Russian Lyrics Needed: Red Army Choir - The Cossacks

I tried to find those lyrics eagerly (almost crazily) but never managed to find them. There is another song "The Cossack's Song" but don't confuse with this. The lyrics that i search belongs to "The Cossacks".

Link to The Cossacks, for those who know russian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p0BC2adW5M

Thank you very much.

Let's try something different with some foreign languages it helps to post even lyric requests in the translations sub-forums because the people who know the language rarely look at the threads here ... so let me move it and see what happens good luck!

Thanks Steena. I really tried every combination in searching but there was always no result in the end so it's now a "listen and write down" challenge. I'm going to learn russian (not for this song of course ), i hope somebody sees this thread and finally writes them down before i make it.

Not a perfect quality of the recording.
BTW, I've found some different version (perhaps initial one) of this song on the Internet. However, I put down what corresponds to the link provided. Here you are:

ÊÀÇÀÊÈ-ÊÀÇÀ×ÅÍÜÊÈ

Êàçàêè, äà êàçàêè, àé äà êàçà÷åíüêè
Ïðîåçæàëè ïîóòðó ñåëà-äåðåâåíüêè,
Ïðîåçæàëè ïîóòðó äåðåâåíüêè-ñåëà,
Âûõîäèëè äåâóøêè ê êàçàêàì âåñåëûì
Ïðîåçæàëè ïîóòðó äåðåâåíüêè-ñåëà,
Âûõîäèëè äåâóøêè ê êàçàêàì âåñåëûì

"Êàçàêè, äà êàçàêè, ïðîñèì âàñ äî õàòû,
Çàõîäèòå â ãîñòè ê íàì, êðàñíûå ñîëäàòû!
Çàõîäèòå â ãîñòè ê íàì, äîëãî íå âèäàëèñü,
Äâàäöàòü ëåò ìû æäàëè âàñ, íàêîíåö äîæäàëèñü!"
Çàõîäèòå â ãîñòè ê íàì, äîëãî íå âèäàëèñü,
Äâàäöàòü ëåò ìû æäàëè âàñ, íàêîíåö äîæäàëèñü!"

Êàçàêè, äà êàçàêè ëèõî îòâå÷àëè:
"Ìû èäåì ñåãîäíÿ â áîé, êîíè íå óñòàëè.
Ìû èäåì ñåãîäíÿ â áîé, øàøêè íàøè îñòðû,
Ìû âåðíåìñÿ, äåâóøêè, äîðîãèå ñåñòðû!"
Ìû èäåì ñåãîäíÿ â áîé, øàøêè íàøè îñòðû,
Ìû âåðíåìñÿ, äåâóøêè, äîðîãèå ñåñòðû!"

Êàçàêè, äà êàçàêè, àé äà êàçà÷åíüêè
Ïðîåçæàëè ïîóòðó ñåëà-äåðåâåíüêè,
Ïðîåçæàëè ïîóòðó äåðåâåíüêè-ñåëà,
Âûõîäèëè äåâóøêè ê êàçàêàì âåñåëûì
Ïðîåçæàëè ïîóòðó äåðåâåíüêè-ñåëà,
Âûõîäèëè äåâóøêè ê êàçàêàì âåñåëûì

Aussie, thanks for your effort but there is a problem. Lyrics must be true but I can't read them because fonts are not clear. I never had any problem about cyrillic fonts so problem can't be related to cyrillic font. I don't know if you can see as I see them but lyrics are seen as "Êàçàêè, äà êàçàêè, àé äà êàçà÷åíü&# 234;è" or "Ïðîåçæàë& #232; ïîóòðó ñåëà-äåðåâåíü&# 234;è".

If you revise and re-forward them, I'll really appreciate it.

Thank you again.

Originally Posted by bdstlow

Aussie, thanks for your effort but there is a problem. Lyrics must be true but I can't read them because fonts are not clear.....

Maybe you and Aussie solved this already, but if not, you can quick-view the font correctly if (for Internet Explorer) you right-click on a neutral spot and select Encoding > {more} > Cyrillic (Windows). Or in Firefox it's View > Character Encoding ....

But that probably won't help for Copy & Paste. I always get the same illegible font display.

