The Georgian folk song "Tsangala da gogona" (Tsangala and the Girl) from the Kartli-Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia is performed by a small group of the Yale Russian Chorus and Alumni at the 70th Anniversary Concert.
Transcribed by Eric Lipsitt.
Conductor: Ray Kinoshita.
Filming & editing: Emma Kazaryan.
September 9, 2023, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
❗️ Interesting: This song appeared in the Chorus repertoire in 1977, when the Yale Russian Chorus went on tour to Georgia. In Tbilisi, we were given a Melodiya record of Georgian music, which included the song "Tsangala da gogona". Although the album did not list the name of the group that sang on this recording, we believe it was the Rustavi Ensemble. Eric Lipsitt (third from right in the video) transcribed this recording and taught it to the Chorus. This is the version that we sing.
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Tsangala da gogona (Tsangala and the Girl) is a humorous dance song from the Kartli-Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia in which the singers encourage the dancers by constantly speeding up the tempo. In the song, savvy city dwellers make fun of a cocky country lad, Tsangala, who comes to the city for a festival to dance with the girls. A number of Georgian ensembles perform this song, including the Rustavi Ensemble, the Mandili Trio, the Kavkasia Trio, the Iveria Ensemble (an offshoot of the Yale Russian Chorus), and many others.
The song "Tsangala da gogona" performed by the Rustavi Ensemble was featured in the 2017 Russian animated semi-autobiographical film "Rezo" (Do you know, mom, where I have been?), directed by Leo Gabriadze based on the memories and illustrations of his father, the famous theatre and film director, writer and artist Rezo Gabriadze. The film, filled with Georgian traditional songs and melodies, won several awards at international film festivals, and garnered many positive responses from around the world.
📌 Lyrics:
Refrain:
Tsangala da gogona (Tsangala gogona) (2x)
gogoni gogoni gogoni gogoni
gogoni gogoni gogona
gogoni gogoni gogoni gogo
gogoni gogoni gogona
Tsangala da gogona (Tsangala gogona) (2x)
Tsangala kalaks tsavida
qurdzeni moitana
qurdzeni titon shetchama saplavi gagvitkhara
Refrain
Tsangala da gogona (Tsangala gogona) (2x)
Es bitchi kargad tamashobs
pekhis serebshedgeba
aman rom pekhi itkinos
gogona dabraldeba
Refrain
Tsangala da gogona (Tsangala gogona) (2x)
Es bitchi kargad tamashobs
pekhis serebshedgeba
aman rom pekhi itkinos
dedamits dabraldeba
Refrain (2x)
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