Presented here is a rare collection of some of the best Gypsy folk songs popular among the Romanies of Russia and Eastern Europe. All offered in the original Romany tribal dialect, as appropriate to each song, with easy-to-follow pronunciation guide specially formulated for the native English speaker and literal (word-for-word) English translation. The appended short historical and linguistic overview offers a rare insight into the history, traditions, language as well as the music and songs of this unique and mysterious people. Great addition to any pianist's collection!

Aven, Nashas Tusa - Come, Let's Run Away      
Bida Mange - Woe is Me      
Chaso Palo CHaso - Hour After Hour      
Djelem, Dejelem - I Travelled, I Travelled      
Dobry dyen', Romale - Good Day, Gypsies      
Dui, Dui, Deshudui - Two, Two, Twelve      
Dyves i Rat - Day and Night      
E Kalina - The Guilder Rose      
Grastoro - Dear Little Horse      
Kai Yo Bergi? - Where are the Mountains?      
Kai yone? - Where are They?      
Kulya      
Kxamoro (Oy, da nie budit'e) - Dear Sun (Oh, do not wake Me)      
Loli Pxabai - Red Apple      
Malyarka      
Mar, Djanja! - Dance, Dance!      
Mashenka      
Nane Tsoxa - I Have No Skirt      
Nasten'ka      
Pale Reka - Beyond the River      
Palso bylo vlyublyat'sya? - Why did I Fall in Love?      
Pasiya pre char tumano - Mist Lay on the Grass      
Rucheyok - Little Stream      
Sare patrya - All the Cards      
Shatrisa - Little Tent      
Shel Me Versty - A Hundred Viorsts (I Travelled)      
Shilaly Balval - Cold Wind      
Sosa Grisha? - With What Grisha?      
Sosnitsa - Fir Tree      
Terdy Shatra - There Stands a Tent      
Tsyganskiye Chastushki - Gypsy Humorous Ditties      
Tu Balval - Cold Wind