition.
http://kkre-43.narod.ru/sokolski.htm
Number six.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Gop So Smykom (Russ Underworld Song)
From: GUEST,Volgadon
Date: 08 Jan 08 - 08:05 PM

Ah, I just read that Arkady Severny would usualy sing with a piece of paper next to him, on which the lyrics were written. That explains why his songs have so many misheard (missung, rather) words.