"Dear Friend, I'm Notifying" -Russian Crimean War Soldier Song

LYRICS AND DETAILS ARE IN THE DESCRIPTION The song is about the first siege of Sevastopol, which was a failure of the allied powers to take the city despite the defenders being outnumbered and barely prepared for the siege. Lyrics (English): Dear friend, I’m notifying That our bloody fight is over I congradulate you with the victory Myself with a torn off arm. Even if we suffered much From the cross fire, But all is broken, all is stolen. Two bullets in my chest. I’m dying in the hospital, My dead body medic bought; Im sending you my 10 rubles, That he paid my for my dead body. I must confess its boring to be buried, Away from home land! If I die at home - above me Friends could cry at least. A wooden cross on graveyard Then would stand above me. And maybe, you as a guest Would come to me, my dear friend! Dog - of loyal Fingal, To you I’m gifting you. Caress her, so that it would not know She of my death! When I said goodbye with my mother, Her fear was painfull; When she will realize - so