Mary Hopkin Those Were The Days My Friend

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[@Marvine0]

My dad told me "when you get older and you hear this song, it really hits you hard....you'll understand one day"

[@samsara-summermooncomehome5881]

That's the reason I'm listening to this now. Was always a favourite, and now I understand it a lot more💜💖💝

[@NanaCloud]

Oh wow! It's true. I love this song and also covered it in my KZbin channel

[@mariamkamal5748]

Nana Cloud plllk komkk

[@mariamkamal5748]

9Nana Cloud ,xx .5. JNl. 2

[@robertbright-jc3sd]

Van Dyck Your Dad was absolutely correct he knows what he’s talking about .

[@williamjohnson1970]

Those days were days for me in the 80's!! How I miss the family and friends that are not longer with me. As Oscar Wilde said, "youth is wasted on the young". How true!!!

[@tatyanabeylin6538]

the song was performed by many singers: gypsy, russian french, english, american. Even considered to be a "folk" song. But there is a talented man behind this sweet melody. Boris Fomin created this song in 1917th, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia. Words by Konstantin Podrevskiy, were added, or changed to in 1924. Lost love, pain caused by parting, long road through the night..

[@natalibra]

Thank you, Tatyana for this education! It's great to know where this song came from. It sounds distinctly Russian to me :)

[@ladansamooty581]

Thanks for the information. I always had a feeling that is must be originally some Russian tune.

[@ИванОгурцов-щ8р]

@@ladansamooty581 🙏💕Благодарю! В такое неспокойное, трагическое для России время, автор сочинил такую жизнерадостную песню... Вот это парадокс. Находясь в подвале ЧК автор вспоминал счастливое для русской интеллигенции старорежимное время своей молодости в Москве, ресторан,, Яр", ночные поездки с шампанским с возлюбленной по зимнему 🌲лесу при фантастическом свете Луны.

[@valeriegarrity5773]

@@ladansamooty581 listening to it now as Russia invades Ukraine!

[@homoerectus744]

CKLW am Detroit - Windsor 1969 moi? Lorain,Ohio

[@davidmccann9811]

I remember as a young person back in the 1970s seeing a programme with old age pensioners talking about their youth and saying, "Everything's changed beyond recognition now." I thought, "What do they mean, what's changed?" I saw the programme again recently and understood exactly how they felt. This comes to every generation.

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

I remember my grandmother singing this while playing the baby grand piano that took up a third of our living room .. I was six or seven. She was nearly seventy. Nostalgia can be an incredibly intense emotion.

[@eateeharris4503]

And remember too therefore that even nostalgia itself ain't what it used to be.

[@lopezmt5]

What a wonderful song. As I get older the lyrics have a deeper and richer meaning to me than when I listened to it when I was younger. It speaks to me of my own experiences with friends of long ago... It does not bring back bittersweet memories, but fond and joyful memories of a life well lived :)

[@theminuteman3460]

In a way, it reminds me of Time by Pink Floyd.

[@radhaagiri7736]

This was the favourite song of my late husband. Those were the days,i spent with him,ill never get them back. He went away too early at a age of 44.

[@maysunmaysun]

Ohhhh😢 must have been a big wound. May his soul rests peacefully in heaven🙏Amen

[@deusvultpictures6550]

Did he happen to spend Christmas in Equatorial Guinea?

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

@deusvultpictures6550 CRAZY work lmfao

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

A toast...... to those of us looking back........ to when our hair was darker...and our hearts were lighter.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

***** I think it's one of those special songs that strikes a chord with everyone, regardless of age.

[@EllotusFreeholy]

Darker? Try, When we actually HAD hair.

[@ABlackCountryWoman]

Yes, my friend. Bitter-sweet memories that get clearer with each passing year. Well-said. Here's to you, friend.

[@angelomalla-ao6563]

Brian Bois Gilbert cheers!

[@lpm_kw5090]

god bless you brian ☺

[@JudgingKitty]

I'm so nostalgic and I'm just 21 years old... I need to start living again :)

[@caylam2581]

Elina Vance :3 same and i'm 15 XD were doomed aren't we?

