Composer A. V. Aleksandrov apparently liked the opening bars of this piece. New, non-Communist words are supposedly to be written. MIDI rendition by Comrade P.K. Volkov of VOkSovProlKompMuz . Piano, with piano accompaniment. Zvonki, kak pticy, odno za drugoj Bell chimes, like birds, one after the other, Pesni letyat nad Sovetskoj stranoj.
Songs fly over the Soviet land.
In friendship the country both grows and sings S pesnyami obshchee s-chast'e kuet. With songs it forges general happiness. Everywhere are found friends and companions. Not an inch will we yield to the enemy. He lost some favor in 1940 because of the Soviet Army's poor showing in the 1939-1940 Finnish War.