"If the Volga mother would" - Leonid Kharitonov (1991, Full HD)

The famous Russian singer Leonid Kharitonov (bass baritone) performs a rare Russian folk song "If the Volga mother would" (with English subtitles) accompanied by the State Academic Orchestra of the Russian Folk Instruments under N. Osipov.
The conductor is Nikolay Kalinin.

The concert of the Russian operatic singer Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov which was held at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow on July 2, 1991. The Central Television of the USSR.

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TRANSLATION OF THE LYRICS:

If the Volga mother
Would flow back,
If only life
Could start over.

If only the bottom of the sea
Сould be measured!
If only beautiful girls
Сould be trusted...

Oh, if only flowers
Could bloom in winter!
If only we could love
And never stop loving...

ORIGINAL RUSSIAN LYRICS:

Кабы Волга-матушка
Да вспять побежала,
Кабы можно было,
Жизнь начать сначала.

Кабы дно морское
Достать да измерить!
Кабы можно было
Красным девкам верить...

Ой кабы зимою,
Цветы расцветали.
Кабы мы любили,
Да не разлюбляли.

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Please watch: ""Here's the Postal Troika Rushing" - Leonid Kharitonov (1987)"
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