Alexandrov Ensemble - Echelon Song Эшелонная 1960s

The Alexandrov Ensemble sings the Echelon Song (Эшелонная) , conducted by Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov. Date of recording unknown; probably 1960s-1970s.

It's a song of soldiers who go to the front on a train. They remember their noble and brave battles under the command of Marshal Voroshilov. So it's also a revolutionary song. An alternative name for this song is "The Song About Voroshilov". Voroshilov was high-ranked Soviet Marshal who was famous during the Revolution and later during the WW2 and was also a brother-in-arms of Stalin. More about Voroshilov on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov

Эшелонная (Песня о Ворошилове)
Music by A.V.Alexandrov, Lyrics by Osip Kolychev

Эшелон за эшелоном,
Эшелон за эшелоном:
Путь-дорога широка.
Командарм велел - и точка!
Машет беленьким платочком
Дону синему рука.

Нас с тобою, Ворошилов,
Жизнь походная сдружила,
Вместе в бой летели вскачь:
Вспоминает враг с тоскою
Бой под Белой Калитвою,
Бой под станцией Калач.

За Царицын, за Царицын
Дни и ночи будем биться,
Пики с пиками скрестя:
И не смыть ее дождями
На бугре и в волчьей яме -
Кровь рабочих и крестьян.

Командарм велел - и точка!
Машет беленьким платочком
Дону синему рука.
Эшелон за эшелоном,
Эшелон за эшелоном:
Путь-дорога широка

TRANSLATION
Echelon after echelon
Echelon after echelon:
The roadway (or road) is wide.
The commander ordered - and -- that's it (or -- here you go!)
His A hand waves with a white handkerchief
to the blue Don.

Camp life made us friends
with you, Voroshilov,
We rushed together into the battle:
The enemy recalls with anguish
The Battle for Byelaya Kolitva,
The Battle for Kalach Station.

For Tsaritsyn, for Tsaritsyn
Day and night we'll be fighting,
Crossing pikes with pikes
And the rain doesn't wash away
on the mound and in the pit,
the blood of the workers and peasants

The commander ordered - and
His hand waves with a white handkerchief
to the blue Don.
Echelon after echelon
Echelon after echelon:
The road is wide.

My grateful thanks to LHaritonov for the above information and translation.
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The photograph is of The locomotive Sherwood Forrester, taken on 27 August 2007 between Harrogate and Leeds. It was running late as the Scarborough Spa Express, and was really racketing along.

To take a photo like this I had to lie on the ground less than a yard from the rail. Due to the speed of the train and only getting one shot on each occasion, I had to do this several times to get the shot framed correctly. Luckily the wheels didn't throw sparks or stones. I'm happy with the blurring, as it's all about movement.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• alexandrov
• ensemble
• red
• army
• choir
• kappsa
• echelon
• song
• Эшелонная

[labichaloca80]

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[riverhouse2007]

@labichaloca80 Thank you - I found your Leonid Kharitonov Facebook page and added a message.  Enjoy!

[alexandrovci]

The recording I have (remastered by FGL Productions) "slows down" a bit after the train reaches "full throttle," but this train keeps running at high speed - I like it!

[riverhouse2007]

@alexandrovci

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Jun!

[fikamar27]

thank you for the translation and song!

by the way Voroshilov is handsome isn't it?

[riverhouse2007]

@fikamar27

Glad you enjoyed it!

I wonder who is or was the handsomest Ensemble singer? Nikitin was cute when young.

[bdemare00]

absolutely the most adapted music to put when you work in the copper mine

... or if you work in the construction sector

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[fikamar27]

@riverhouse2007 Me too! by the way I ask to my friends about that by showing all photos of soloist, and they answer Nikitin too, because he looks very cute only by looking from his eyes XD