I don't know why a song about a girl and her lover spending a night in a cherry orchard should be quite so gloomy. Mother (presumably the girl's)A appears in a later verse but I don't know what she says or does. And the opening phrase is eerily like the Red Flag - which might be somewhat ironic. The 7-string guitar, although tuned to a GA major chord (but here with 7th string at C) can do Slavonic gloom very well and it's the same range as an 11-course lute. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?vOqOq9IpUMs Stuart
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