"Song about a Hero Pioneer" (Pavlik Morozov)

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Pesnya o Pionere-Geroe

The words and score are from
I. Gorinstein (editor), "Pionerskij Pesennik," Izdatel'stvo CK VLKSM Molodaya Gvardiya, Moskva, 1938; str. 185-186.

Ob"yasnenie latinskoj azbuki vospolzuemoj zdes'
Explanation of Russian transcription used here

Pesnya o Pionere-Geroe	Song about a Hero-Pioneer
Muz. A. V. Aleksandrova.	Music by A. V. Alexandrov.
Slova S. Alymova.	Words by S. Alymov.
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1.	1.
Na Urale lesa --	In the Urals there are forests--
Vekovaya krasa --	Centuries-old beauty
Zeleneyut bogato ves' god.	Richly green the whole year.
Nad vershinoj skaly	Above the top of a crag¹
Proplyvayut orly.	Eagles glide.
Nad orlami plyvet samolet.	Over the eagles an airplane flies.
...
2.	2.
Pod goroyu kolxoz,	Under the mountain¹ there is a kolkhoz,
Nash tovarishch tam ros --	Our comrade grew up there --
Ego Pavlom Morozovym zvat'.	Call him Pavel Morozov.
Nash tovarishch -- geroj.	Our comrade is a hero.
On naroda dobro	He did not allow his father
Ne pozvolil otcu vorovat'.	to steal the property of the people.
...
3.	3.
V neproglyadnuyu t'mu	In the impenetrable darkness
Otomstili emu --	They took vengeance on him --
Prodyryavili puleyu grud'.	They tore his breast with a bullet.
Ego vrag podstereg	The enemy trapped him
U bezlyudnyx dorog,	On lonely roads;
Pionera v otryad ne vernut'.	The Pioneer will not return to his unit.
...
4.	4.
Iz orlyat nash otryad --	Our unit is of eagles --
On otvagoj bogat,	It is rich in courage,
Vsem rebyatam Morozov -- primer.	To all the kids, Morozov is an example.
My -- geroev zveno,	We are a squad of heroes,
Nam Morozov rodnoj,	Morozov is dear to us,
Ne zabudet ego pioner.	The Pioneer will not forget him.
...
5.	5.
Na Urale, v lesu	In the Urals, in the forest
Veter sushit rosu.	The wind dries out the dew.
Xrabryj Pavlik v otryad ne pridet.	Brave Pavlik will not return to his unit.
On pogib, kak geroj,	He died like a hero
Pod vysokoj goroj.	Under the high mountain¹
Pro nego nasha pesnya poet.	Our song sings about him.
...

Notes:

1. Although Pavlik Morozov's village of Gerasimovka was officially in the Ural region, it was actually 100-200 miles east of the Ural mountains themselves, in flatter country. Petty geographic details like should not stand in the way of an uplifting song, however.

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