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SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE: 10 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "BURR ME, BROTHERS, BETWEEN THREE ROADS"
Last Line: "A SON OF THE BRIGAND, THE BOLD STENKA RAZIN!"
Subject(s): RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION;RUSSIANS;
BURY me, brothers, between three roads,
The Kief, and the Moscow, and the Murom famed in story.
At my feet fasten my horse,
At my head set a life-bestowing cross,
In my right hand place my keen sabre.
Whoever passes by will stop;
Before my life-bestowing cross will he utter a prayer,
At the sight of my black steed will he be startled,
At the sight of my keen sword will he be terrified.
"Surely this is a brigand who is buried here!
A son of the brigand, the bold Stenka Razin!"



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