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SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE: 14 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "GO DOWN, O RUDDY SUN!"
Last Line: AWAY FROM HIM MY LIFE IS SAD
Subject(s): RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION;RUSSIANS;
Go down, O ruddy sun!
But rise, thou gleaming moon!
And shine through all the night,
Through all the dark night shine,
On all the road, on every path!
So mayst thou yield thy light to my betrothed,
To my dear love Ivan;
That so he may not miss his way,
Nor have to turn again,
Nor wander in the forest lost,
Nor in the river drenched;
So that no evil men on him may fall,
No savage dogs may drive him far away.
Away from him my life is weary,
Away from him my life is sad.



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