Polish Tango 1932: Adam Aston & Ork. H. Warsa - Bajka (A Fairytale)

Adam Aston & Ork. Henryka Warsa - Bajka [A Fairytale] tango (I. Kranowski), Syrena-Electro 1932 (Polish)
NOTE: There’s no doubt, this tango is one of the most beautiful songs composed in the 20th century history of the Polish chanson. It was composed in 1932 by an amateur composer and song performer Igo Kranowski, during his holidays in Jaremcze, a spa in prewar Polish Eastern Carpathians. The pensive mood of this dreamlike melody and its lyrics (written also by Kranowski) : You were a fairytale to me / for my love was a dream, a repose, which will never come back - made this song an immediate hit. Aston's dreamy voice and Wars’ subtle arrangement make altogether a lovely performance, indeed.
Therefore, a slideshow is a selection of some dream-like photographs by Jan Bułhak: one of the masters of prewar photography in Poland. The selection captures some views of another dreamlike place on Earth: which is prewar Polish city of Wilno (now Vilnius, the capital of the Lithuanian Republic). It was Jan Bułhak’s birth place and he often returned to Wilno and its surroundings, leaving behind unparalleled photographic portraits of those lands, lost by Poland after 1945.

[@ewanowicki1297]

Wspaniale pozdrowienia z Salzburga z Austri 🇵🇱♥️

[@jeanpierrezutter587]

Fajna piosenka !! Piekny glos !!

[@OdetoANNAMARIAJOPEK]

Boże chroń Polskę i Polaków Bardzo bardzo Wielkie dzięki

[@240252]

Dziękuję, pozdrawiam serdecznie! :-)

[@isabeaust.claire4815]

@@240252 Również dziękuje Grzegorz .~

[@Eurovision324]

Silvio Guidetti North Italian parents . Born in Australia I love Polish people and this music so much the period that it’s from is a little time before the war I hope one day you can forgive us for being with the Germans God bless Poland and all its people

[@JacekZiemba]

Chcę sie przytulić do kazdego i samego siebie. Wzruszajace melodie. Piekne melodie.

[@isabeaust.claire4815]

Wciąż pamiętam moją ukochaną Polskę, moich ukochanych towarzyszy i ukochanych Polaków, mój ukochany naród, Długie życie do Polski w Polska Post Scriptum 🕎📿🇵🇱📿✡️Jestem bardzo wzruszona Mercie

[@240252]

Ten wpis jest bardzo wzruszający. Dziękuję!

[@isabeaust.claire4815]

@@240252 Merci ... merci beaucoup ... Bardzo Ci dziękuję

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting photos

[@jagab51]

Przepiękna prezentacja, dziękuję za to cudeńko! Serdeczne pozdrowienia z Wina.

[@240252]

Dziękuję i pozdrawiam Wilno! :-)

[@tucobenedictopacificojuanm168]

Bajką byłaś dla mnie ty Nie wrócą nasze dawne sny Miłość to ukojenie To urojenie I gorzkie łzy Jak w bajce W czarownej bajce Tą bajką byłaś Ach, tylko ty

[@1920sfan1]

As was to be expected, Aston and Wars never disappoint. This nostalgic, touching tango was a fairytale indeed, and the excursion to pre-war Wilno was precious!

[@240252]

Patrick, thank you for your comment. You should see WIlno one day (Lithuanian name: Vilnius) You won't be disappointed :-)

[@1920sfan1]

@@240252 I know; I would like to visit but the current sanitary situation puts all travelling plans on hold :-(

[@kazimierasitko8846]

Bardzo dawno nie slyszalam Dziękuję bardzo 😊😊😊

[@Oliver78rpm]

Przepiękne tango w pięknym wyłonieniu! Orkiestra gra cudownie! Dziękuje! Pozdrawiam serdecznie! :)

[@240252]

Też uważam, że to jest znakomity popis Henryka Warsa. Pozdrawiam :-)

[@tomaszjaworski4460]

Jak zawsze pięknie

[@анатолийБаталов-й5ц]

Приятная музыка!

[@danutakrzywda]

Takie tango,takie zdięcia -Bajka

[@240252]

Wilno to też taka bajka, jak ta pieśń.

[@marcela77777]

Nice ! 🌹

[@mariapelayo6276]

Beautiful photos to go with this music.

[@240252]

Jan Bułhak was a great artist in Polish photography, one of the greatest.

[@davidheger670]

Absolutely beautiful. Aston, under the name Ben Levi, recorded this song in Hebrew with Syrena Records in the mid 1930's. It's called VERED ("Rose"). Splendid photos of prewar Wilno too.

[@240252]

I had no idea he recorded it in Hebrew. I have only his Hebrew version of another beautiful Polish tango "Przytul, uścisnij, pocasłuj" (Hug me, squeeze me, kiss me). Thank you!

[@scottferguson325]

Great music and video, as always 👍👍👍🌈

[@240252]

Thanks, Scott :-)

[@scottferguson325]

@@240252 🙏👍🌈🙋

[@carloorganai6676]

Bella musuca piena di malinconia - niente a che vedere con il tango.

[@240252]

Sì, la parola "tango" è un termine convenzionale qui. È più una ballata. Grazie, saluti :-)

[@carloorganai6676]

@@240252 saluti

[@анатолийБаталов-й5ц]

Где текст? Хочу попеть ! Даже на польском языке! Дайте текст!

[@Tadfafty]

Instrument at 2:55?

[@bartekd.3335]

It's a steel guitar. In Polish "gitara hawajska"

[@joukarfoy]

Hawaiaan guitar.

[@suneli2008]

Bajką byłaś dla mnie ty Nie wrócą nasze dawne sny Miłość to ukojenie To urojenie I gorzkie łzy Jak w bajce W czarownej bajce Tą bajką jesteś Ach, tylko ty

[@nonnaNonna-p4z]

A jest do tego tanga cały tekst? Może znasz? Bo cytujesz tylko fragment.