[@joemysic7942]

The hero of oakvale I've turned 19 recently. Life does scare me too.

[@EmotionalUnknown0202]

I’m 17 now, and I’m almost graduate . . . Sh*t

[@samgourhan207]

Any advice for me? I just turned 21 last month. Just getting started. Would love to hear some advice

[@JoseMedina-jy3wi]

That happens because you used to be happier in the past, the solution is to look for a hobby or an activity which fills you with fun (;

[@claymore20uk]

I’ve listened to a lot of music. I hadn’t found this till I’m 31. Last month I sat with a friend in a bar in Budapest drinking whiskey and singing this. It is poetry and sums up life so damn well. God bless it

[@herminiadeutz1974]

I miss my old time friends. Hope to see them again. May God bless them all the time.

[@lamueldagon7618]

And may God bless you

[@sangayzambaengstudiescohor4341]

And you too. ​@@lamueldagon7618

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

There is no god other than Macías Nguema.

[@musicmomma1870]

R.I.P. My brother. When you died you took a piece of my heart. I will never be the same. I know wherever you are your singing and dancing to this song.

[@haithamelsherif7480]

I an sorry for your loss

[@musicmomma1870]

@@haithamelsherif7480 Thank You ❤ You are so kind😘

[@haithamelsherif7480]

Music Momma your words were really touching ❤️

[@jonminnella4157]

I'm sorry for your loss 😔

[@musicmomma1870]

@@jonminnella4157 Thank You ❤so nice of you😘

[@sophiabars2558]

My grandma always listens to this song before she sleeps. She says it reminds her of the old days with my grandpa

[@zynkku]

Oh, I remember how lively the atmosphere was in that stadium back in 1969.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

That was such a wonderful Christmas eve! I still have my Santa outfit!

[@LewisAraujo]

I was a 8 years old kid when i heard this song in my father's cassette player . I loved right away. Greetings from Venezuela!

[@ZBreezee-nb2rl]

Nothing could possibly ruin this wonderful Christmas Eve of 1969!

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Hey why are those Santa Clauses holding guns?

[@veena0829]

One of those classics, which will stay with you life time even when you are listening today for the first time.

[@user-tj3oh8rq1h]

I have been married for 13 years with my great wife and friend. We have two Wonderful daughters. We have recently reached a dead end together. We are living together under the same roof for the sake of the two Wonderful daughters. In my family, divorce is not allowed. When I heard this song, something moved me from inside and remembered many great moments. She does not want me at all. Hope Jesus will bring me and her peace with great end that we both deserve. Your prayers to my family would mean the world and hope they will trigger the right move.

[@sarahdollmupon2973]

Now I came here because I remember all the time when we were young with my sisters and friends, with my late mom was the most happiest time for me. The times that we don't care and needing of money, to see my whole family was my happiest. Rip Mom 😭💔

[@nabzxxxxxx]

My grandmother's favourite song. She would always play or sing it while sitting at her sewing machine.. listening to it makes me feel like she's still here with me .. ❤️

[@harukolane4369]

The older I'm, the more I love this song A song for us to remember those were our days.

[@texndaisy]

So true. It has new meaning when you're older.

[@رمزيمحمد-ه9ذ]

Song like this one should not be forget we should make all hear it to know feelings in words what mean not like todays music

[@hk007007hk]

Yes, I am old, so much I love this song, now I feel sad.

[@lauradelude6070]

This song was an oldie. It meant nothing until my best friend died. Now it's our theme song. Talk about heartbreaking.

[@folkskjoldr4814]

May your friend know eternal peace and paradise eternal.

[@AshokKamal10friendscolonywest]

Yes those were the days. We danced to these songs in 1971 to 1973 in last two years of our Engineering at IIT Kanpur in India.

[@kendraeichholz4091]

I always loved this song. This really makes me remember all my friends, co-workers, families, and all the "Good Times of my life"!

