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What is this folk song?
in the film Derzu Uzala, the soilders sing a sort of folk song, first heard at 2:42 in the begginging when the soilders are walking and singing. ( and later on as well)

Does anyone know what it is? Thanks

Stamp- 2:42 ( if you search full movie on youtube sorry can't link ) 2600:1700:3D74:F010:C166:782E:E90F:F63F (talk) 03:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)


 * It starts actually at 2:38 (link). --Lambiam 11:32, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * That video is restricted, however you can watch (with Spanish subtitles) at .  The song continues until 3:34. 2A02:C7B:228:3400:A180:B29C:E1CD:CF6B (talk) 12:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It appears to be "The Journeying Car's Song" according to listings of the soundtrack and this. Courtesy link for the film Dersu Uzala (1975 film). DuncanHill (talk) 00:32, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I cannot interpret the song title in light of the lyrics as given in the rhyming English subtitles (All day our hunter / goes around the isles. / He curses his bad fortune, / no luck he beguiles. / What is there to do? / How can he perform his job? / Never forgets our hunter / That beast's no easy drop. / There went our hunter to a warm seaside, / where fish abounded on days quiet and bright. / There, by the seaside!). (For another translation, not in rhyme, see here.) The only thing that is journeying is the file of marching explorers singing the song, so I suspect this title is the result of a mistranslation. --Lambiam 19:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Could it be a mistake for "The Journeying Cadre's Song"? In any case, I suspect the 'title' given on the soundtrack is merely descriptive of the song's appearance in the movie, rather than a song title in the usual sense. If it's a genuine folk song, its title might be too obscure for the average filmgoer; if it was actually composed for the movie, it might not have a formal title. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.104.88 (talk) 10:01, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

If someone has access to Listening to Soundscapes in Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala (1975) it might resolve this. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106;&#x1D110;&#x1d107; 20:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC)