Here's how to play the famous Russian folk song "Kalinka" (Калинка) on piano!

With these piano sheets, you can play all parts of "Kalinka".
It's a beautiful arrangement of the whole piece which is not too hard to play, and sounds fantastic.

"Kalinka" is arguably the most famous traditional Russian folk song. It was written in 1860 by Ivan Larionov (Ива́н Петро́вич Ларио́нов).

Today, it's known all over the world!


Here are the lyrics to "Kalinka":

Russian:
Калинка, калинка, калинка моя!
В саду ягода малинка, малинка моя!
Ах, под сосною, под зеленою,
Спать положите вы меня!
Ай-люли, люли, ай-люли, люли,
Спать положите вы меня.

Pronounciation:
Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka moya!
V sadu yagoda malinka, malinka moya!
Akh, pod sosnoyu, pod zelenoyu,
Spat' polozhite vy menya!
Ay-lyuli, lyuli, ay-lyuli, lyuli,
Spat' polozhite vy menya.

Translation:
Little red berry, red berry, red berry of mine!
In the garden (there is) a berry - little raspberry, raspberry of mine!
Ah, under the pine, the green one,
Lay me down to sleep,
Oh-swing, sway, Oh-swing, sway,
Lay me down to sleep.

Koroboneiki, the 19th-century Russian folk song commonly known as the Tetris theme song, arranged for piano.