[@chenazminazmi8543]

same case here

[@ahmetyusufsaydan416]

komik mi

[@raymondcostandi3898]

Ahmet Yusuf Sayda

[@ahmetyusufsaydan416]

what

[@AyaMohamed-ij6hu]

same and it is sad

[@ronnieyoung544]

No other song can trigger a sense of melancholy like those were the days.

[@853171643]

I could listen to Mary Hopkins day after day, week after week, year after year and she will keep on bringing to my memory, heart and soul how many times those were the days. Love you Mary. Forever yours, José Luis Belmar

[@lukeelliottschoollukettt5111]

My friend Edvard did a violin on his channel

[@alousala2372]

Just turned 30 and came across to this song. It hit me so hard that I am bawling my eyes..

[@corneliallawliet9682]

how could something so cheery sounding make me so sad ;a;

[@k-trashradio5163]

Pov youre in an African stadium and theres a squad of Santas holding up their ak 47s

[@Horzinicla]

I really want to know the context behind this 😂😂

[@saltyshackle6777]

@@Horzinicla In an small African country called Equatorial Guinea from the years 1968 to 1979, the country was under the dictatorship of Francisco Macias Nguema. His reign was described as the "Dachau of Africa" and he one point described himself as a "Hitlerian Marxist". Equatorial Guinea saw some of the most extensive human violations during his presidency, with 50,000-80,000 people being killed out the countries population of 300,000. His most notorious crime was in 1969, when he had 186 alleged dissidents shot, hanged or eaten by fire ants at the national stadium. During the massacre, the executioners were wearing Santa costumes, while this very song was playing in the background. Eventually, after being ousted in a coup by his nephew and the current president of the country Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, where he was later put on trial for genocide in which he was convicted and later executed for. TLDR: this song was played during the mass killing of almost 200 people, while the gunmen were dressed in Santa costumes in the African country Equatorial Guinea in 1969.

[@Horzinicla]

@@saltyshackle6777 That's insane. But thanks for the informative stuff

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

"They can scream all they want..." *"...Their screams will never be heard."*

[@diemutha666]

My folks love this song.As a kid,I remember it being sung at parties during x'mas once the adults had their fair share of spirits deep into the night.I never cared for the song but loved the atmosphere it created.The melody came floating in my head tonight and it hit hard.Almost 50,without my dad and the elder relatives who have passed on.They knew how to have a good time and I miss them.This song passes on it's affect once every younger generation(if they ever heard it enough times or at all) reaches the age of their parents.May your hearts always be filled with song and laughter my friends.Cheers!!!🍻

[@kimsimpson5157]

❤

[@bhingabubacar9770]

I don't know why I miss those people and places when I was child. Climbing mango trees whole day, catching fishes in mud, playing with neighbors....elementary crushes....hayyy...those were the days

[@kathyf5549]

I hadn't heard this in YEARS, the melody just popped into my head and I was able to remember only what I thought was the title, thank Goodness. I looked it up. What a great song!!

[@joiamed8544]

It popped into my head too. It makes me think of NYC for some reason. Lots of longing. I have to try and find these songs that pop in and that's why KZbin is so incredible. No one in my family ever sang this but here we are.

[@hannahhady7271]

2020😢this song is special and i would never forget it😓🥀

[@lilianauribepolo]

💔

[@NanaCloud]

2020 😊 I love it and also covered it in my KZbin channel

[@apollonia6656]

Hannah h, Very special song for me, too. I remember North and East Finchley when I had the most wonderful friend. Never saw that friend again and I regret my stupidy. Hanno 💘💘💘

[@georgejacob3162]

I'm making sure I don't forget it as I'm learning it in German, Italian and Finnish right now!

[@billrich9129]

Yes

[@donnaleeah5075]

My best from the 7th grade and I through life, we both had moved to various parts of 5US, but we always kept in close contact. She moved back here years ago as had i. Then I moved across the country,. Now also back. We have managed to live in the same building as we approach our 60's. A few weeks ago we sang this at a karaoke event. To friendships that do not end.

