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"Amid the Level Valley"
Amid the Level Valley
also: Среди долины ровныя
A well-known Russian folk/romance song, its text adapted by Alexei Merzlyakov from an eighteenth-century original, about a solitary oak standing amid a flat valley; sung nightly on the estate wing's porch by the tutor, the manager Fyodor, the narrator, and Tatyana Ivanovna before Uncle Ivan's visits disrupt the ritual.
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- The Privy Councillor §52 "Amid the Level Valley"
A well-known Russian folk/romance song (words adapted by Alexei Merzlyakov from an eighteenth-century original) about a lone oak tree standing amid a level valley -- a staple of amateur and household singing in the period, fitting the makeshift porch chorus of tutor, manager, boy, and Tatyana Ivanovna.