RUSSUN SONGS
Sung by TATIANA MAKUSHINA
Parassia's Song. Parassia sings sadly about her lover and her misfortunes, but gradually she grows happier and her feet cannot refrain from dancing.
Ballade. He is lying dead and forgotten on the battlefield, and whilst ravens make a feast of his blood, far away his wife sits awaiting him. She rocks her child and sings to it: Soon thy father will be back, and we will all rejoice.' But he is lying dead and forgotten.
Mushrooms. I am going a-mushrooming, a full basket I shall bring to my parents-in-law. But to my old man I will bring a toadstool, and when ho is poisoned, I shall find a magic herb which will induce my fair love to come to me.
Trepak. On a dark night a snowstorm falls upon a poor, lonely drunkard and dances around him a wild trepak, until he is covered with snow for ever.
Field-marshal Death. The battle raves all day fiercely and when it closes at night Field-marshal Death appears and proudly surveys his victory.