[@davidwalsh3439]

One of the best songs ever to come out of the 60s sung to perfection by Mary Hopkins. The backing is just perfection

[@nessadiallosobkowiak5639]

It was my grandmothers favorite song. Breaks my heart each time I listen to this. She survived World War II. She must have danced with memories of the horrors she went through but appreciating she survived and the life she got to live. Her little sister didnt make it ❤

[@IndrajeetRoy29]

My dad's favourite song, and mine too. It hits you hard, specially the one verse about being older, but no wiser as our dreams remain the same.

[@mahmudelahmed4996]

Yes✌🤘🖖👍

[@somanytvshowshavecausedmee899]

this makes me really emotional and nostalgic even though im only 15

[@clintdona4586]

Same lol

[@Runaway991]

Found another zoomer

[@DoubleTrouble-zn6xe]

I'm only 13 but it feels like this is my childhood

[@coolworx]

Let 40 years more slip by, and then tell me how the song makes you feel...

[@PrincessAcornHair]

And I’m only 12 stil cry when I hear this som stuff peaple understand

[@madhumaniar1801]

Those who are in the same boat with me, let's not feel sad anymore ! Let's remember 'THOSE' beautiful days & say well, it's the life ! It goes like this only. Let's praise the lord

[@aylinsarankok2297]

This is the first English song my father heard on the radio. Also the first English song he made me memorize. I lost him at a very early age last week. he was only 63 years old. I played this song at his grave and cried. rest in peace daddy.

[@HermanMelendez]

True love ❤

[@angelacamuy6402]

Just lost my best friend. We used to sit around and sing this song over beers. I am going to miss that and her .

[@쑤기-h2g]

어릴땐 그냥 이쁘고 아름다운 음악으로 기억하고 지금은 가사말이 왜이리 슬프고 아름다운지 그래요 저도 그런때가 있었어요

[@MrBeckenhimself]

This song reminded me of something I used to know but had long since forgot. It doesn't matter how long we live, it's HOW we live. Live a life worth living. I used to do just that, I'm gonna start again now.

[@gumamelamei]

I just love the lyrics and melody, reminds of sadness and joy, of friendship and love never forgotten. thumbs up!

[@Jaris84R]

Everybody gangsta in Equatorial Guinea until this starts playing.

[@averagesizedperson]

i was JUST about to post that

[@aaronforrester404]

I came here because of a documentary lol

[@saltyshackle6777]

Just wait till the Santa death squads show up

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

They can scream all they want... *...Their screams will never be heard.*

[@farah_emam]

My mom used to love this song and sing it when I was little. And here am I now really feeling so nostalgic tho I'm only 16 !!! I just miss my happy memories and how peaceful my life was. 💙 I didn't understand its deep meaning back then

[@kiermedhurst6824]

I last listened to this song randomly when I was 16, I’m now 23 and wow, it hit me hard, every sesh I’ve been too, every party I’ve been too, all my old school friends when we got upto stuff and now too like 2 friends I still speak too, this hit hard 7 years later imagine in 30 years😭🤣

[@edhiggins2917]

Wait..until you're 69..like me...And you've had THE GREATEST LIFE IN THE WORLD.. .like me...Then it hits you.. THOSE were THE DAYS!..Trust Me!

[@sallylemon5835]

i accompanied my mom to her university reunion, the singer of their dinner event were singing this song and with the whole atmosphere all i can say, if i was blindfolded i'll believe myself in time travel. mom sang this song on our way home through the long drive in the sunset, it got really nostalgic and now i cant believe im here to listen this.

[@lourdeskouzougian8935]

Great song. Days change. Especially when we have Jesus in our hearts....

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Jesus? Sorry, there is no God other than Macías Nguema. You will be sent to Black Beach prison shortly. 🇬🇶

[@sharonlang8571]

The song was on the radio today and it makes me so longing to something.. Beautifull

[@gailgarcia-smith9015]

i remember this song as a child and I loved the gypsy melodies. Hypnotic and ready to dance on the table!

