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MUSIO OF THE WATUHS. 255 |
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soldiers they are considered worthless. In the case of the Finns it is different, seeing they are numbered amongst the best seamen in Russia.
The crew, or " equipage," as the Russians call it, generally includes twenty-five musicians, who supply the music that is necessary on some occasions, for there is, I am told, a good deal of ceremony observed in the Russian Navy. For instance, on setting out on a voyage, or on the return from a long one, the band will play the National Anthem, the sailors singing it bareheaded :—
" God protect the Czar, The right believing Czar; His reign lead us to glory—
To glory, us! Let him reign and confound his foes, The right believing Czar ; God, O God, protect the Czar ! "
I have given the words quite literally, and without attempting to set them to the music, which, no doubt, adapts itself very suitably to the Russian syllables. |
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THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. |
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