Nightcore - The Song of the Volga Boatmen 【Эй, ухнем!】

A Nightcore version of one of the oldest and heaviest Russian folk songs I know. "Эй, ухнем!" is not a march and not a battle song. It is a work song of the burlaki, the barge haulers who pulled loaded vessels upstream along the Volga by rope, walking the bank for weeks. The song gave them a shared rhythm every "heave ho" is one pull. It was collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his collection of Russian folk songs in 1866, and it became known worldwide through Feodor Chaliapin. *Русский* Эй, ухнем! Эй, ухнем! Ещё разик, ещё да раз! Эй, ухнем! Эй, ухнем! Ещё разик, ещё да раз! Разовьём мы берёзу, Разовьём мы кудряву! Ай-да, да ай-да, Ай-да, да ай-да, Разовьём мы кудряву. Разовьём мы кудряву. Эй, ухнем! Эй, ухнем! Ещё разик, ещё да раз! Мы по бережку идём, Песню солнышку поём. Ай-да, да ай-да, Ай-да, да ай-да, Песню солнышку поём. Эй, эй, тяни канат сильней! Песню солнышку поём. Эй, ухнем! Эй, ухнем! Ещё разик, ещё да раз! Эх ты, Волга, мать-река, Широка и глубока, Ай-да, да ай-да, Ай-да, да ай-да, Волга, Волга, мать-река Эй, ухнем! Эй, ухнем! Ещё разик, ещё да раз! Эй, ухнем! Эй, ухнем! *Lyrics* Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho! Once more, once again, still once more! Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho! Once more, once again, still once more! Now we fell the stout birch tree, Now we pull hard: one, two, three. Ay-da, da, ay-da! Ay-da, da, ay-da! Now we pull hard: one, two, three. Now we pull hard: one, two, three. Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho! Once more, once again, still once more! As we walk along the shore, To the sun, we sing our song. Ay-da, da, ay-da! Ay-da, da, ay-da! To the sun, we sing our song. Hey, hey, let's heave a-long the way To the sun, we sing our song. Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho! Once more, once again, still once more! Oh, you, Volga, mother river, Mighty stream so deep and wide. Ay-da, da, ay-da! Ay-da, da, ay-da! Volga, Volga, mother river. Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho! Once more, once again, still once more! Yo, heave ho! Yo, heave ho! [CREDITS] Traditional Russian folk song, author unknown, public domain. Earliest known collection: Mily Balakirev, "A Collection of Russian Folk Songs", 1866. Nightcore Arrangement: Kurisushima #nightcore #volgaboatmen #russianfolk #эйухнем #folksong