[@yaz7401]

oooooh long time ago not listening to this its a touching song this song remainds me of my english teacher her name is paula from anglia ruskin university she used to play this for us to perform it for our final ceremony that was back when i was in cambridgehire so huge shoutout for the people of cambridge uk... 2014 its definitely in the memory ....wish i come back to uk one day

[@EleaSuJa]

Why does this tune sound so heartbreaking now? It suddenly started playing in my head... Causing a sense of longing, dread, regret and acceptance of a certain kind... a Bitter sweet one...

[@jamesfloyd1864]

Make no mistake, the music was intended to awaken those feelings in you. It's Russian of origin, and their literature stirs the same pathos. Their history is bittersweet. Your humanity is showing.

[@fatinmubarak7833]

The song popped out from my home. OK, nice song. Gonna burst into tears when I suddenly miss my dearly friends from highschool.

[@dokshadomogh3832]

how beautiful this SONG, the great CHIKOVISKI,, AND THE GREATEST ,, MARY HOPKINS,, every time I listen to it, it reminds me, with the greatest time of my life where the streets are quiet, no loud around, and the people were very beautiful, and very high , class in every aspect,, comparing to now adays

[@victorzotov4034]

hopkin not hopkins

[@lalamana252]

Omg ..I used to remember my DAd Play thIs sOng wiTH HiS mandolin or Banjo ...I was then 6 years OLD ...tHAnk You ..for this video .....it's priceless

[@psywizard880]

Love this good ole song. Reminds me of a tavern I used to visit a good while ago. The fun melted away the hours. Still miss that ole tavern called THE 15 MILE HOUSE!!! Those were the days!!!

[@bro8974]

In 1968, I was moving to Staten Island from Tennessee. The song made me happy, but it became a sad song for me when I had to leave there seven months later. I have always regretted leaving Staten Island. I used to love those Sundays when would take the ferry over to Manhattan. I would often go to St. Patrick's and light a candle, wish I could do that today.

[@barbarasheridan3284]

This song reminds me of my dear friends from the mid -1960s, when times were slower, and life at least on the surface seemed easier.

[@sxnxbxll4116]

Through the door there came familiar laughter. I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser. For in our hearts the dreams are still the same..........I get teary eyed every time. Every time.

[@elguerrero3992]

Dear Sxnx Bxll. This is because we sqaunder the very vital and important part of life (18-30 years) , either in meaningless pursuit of some thing or just while-away. The running waters wont flow back, if we look over our shoulder a vast, barren and unfulfilled landscape frightens us.

[@bogeysbaby]

Sxnx Bxll Yes

[@FeRocha927]

Forever young I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever? Forever, and ever

[@choiengsian9511]

Now i am getting older and this oldie song suddenly "flash" into my mind and i really appreciate KZbin for its MV to let me enjoy listening this song again. Thanks, KZbin! :)

[@williamteti3739]

Brings me back 60 years to my Marine Corps Buddies. Christ I miss those guys. Get loaded and start singing this. RIP Letton Banta.

[@momorley5745]

rushing by us ! not washing by us ;-) Those Were The Days Lyrics Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And dreamed of all the great things we would do Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days Just tonight I stood before the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be In the glass I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely woman really me Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days Through the door there came familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh my friend we're older but no wiser For in our hearts the dreams are still the same Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes those were the days

[@georgianawhite412]

Thank you for a more accurate rendering of the lyrics, particularly "We lost our starry notions on the way" which I think crucial.

[@andreaj4324]

We were a crew, my two friends and me. From our big friend group to the poing where everyone's gone their separate ways. Today, randomly the three of us decided to hang out again. And everything was as we left it 12 years ago. All of those serious talks, sitting on "our" bench, drinking cheap beers and in the end laughing until tears. Our small city changed, the faces around us were unfamiliar and so was the case in our lives. God, I almost started crying hearing them laugh once again. Nothing in our lives was as simple and nonchalant as it was all those years ago. Reality hit us badly. We've lost friends and loved ones and with every passing day our existence has become more complicated yet. All of us lost the glimmer in our eyes we had. But tonight I saw the glimpse of glimmer even in passing. I'm moving to another country far away soon and so is another one of them. The number of times we can repeat this is numbered. But God, I love you guys. Nothing in the world compares. You created a small infinity with our endless numbered days ❤

[@김조성-x4k]

Those were the days my friends~~~ 그 시절 친구들이여 잘 지내고 있는지. 신길동 뚝방 친구들. 1960년대가 아련히 떠오르는 구먼!

