#russian lullaby

баюшки-баю, Не ложися на краю!

Придет серенький волчок,

had a vocal of this lying around from a show last summer & just wanted to see if I could make something out of it the other night. interestingly enough it wasn’t until I was an hour into that hyperfixation that current events hit me.

Where the dreamy Volga flows, There’s a lonely Russian rose, Gazing tenderly down upon her knee, Where a baby’s brown eyes glisten, Listen

Every night you’ll hear her croon a Russian lullaby, Just a little plaintive tune, when baby starts to cry,

Bunny Berigan: Russian Lullaby 1937

This classic Victor recording of Russian Lullaby, arranged by Dick Rose for Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra, is beautifully remastered here by Mike Zirpolo. Mike sets the recording up with his usual fascinating history of Berigan at the time of this recording in 1937.

-Scott Wenzel