Those were the days

Those were the days, Mary Hopkin

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[richpat]

The melody is indeed Russian but ‘Those were the days’ is not a translation from the Russian song Dorogoy Dlinnoyu which means along a long road. An American Gene Raskin, wrote the lyrics for the song ‘Those were the days’ using the music from Fomins Dorogoy Dlinnoyu. The song in Russian Дорогой длинною, was written by Boris Fomin in the early 1900's with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Raskins lyrics are not a literal translation from Podrevskiis

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[ali smith]

Nandos brought me here.....

[Will Robles]

SAME XD i looked it up as soon as i got home.

[dave19941000]

This song is still played often on the radio here is Quebec (albeit the French version)

[BanjoXI]

When It Rains It Pours

[sarmachvision]

WHAT A GODNESS!!!!! SHES SO BEATIFUL WOLD YOU HAVE MORE ABOUT HER?

[Sven2Perroy]

Days RUSSIAN by us

[MrRcheulishvili]

Straight gangsta Fif... :))) Music history is funny, 50 sampled this, they sampled some russian, who know who he sampled :)))

[Marvin Garcia]

60's on 6 satellite radio brought me here.

[grawol01]

Śliczna , cudowna ;)

[Victor de Oliveira Fernandes]

" O Sílvio Santos lá, lá lá lá lá... " hahaha'