[@ihs51]

In the 70's my gf hazel had a Japanese girl visiting Singapore and we took her around. I no longer with my gf but wonder if the Japanese girl is still around. They were with Omron Osaka

[@berk352]

I had an english teacher named Mülhem that showed this song to us when we were kid. Like this comment for her to see please. She made us love english. I wish she was my teacher now. You are the best teacher. Mrs. Doğruyol You teached us a lot. We miss you :( (Berk)

[@shadderincrreaki8363]

Yemin et

[@littlemissfoff]

Buneamk

[@randymontenegro3269]

Wish she taught you more.... grammar?

[@HermitKing731]

This songs hits different when you find out what happened in that stadium in Equatorial Guinea in 1969.

[@rahafmonajb2405]

What happened?

[@HermitKing731]

@@rahafmonajb2405 The dictator invites all of his political opponents to a stadium for a national celebration only for soldiers in Santa costumes to come out and shoot all of the politicians while this song is being played on loud speakers.

[@iskwewpannekoek]

@@HermitKing731 goes kinda hard ngl

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

How do you think I discovered this song?

[@ella4mason]

This song reminds me of my maternal grandmother. I used to listen to AM radio with her. I didn't understand this song at that time now that I am old it brings more meaning.

[@Yeshuaschosen]

I was 65 yrs old before I understood this song .Wow!

[@tazjahangir1469]

Lovely song one of my favourite oldies. From Nairobi, Kenya.

[@ycasto1063]

God i love it seeing soldiers dressed up as Santa Claus in the stadium

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Funni Nguema moment

[@parmareggiano6410]

when the Santa Clauses appear you know its over

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Idk man, we might be able to clutch this so long as they don't have any red ants.

[@michaelmorales4381]

I have a vivid memory of being in the car with my mom when I was a young kid and my mom turning up the radio when thos song came on and singing along without a care in the world. That was about 52 years ago. One year ago my mom left this world. I play this song from time to time just to take me back to that moment in time. I miss you mom. I'll see you again someday.

[@bassaniobroke4158]

Yesssssssssss, this s it , this is it, I love this song and love the people who love this song. It was the time, it was the year , it was the Mary, and God locked it, in her success, in our memories, in our lives, for ever to eternity.

[@anupambuch2279]

This soulful and equally meaningful song hit me hard. Loved it.

[@ohwow5171]

This was back when music had a story to tell, a meaning behing them. Heart.

[@marcclay7457]

3:16 I have known this song since is was a child, I would always listen to my parents music of all genres and enjoy the nostalgia that came with it, but in recent years loosing my identical twin brother Richard ,my Grandad and Dad in four years the story becomes my reality and gives bittersweet comfort ❤❤

[@NJWAANAA]

FULL OF EMOTIONS !!! once wanna 2 close my eyes & live these memories,crying, on the other side wanna 2 laugh LOUDLY !!!...THESE WERE THE LOVELY DAAAAAAAAAAAAYS !!!

[@gemjane6497]

I wanna scream this on top of the Eiffel Tower! WHO FRIKIN DOESNT!?

[@Liam-O1]

the people of guinea lol

[@dennisinconstanti]

I loved this song when I first heard it played on the radio . I was in my early teens. With the touch of Paul McCartney , and the magic voice of Mary Hopkins this song is enjoyed forever!

[@ronnieyoung544]

I was nine years old when this song was getting a lot of air play. I loved it then and I still love it fourty nine years later. In two months this song will be fifty years old. Except now it has so much more depth having clocked fifty years since it was on the charts.

[@rachas.f.532]

The beauty and sadness of life eloquently expressed in this song... Life is a beautiful tragedy :(

[@mai321325]

i lived the era. Truly nostalgic - I remember well when this song was a super hit. I was in the university then - oh how I love those days !

[@vince065us]

This was when music was music.

