Vychegda River [#SlavicSessions]
Traditional Russian folk instruments—balalaika, gusli, and hand percussion—open over atmospheric synth pads. Modern jungle breakbeats and syncopated acid jazz bass lines weave in, creating a propulsive groove. Ethnical female vocals glide atop swirling melodies, blending tradition and future.
Vychegda River [#SlavicSessions]
Traditional Russian folk instruments—balalaika, gusli, and hand percussion—open over atmospheric synth pads. Modern jungle breakbeats and syncopated acid jazz bass lines weave in, creating a propulsive groove. Ethnical female vocals glide atop swirling melodies, blending tradition and future.
Lyrics
Lyrics by ArthemisEE, 2025
Traditional LIKE Russian Folk Song mixed with Jungle and Acid Jazz. Enjoy!
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Instrumental
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
VERSE 1
Oy, lyuli-lyuli, flax in a winding loom,
Dark runs the water cold as a grieving gloom.
Oy, lyuli-lyuli, flax in a winding loom,
Vychegda weeps through the white-night bloom.
Vychegda flows like silk on the meadow grass,
Rocking the flowers each green wave will pass.
Grouse calls ring in the hush so clear,
Joy haunts the meadows yet never stays here.
CHORUS
Oh, Vychegda, swift you flow!
Vychegda River, fast you go!
Deep is your water, mournful and wide
Where have you taken young Frosya to hide?
No bottom to sound black grows the dread,
Black swirling water no sign of her head.
Searchers will seek her by dawn’s pale glow,
But morning will find her no more, oh no!
VERSE 2
Frosenya stepped out at the rise of the sun,
Set her copper pail where the river would run.
Silver-gray mist slid soft through the green,
One coaxing wave drew the maiden in.
CHORUS
Oh, Vychegda, swift you flow!
Vychegda River, fast you go!
Deep is your water, mournful and wide
Where have you taken young Frosya to hide?
No bottom to sound black grows the dread,
Black swirling water no sign of her head.
Searchers will seek her by dawn’s pale glow,
But morning will find her no more, oh no!
Instrumental] [Vocalization
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
VERSE 3
Green kerchiefs slip from the birches’ crown,
Branches are bending leaves flutter down.
Bitter worm-herb sways on the plain;
Frosya’s tears glitter like dew on the grain.
CHORUS
Oh, Vychegda, swift you flow!
Vychegda River, fast you go!
Deep is your water, mournful and wide
Where have you taken young Frosya to hide?
No bottom to sound black grows the dread,
Black swirling water no sign of her head.
Searchers will seek her by dawn’s pale glow,
But morning will find her no more oh no!
Instrumental] [Vocalization
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
CODA OUT
Oy, lyuli-lyuli, flax you have spun…
Guard, Vychegda, the fate of a one.
Do not drown her star in your pool so cold;
Bring Frosenya home to her native fold.
----ORIGINAL RUSSIAN LYRICS----
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Ой, да люли-люли, лён да кручон,
Тёмна вода стылая кручина.
Ой, да люли-люли, лён да кручон,
Плачет Вычегда белыми ночами.
Течёт Вычегда, как шёлк по траве,
Качает цветы зелёное поле.
Звенит в тишине тетерев-кулик
Радость в лугах, да недолгая доля.
CHORUS
Ой, ты, Вычегда, быстра вода!
Вычегда, Вычегда, быстра река!
Глубока вода, томна широка
Куда Фроську ты унесла-ааа?
Нет дна в глубинах чёрна беда,
Чёрна вода, не найдут Фроську
До утра!
VERSE 2
Вышла Фросёнька к светлой заре,
Ведёрко медно́е к речке поставила;
Скользнул по кустам туман-серебро,
Кручиной волна девицу заманила.
CHORUS
Ой, ты, Вычегда, быстра вода!
Вычегда, Вычегда, быстра река!
Глубока вода, томна широка
Куда Фроську ты унесла-ааа?
Нет дна в глубинах чёрна беда,
Чёрна вода, не найдут Фроську
До утра!
Instrumental] [Vocalization
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
VERSE 3
С берёз облетел зелёный платок,
Ветви склонились, к земле приклонились.
Во поле травы горькая полынь,
Слёзы Фросёньки в росах простелились.
CHORUS
Ой, ты, Вычегда, быстра вода!
Вычегда, Вычегда, быстра река!
Глубока вода, томна широка
Куда Фроську ты унесла-ааа?
Нет дна в глубинах чёрна беда,
Чёрна вода, не найдут Фроську
До утра!
Instrumental] [Vocalization
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
Oy-ya-li-yali-eli-ey-ya-yey
CODA OUT
Ой, да люли-люли, лён да кручен…
Помни, Вычегда, девичью долю:
Не гаси звезду в тёмном плёсе
Верни Фросёньку к родному полю.