Name: The Moskva
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: Folk song written by Terrie Cloth about the sinking of a Russian warship in April 2022 by Ukraine. If you like Bob Dylan and The Band, Gogol Bordello and The Beautiful South on one song, you will like this.

The Moskva

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Folk song written by Terrie Cloth about the sinking of a Russian warship in April 2022 by Ukraine. If you like Bob Dylan and The Band, Gogol Bordello and The Beautiful South on one song, you will like this.

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‘Twas a stormy night in April
In the year of ‘22.
The Mad Tsar invaded Ukraine.
Barbarians rent the world through.

The Moskva was a cruiser
Flagship of the Black Sea fleet
With nuclear tipped missiles
She was the one to beat.

Slava Ukrain
Glory to Ukraine
Sink the bloody Orcs
Beneath the briny mane.

Stars flew over Odessa
And struck the great ship’s sides.
With a groan she capsized over.
The Black Sea poured inside.

Then mighty explosions
Roiled the foaming waves.
The Moskva was a sinkin’.
And debts were being paid.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine
Sink the bloody Orcs
Beneath the briny mane.

The Turks fished out 52
No other sailors were saved
458 men that night
Went to a watery grave.

The Admiral he was drinkin’
His eyes were filled with fear.
His arrest warrant had been drafted.
His dyin’ time was near.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine
Sink the bloody Orcs
Beneath the briny mane.

The Russians lied at first.
They looked incompetent.
The truth was hardly better.
It was inconvenient.

The free world rejoiced
The night the flagship went down
In Davey Jones’s Locker
She had no real renown.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine
Sink the bloody Orcs
Beneath the briny mane.

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released November 18, 2022

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Thrift Bakery South Pasadena, California

Quirky but melodic indie pop with dashes of rap and hip hop. The group performed and recorded in the Carolinas and in DC from 1985 until 1990. Their first record, “Freshness Test,” came out on Hopewell Records in 1988. The self-released “Tender Moments” appeared in 1989. “Mediocre Criminals” was released in 2017. The band members have been social distancing for a generation. ... more

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