[@ohlawd4455]

Madonna is music

[@phoebecatgirl9968]

Yeah, nothing like that now.

[@harpman1876]

Written circa 1925 by Russian composer Boris Fomin.

[@davidgoossen113]

@@ohlawd4455 Her best album, in my opinion, was SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. Madonna does great with the ballads. Some of her other stuff was nonsensical.

[@davidgoossen113]

Yeah, back before RAP dragged the whole music industry down into the gutter. Exceptions: Country/Folk music - relatively unscathed by Rap Classical - I guess Rap has no use for well-written well-performed music most of which was written to celebrate /glorify God. {Can't have God in Rap, negates the onslaught of anger}

[@gy6635]

Since the first time I listened to this song, it became my favorite. The lyrics sound like telling us our own story.

[@AnuragSingh-ot3bk]

Even though it has an upbeat music.....this is an extremely heartbreaking song!

[@SirWinstonBeech]

I “got” this song when it came out... I was 10. I have a clear memory of the past but the older I get the less I cling to it. Not sure why. So this song was more emotional to me 54 years ago than it is now.

[@HomocideHobos]

I'm from Syria Aleppo and I've in the us for 4 years now and this just reflects and represents my life 100099%

[@joemysic7942]

Homocide Hobos نشالله تكون بخير، حبيبي. منتمنى كلشي يصير أحسن متل قبل وترجع لحلب حتى تستمتع بالأيام الّي عم تحكي عنها الأغنية.

[@jamesanderson348]

I loved this song. It was so.."odd" at the time that it was charming. It grew on you. Very catchy and kitchy ...it just had that something that you could not forget..or escape from. Its funny how 50 years ago with all the turmoil of that year a song like this came out of left field and became such a big hit. I appreciated it then..and love it even more today. ✌

[@williamgreen1432]

I wonder what the origins of this song are. It seems to have a strong European flair, mixed with a Russian polka type tempo. I could imagine it coming out just after world war two. Mary Hopkin, huh. I never knew that. I have almost, and I mean almost, never heard this song since I was 7 or 8 when my older sister sang it. Indelibly etched into my memory. Wow, what a trip. So my sister didn't just make it up. Thanks for the post.

[@sharp357]

It's an old Russian folk song. There is a youtube video of it posted.

[@blahblah-xp1us]

I'm 13 and have never watched this movie, but I LOVE this song sooooooo much!

[@georgekv8764]

The tavern where we used to go in 1973 is still there.

[@rammlied5846]

yes it is.

[@tl1692]

Maybe too old.

[@cherylanne1955]

I wish the one I used to go to in 1973 was still there..so many wonderful memories.

[@gautamgehi8084]

George K V in Mumbai Colaba

[@sarah81894]

I never knew my grandmother but my mother told me she would listen to this song all the time ❤️

[@keigotakami2505]

I'm such late comment, but this is just...Really intelligent! It was a smart move to make this song.

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I always liked it, it's from 1968, they used to play it in the Radio a lot into the 70s!

[@marinacoleman3547]

what a great song..memories are priceless..and warms the heart along with sadness we remember with a tear in our eyes.

[@daniellemercado6406]

My mom was listening to this song on the radio and I love it

[@senakasa9060]

Burdan dünyanın en mükemmel hocası olan Mrs.Bayram'a teşekkür ediyorum ayrıca ,özlüyorum hocam sizin gibi eğitmen yok artık :(

[@shaymorgan4864]

I remember laying in the bed with my nan when I was younger and we would sing this song until the early hours of the morning. ahh those were the days

[@adamkay9694]

This takes me back to my childhood when i use to listen this and other 60s 70s and 80s songs all the time an all time classic

[@ranis9615]

This song is so good that i can listen to it whole day, and yes it makes me miss my friends more and more

[@ojshilinski8358]

Thank you -- I really like this song - it kind of sinks in along with nostalgia when you're nearing 90.......

[@joseenri.borracherojuarez5499]

Beautiful song.... Touching

[@stevecarter8870]

We all can relate to this song...we never thought those days would end for us...but they did..now we just remember...and yes..I miss them to