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Toom Balalaika
Russian Folk Song
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A young man is deep - in thought And he

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won- ders whom - he ought To take as wife for all of his

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life To take - as wife for all of his life. Toom ba- la-,

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toom ba- la-, toom ba- la- lai- ka, Toom ba- la-, toom ba- la-

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toom ba- la- lai- ka Toom ba- la- lai- la Play ba- la- lai- ka

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Play ba- la- lai- ka Let there be joy

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