The folk song, the Volga Boatman, is represents the rhythmic rowing of the hardworking oarsmen who took their boats and rafts up and down this long waterway. The boats carried goods for trade, travelers, and the armies and invaders who …Read More
The folk song, the Volga Boatman, is represents the rhythmic rowing of the hardworking oarsmen who took their boats and rafts up and down this long waterway. The boats carried goods for trade, travelers, and the armies and invaders who fought throughout the Russian lands. This famous melody has been used by everyone from classical composers, to Glenn Miller, to the characters in the movie Shrek.