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The lyrics to the Volga Boat Song?

Question by ♦Gabby♦ Who’s Bad? 😉: What are the lyrics to the Volga Boat Song ?!?!?!?!?
i know the melody, but what are the lyrics?! i’ve been dying to know them for about a year. can someone PLEASE tell me what they are???

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Answer by Ms.Prettybrni
go to lyrics.com to know you have the right site ..you will see neon green back gound…just google…lyrics.com

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  1. David says

    Love this song we sang it in elementary school.

    Reply
  2. bollinger74 says

    Volga Boat Song

    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!
    Once more, once more, Yo heave ho!
    Pull the barge 'gainst the river's tide,
    CHORUS:
    Volga River stretching far and wide.
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da,
    Pull the barge 'gainst the river's tide,
    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!

    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!
    As the barges float along,
    To the sun we sing our song…

    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!
    Volga, Volga our pride,
    Mighty stream so deep and wide…

    Eyy, ookh-nyem! (eyy as in "play", but sung ei-yoohkhnyem) Eyy, ookh-nyem!
    Ye-shcho raz ee, ye-eshcho-da raz! (ye as in yes)

    Ra-zo-vyom miy ber-yo-zoo, (mi, the "i" being short but with an almost
    silent y at the end as in "miue"
    Raz-o-vyom miy koo-drya-voo, Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da, Ra-zo-vyom
    miy koo-drya-voo.

    Chorus

    Miy po byer-yezh-koo i-dyom, Pye-snyu sol-nish-koo poy-yom… (sol as is
    "soul")
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da, Pye-snyu sol-nish-koo poy-yom… Chorus

    Ekh, tiy, Vol-ga, ma-tryeka, Shee-ro-ka ee gloo-bo-ka…
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da, Shee-ro-ka ee gloo-boka…

    all r's are pronounced with a roll – rrrrrr!

    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!
    Yeshcho razik, yeshcho raz!
    Razovyom mi beryozoo,
    CHORUS:
    Razovyom mi koodriavoo,
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da,
    Razovyom mi koodriavoo,
    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!

    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!
    Mi po berezhkoo idyom,
    Pyesniu solnishkoo poyom…

    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!
    Ekh, ti, Volga, matreka,
    Shiroka i glooboka…

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  3. nellbell says

    Google the Volga Boat Song and the lyrics are there.

    Reply
  4. hanspetertrode says

    rubbinoff,rubbinoff,three men in a tubbinoff….the lyrics are in russian…..and they are vulgar…..

    Reply
  5. tulie says

    The version we sang in school years ago:
    Yo heave ho, yo heave ho
    Haul my brothers
    Yo heave ho

    When the waves at daybreak shine
    Bend your shoulders
    To the line
    Swiftly the river
    Flowing for ever
    Haul my brothers
    Yo heave ho

    There is more, I believe, but this is really an adaptation, not a true translation.

    Good luck finding the exact lyrics.

    Reply
  6. Ewan W says

    Is this what your looking for? I'm sure you've tried checking this yourself, but this is just off google, if it's wrong then sorry!

    Volga Boat Song

    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!
    Once more, once more, Yo heave ho!
    Pull the barge 'gainst the river's tide,
    CHORUS:
    Volga River stretching far and wide.
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da,
    Pull the barge 'gainst the river's tide,
    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!

    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!
    As the barges float along,
    To the sun we sing our song…

    Yo heave ho! Yo heave ho!
    Volga, Volga our pride,
    Mighty stream so deep and wide…

    Eyy, ookh-nyem! (eyy as in "play", but sung ei-yoohkhnyem) Eyy, ookh-nyem!
    Ye-shcho raz ee, ye-eshcho-da raz! (ye as in yes)

    Ra-zo-vyom miy ber-yo-zoo, (mi, the "i" being short but with an almost
    silent y at the end as in "miue"
    Raz-o-vyom miy koo-drya-voo, Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da, Ra-zo-vyom
    miy koo-drya-voo.

    Chorus

    Miy po byer-yezh-koo i-dyom, Pye-snyu sol-nish-koo poy-yom… (sol as is
    "soul")
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da, Pye-snyu sol-nish-koo poy-yom… Chorus

    Ekh, tiy, Vol-ga, ma-tryeka, Shee-ro-ka ee gloo-bo-ka…
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da, Shee-ro-ka ee gloo-boka…

    all r's are pronounced with a roll – rrrrrr!

    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!
    Yeshcho razik, yeshcho raz!
    Razovyom mi beryozoo,
    CHORUS:
    Razovyom mi koodriavoo,
    Ai da da, ai da, ai da da, ai da,
    Razovyom mi koodriavoo,
    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!

    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!
    Mi po berezhkoo idyom,
    Pyesniu solnishkoo poyom…

    Ei, ookhnyem! Ei, ookhnyem!
    Ekh, ti, Volga, matreka,
    Shiroka i glooboka…

    Reply

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