Oчи черные

[philena.livejournal.com]

I bought a CD of Владимир Высоцкий about a year ago, and I really liked not only the sound of the song Очи черные, but also whatever sense I can make out of it, which is not much. I finally decided about fifteen minutes ago to look for the full text of it online, and found this, which is pretty cool, but, except for the first verse, not the text of the song. Does anyone know where I can find it? Suddenly this song I thought was merely kind of cool turns out to be making a reference back to something much older, and now that I know what the much older thing is, I'm a hundred times more eager to figure out what's going on in the song!

Thanks for any help!

Edit: Towards the beginning, he sings something like

Поцелуй меня, и мне нравишься.
Поцелуй меня; я травился.
Поцелуйч меня; потом я тебя;
Потом вместе мы поцелуемся.

I don't know if I've transcribed that part right, but it's the best I could do. Does it ring any bells?

Comments

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

http://geo.web.ru/bards/Visotsky/part146.htm - this one?

[philena.livejournal.com]

No, sadly. I already found that link, but it doesn't match what I know of the song.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Does not sound quite right, more like this:

Поцелуй меня, ты мне нравишься.
Поцелуй меня, не отравишься.
Поцелуй меня, потом я тебя,
Потом вместе мы поцелуемся.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Yep. Here it is:

Очи чёрные, очи страстные.
Очи жгучие и прекрасные.
Посмотри в мои очи серые.
Что ж ты, девочка, со мной сделала.
Поцелуй меня, ты мне нравишься.
Поцелуй меня, не отравишься.
Поцелуй меня, потом я тебя,
Потом вместе мы поцелуемся.

Полюбил тебя я до одури,
Утонул в твоей карей проруби.
Глазки быстрые, глазки смелые.
Небо чёрное, простынь белая.
Закружи в огне, пой, красавица.
Раствори в себе, мне так нравится.
О любви своей расскажи не раз.
Белый свет не мил мне без чёрных глаз.

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

Can you recall whatever you know of this song? Even random words? 'Cause I'm quite familiar with V.V.'s songs and know at least 4 of them where Очи черные are mentioned, so it'd be useful to have some clarification.

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

Sorry, didn't see the update. I think it's not his song, he was probably just singing some variation of a popular romance...

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

"Высоцкий пел женским голосом "Очи черные" в мультике "Шпионские страсти", его можно услышать и в аудиозаписи "Алиса в стране чудес", вышедшей на двух пластинках."

Not this, I hope? :)

[philena.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Not quite, although it helps to narrow it down! Apparently the refrain is pretty common, because what cema also doesn't match! The one I'm thinking of has a refrain that matches exactly the first stanza of the link I gave, and includes the part cema corrected. Goodness! How many versions are there? How popular is that original poem? (Is that poem the original?)

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

The original one is a timeless classic in Russian culture, so popular that it became an equally timeless cliche. It was sung by various and sundry, in a multitude of variations. I wouldn't call this one a true VV's song - it's more a bit of a joke or a stilisation.

[madrumos.livejournal.com]

http://www.kulichki.com:8105/vv/

has tons of stuff about Vysotsky, including a part where you can look up songs by their first lines. It used to be in Russian, now it appears to be in transliterated Russian, but note the smaller English section that may have what you need.

Vysotsky is fantastic, check out all his stuff. I got an mp3 CD of a bunch of his stuff in Moscow. So many good songs...

[idealforcolors.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! The version I've always heard was the one you found online (played by the Old World Folk Band), which I find quite funny. I never knew it wasn't the real one. Unless there are different "real" versions.

Also, download "Scorchi Chorniye" by the Red Elvises if you can. It's mostly in English and is very funny.

[yms.livejournal.com]

It must be this one (ftp://vv:_vv@213.28.88.62:21/vysotsky/mp3/00/0100--/0164/00_064_12.mp3). (oops, the site is down now)

Of course this is not Vysotsky's song.

The original verse was indeed by Grebenka, but it has changed since then too much :)

[yms.livejournal.com]

Is must be this version (didn't find it exactly in the web, writing down from mp3):

Скатерть белая залита вином,
Все гусары спят непробудным сном.
Лишь один не спит, пьёт шампанское
Возле табора да цыганского.

Поцелуй меня, ты мне нравишься.
Поцелуй меня, не отравишься.
Поцелуй меня, потом я тебя,
Потом вместе мы поцелуемся.

Очи чёрные, очи страстные,
Очи жгучие и прекрасные!
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать, увидел вас я не в добрый час.

Как увижу вас, очи чёрные,
Мне мерещатся ночи тёмные.
Очи чёрные, очи страстные,
Очи жгучие и прекрасные.

По обычаю да по русскому,
По обычаю петербургскому,
Не могу я жить без шампанского
Да без табора да цыганского.

Очи чёрные, очи страстные,
Очи жгучие и прекрасные!
Как люблю я вас, как боюсь я вас,
Знать, увидел вас я не в добрый час.

That's it!

[philena.livejournal.com]

But you forgot the crash between lines 1 and 2, if you have the same recording as I do :-). Thank you SO MUCH! I really liked the song, and I always wanted to figure out what was going on in it.

Re: That's it!

[yms.livejournal.com]

:) I can even add that it was recorded (http://vysotsky.km.ru/russ/page/phonogramm/0100--/0164/0_spisok.html) on Oct 11. 1968 in Moscow... (track 12; but the mp3 site may be down)