This also happens sometimes with other posts. I can't find any easy remedies in the FAQ, but maybe there's something in one of the Stickies. I'll take a look. It would be nice to have an easy answer for everybody whenever this happens

If I change the encoding from one that gives correct representation of cyrillic font I can see something similar to what you've posted. I use Opera and in order to change encoding I click on View > Encoding > Cyrillic > Windows-1251. That gives me clear view of cyrillic characters. As I understand the problem this is an issue with your web browser preferences rather than wrong font.

Originally Posted by Aussie

If I change the encoding from one that gives correct representation of cyrillic font I can see something similar to what you've posted. I use Opera and in order to change encoding I click on View > Encoding > Cyrillic > Windows-1251. That gives me clear view of cyrillic characters. As I understand the problem this is an issue with your web browser preferences rather than wrong font.

I can read all other posts in Cyrillic Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, etc, all over this forum. There are only 2 other posts (both by the same person) that I couldn't read without changing the viewing font. Maybe my setting isn't perfect for all cases, but as I said, it's only been a problem in 2 other posts...

Hello, I don't know, if you still need it, but here it is encoded lyrics:

КАЗАКИ-КАЗАЧЕНЬКИ
Казаки, да казаки, ай да казаченьки
Проезжали поутру села-деревеньки,
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым:
"Казаки, да казаки, просим вас до хаты,
Заходите в гости к нам, красные солдаты!
Заходите в гости к нам, долго не видались,
Двадцать лет мы ждали вас, наконец дождались!
Заходите в гости к нам, долго не видались,
Двадцать лет мы ждали вас, наконец дождались!"
Казаки, да казаки лихо отвечали:
"Мы идем сегодня в бой, кони не устали.
Мы идем сегодня в бой, шашки наши остры,
Мы вернемся, девушки, дорогие сестры!
Мы идем сегодня в бой, шашки наши остры,
Мы вернемся, девушки, дорогие сестры!"
Казаки, да казаки, ай да казаченьки
Проезжали поутру села-деревеньки,
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым

I wish to thank you all!

Aussie, your lyrics wasn't the errored one, my language settings was, as you and jandros guessed. That's done.

s_jazz, I couldn't able to check-back this thread for 12-13 days, now finally saw all these posts and also yours. Thank you for translation and your consideration.

About language settings, "I feel your pain" ... it took me several attempts to find the right setting, for most cases. Glad to hear about your success

How about an English translation?

Here's my attempt.


КАЗАКИ-КАЗАЧЕНЬКИ
The Cossacks

Казаки, да казаки, ай да казаченьки
Cossacks, oh cossacks, oh yes the cossacks
Проезжали поутру села-деревеньки,
passed by in the morning a small village
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
passed by in the morning a small village
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым
the girls went out with cheerful cossacks
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
they passed by in the morning a small village
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым:
the girls went out with cheerful cossacks
"Казаки, да казаки, просим вас до хаты,
Cossacks, oh cossacks, we're asking of you to come to our humble home
Заходите в гости к нам, красные солдаты!
we're inviting you, red soldiers!
Заходите в гости к нам, долго не видались,
Be our guests, we haven't seen each other for long
Двадцать лет мы ждали вас, наконец дождались!
twenty years we have been waiting for you, finally we met!
Заходите в гости к нам, долго не видались,
Be our guests, we haven't seen each other for long
Двадцать лет мы ждали вас, наконец дождались!"
twenty years we've been waiting for you, finally se met!
Казаки, да казаки лихо отвечали:
ANd the cossacks, yes the cossacks dashingly replied:
"Мы идем сегодня в бой, кони не устали.
"Today we're going to the battle, the horses are not tired
Мы идем сегодня в бой, шашки наши остры,
we're going to the battle today, our cavalry swords are sharp
Мы вернемся, девушки, дорогие сестры!
we will be back, girls, dear sisters!
Мы идем сегодня в бой, шашки наши остры,
Мы вернемся, девушки, дорогие сестры!"
Казаки, да казаки, ай да казаченьки
Проезжали поутру села-деревеньки,
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым
Проезжали поутру деревеньки-села,
Выходили девушки к казакам веселым