{"id":2925,"date":"2011-12-09T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2025-06-07T19:58:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T19:58:29","slug":"dorogoi-dlinnoyu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2925","title":{"rendered":"Dorogoi Dlinnoyu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coco knew nothing of Nandos until, consequent upon an interest in Southern Rhodesia, he was provoked by an advert for a six pack on YouTube. It is now a private video but you may be one of the few who have been invited to view it, or be able to find a copy of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/moffattfamily.org.uk\/htm\/chocolate\/gmx\/home\/swf1\/nando.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It was not so much the advert that caught Coco&#8217;s attention as the music and a dim recollection of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was eventually tracked down to Dorogoi Dlinnoyu a wistful Russian tale of a man or woman looking back over many years as the days close in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The link to Nandos was quietly forgotten. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure 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\u0442\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0440\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>They were in a troika with bells riding,<br>In the distance there were glimm&#8217;ring lights.<br>I&#8217;d rather go now with you, my dears ones,<br>To distract my poor soul from all my grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Refrain]<br>Along a long, long road, and on a moonlit night,<br>And with that song that flies away with tears,<br>And with that ancient one with all its seven strings<br>That tortured me so very much at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Living neither with joy nor with torture,<br>But I do remember the past years<br>And your silvery hands which held a troika<br>That flew away with us forever more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it turns out that our song was futile,<br>Burn\u00e8d we in vain night in and out.<br>But now, if we have finished with the old,<br>Those nights shall flee away from you and me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The days run on, multiplying sorrows,<br>It is so hard to forget the past.<br>Soon, my dear, the day will come of parting<br>When you must put your hero in the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out into our native land by new paths,<br>We&#8217;d been fated to go until now!<br>You rode on a troika with its sleigh bells,<br>But you have long since passed by the last time!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Words: Konstantin Podrevskii and Aleksander Vertinsky<br>Translation: Stuart Moffatt <br>Music: Boris Fomin<br>The copyright of the notation of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt \u00a9 2011.<br>The midi file was produced using <a href=\"https:\/\/noteworthycomposer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noteworthy Composer<\/a>.<br>The mp3 was produced using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myriad-online.com\/en\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Myriad<\/a> software.<br>A copy is held on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Dorogoy_dlinnoyu_(Boris_Fomin)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChoralWiki<\/a>.<br>Performances of this work by Fomin may be found in many places:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7pDTywCYc5Y?version=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fomin\/Vertinsky<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/C3ImUiRgvY0?version=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hopkins<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2O5EeBjxhiY?version=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Limelighters<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/38YWB8iX7OY?version=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nando<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a 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