We raise our glasses \ To live without woes \ For our hearts to sing
We raise our glasses \ So that everything we want \ Would eventually happen
Trinity of the white horses \ Ride across the field
Guess what we have \ We have a party!
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[2x]
The songs are flowing \ The wines are pouring \ And the glasses are knocking in the unison
Urkaine \ is not dead \ If we are still partying like that!
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We’d make your blood boil \ even in that cold weather
By singing a song about love \ about love that’s mutual
Trinity of the white horses \ Ride across the field
Guess what we have \ We have a party!
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[3x]
The songs are flowing \ The wines are pouring \ And the glasses are knocking in the unison
Urkaine \ is not dead \ If we are still partying like that!
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The songs are flowing \ The wines are pouring \ And the glasses are knocking in the unison
Urkaine \ isn’t going to die \ As long as we are still partying like that!
In Simpheropol, Crimea, three girls were charged by russian occupational authorities for singing and dancing to that pop song in public. Viktory Dainenko, singing as a Victoria the Grumpy, was a big hit in all ex-USSR in the 00s. It’s a weird, stupid decision to criminalize it now, but who cares? They can ban every mention of that song with a capital punishment, but we all know that everyone here danced to it at least once, and why stop at that? The song is dated, but it’s still a blast.
@andrew_bidlaw To be honest, I’m a bit tired of Russia. The Russians openly admit that alot of their folk music came from Ukraine. There’s been much written about this in Russian. It’s not a secret. Buy a book about the history of Russian Folk Music on Ebay.