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| Proshchay (arranged, adapted, and translated by Theodore Bikel) Proschay ty novaya derevnya Proschay tsyganskaya lyubov Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Ba, ba,ba, ba ya bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya Evi dovi dovi dovi divi davi divi davi divi davi davi divi da Proshchay Moskva moya rodnaya Proshchay Kremlyovski cupalla Byt mozhet bolshe, ya bolshe nye usslyshu Kremlyovski tva'yi kalakala Proshchay Kavkaz ty moi dalyoky Proshchay gastinitsa ariant Proshchay kinaginushka radnaya Bog znayet uvizhu-l l'ya tehya Farewell, my girl Farewell, my Gypsy love Farewell, my dearest darling God knows if ever I'll see you again Farewell, my Moscow, my home Farewell, you cupolas of the Kremlin Alas, it may well be that never again I shall hear the tinkling of your bells Farewell, faraway Caucasus Farewell, eastern inn Farewell, my native hamlet God knows if ever I'll see you again from Folksongs and Footnotes, Theodore Bikel, 1960 Proshchai (Gene Raskin & Lou Gottlieb) Proschai Ty Staraya Derevnya..Proschai! [Proschay ty novaya derevnya Proschay tsyganskaya lyubov]????? Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Ba, ba,ba, ba ya bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Ba, ba, ba, ba ya bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya Proschai...Dear friends it is time to leave you. (Proschai) The time has come to say good bye. Proshchai, proschai No matter what the country or the land Proshchai is one word they always understand CHORUS Proshchai, proshchai Adieu, arrivederci, adios, shalom, aloha, auf wiedersehen, so long Perhaps we'll meet in San Francisco, in Paris, Hong Kong, or New York The world is small and growing smaller every single day You'll meet tomorrow, the friends you leave today You'll see us all and ere the dust has settled in our tracks You'll turn around and you will see us coming back CHORUS Proshchai, it's really tough to leave you, Proshchai We wish that you would come along Around this world we've lots of friends we know you'd like to know We'll sing together from Maine to Mexico CHORUS (Russian) Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Ba, ba, ba, ba ya bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya Proschai...We're getting sentimental So here's to when we meet again For auld lang syne, we'll sing a little song or two or three And drink a toast to our global jamboree CHORUS (Russian) Proschay proschay podruga dorogaya Ba, ba, ba, ba ya bog znayet uvizhul'ya tebya CHORUS (English) CHORUS (Russian) transcribed by ear from The Limeliters - Tonight in Person -Joe Offer- |