Скажите, лебеди / Tell Me My Swans - Ready to go

I tried the song out, and, amazingly, it works very well. The only trouble are the words "swimming" and "country," which do not land themselves to an easy vocal stretch, but I am working on it.

My hubby listened to my version of the song yesterday, and said that the words were very hard to understand because of the long weave pattern. Other than that, he liked the song.

I am going to leave the lyrics unchanged for now and move on to some of the BI-2 songs before coming back to Russian folk songs.

Here is the final version of the lyrics.

Tell me, my swans, the snow-white ones,

Where have you been, what have you seen?

- We have been swimming near the seasides,

Our nests were weaving for our brides.

- Tell me, my swans, my dear friends,

What have you seen in our heartlands?

- A place where tall weeds cover the ground

Over the soldiers in a burial mound.

- Tell me, my swans, tell me, my brave,

Who has been mourning over that grave?

- Only the rains have shed the tears.

Soldiers who lay there are unknown heroes.

- Tell me, my swans, tell me, my sweet,

Where is that place? How can we find it?

- Just love your country as much as did they.

Your hearts will show you the shortest way.

- Thank you, my swans, the snow-white ones.