One of the best known versions of ''Chorni Vóron'' (Black Raven'), The song of the dying Cossack. The lyrics are similar in all versions. Here the song is performed on The Voice of Russia Show by four outstanding voices, with Pelagueya leading the quartet.
Anri Gogniashvili, Elmira Kallimulina, Mariya Goya
The Voice of Russia show (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQNsHQL804
This song is basically about a mortally wounded Cossack and a black raven (death).
Summary:
Under a green willow a wounded Cossack was lying. A black raven flew over looking for prey. The Cossack tells the raven not to caw over his head, that he's still alive. He asks the raven to fly home to his mother and father and to give his young wife his blooded handkerchief. To tell her that he married another, that he found himself a bride in a clear field by the river. The quiet wedding was under a willow tree, a sharp saber and a bayonet were matchmakers. They were married by a quick bullet and mother Earth.