Tumbalalaika Around the World - Bulgarian Version With Different Words by Greta Gancheva

One of the joys in sharing so many versions of old folk songs is in receiving new old versions from our readers. Here's one from Bulgaria sent to us by Henry Goldberg. 

What's unique about it is that it's the only one of the 16 versions that we've posted that has a different set of lyrics. The singer is Greta Gancheva. Here is the English translation:

Tumbalala, tumbalala, tumbalalaika, tumbalala, tumbalala, tumbalala. 

Sing, balalaika, sing, balalaika, the wonderful song about love.

An old gypsy woman smokes a pipe and remembers her youth - 

How she played with the balalaika the wonderful song about love.

She lived in poverty alone with the dreams of youth.

Lovers met around the world, she sang the song to them with joy.

She talked a lot about love, warmed many hearts around the world.

But she did not reveal to anyone, the wonderful secret of love.

 Enjoy!

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