Being offended , Vas ’ ka suggests , that Aronchik probably should better “ moor to Vera ”. To stop the quarrel , a pool player comes over to the table and advises to them that as poets say , preserve your own portraits to remember them better . But Aronchik was a man of passion . He smashes a bottle on the head of pool player . The waiter says , he occasionally finds a fork in his leg ,.
This is how saloon tango ends It doesn ’ t look like Argentina , anymore .
— the storyteller notes .
He and his friend also take part in the fight and are thrown out of the saloon . When they were already lying in street , they see Aronchik crawl to Rosa and offered her everything he has , promising , among other things , to take her to his city Batumi , where she could go to sauna four times per year . He promises to guard her body as a dog , and when she wanted to go to sleep , he would even undress her himself .
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This is how the story of that old drinking saloon ends concludes the storyteller , wondering where the girls may be now with their usual companion Vas ’ ka-the Pimp .
The lyrics of the song has slang words , like smarovoz ( pimp ) and bandersha ( bordelo mistress ) But , it also has a lot of literary references and metaphors , Clearly , the lyrics were written by a well-educated , intelligent person ., for example , Rosa as Dionysus maiden .
The tragic events of the 1940s , the war and post-war years forever changed Russia . By the end of World War II , waltzes and marches played on the radio . They no longer sounded like the music of the bourgeoisie . The exception was two tangos — the instrumental Splashes of Champagne and Wearied Sun .
Many composers of the 30 ’ s , returning to Russia , changed their repertoire . For example , composer Alexander Vertinsky turned to many patriotic compositions . Composer Oscar Strok wrote only instrumental works in those years . The singer Isabella Yuryeva , who had recorded many tangos in the 30s , performed for the Soviet Army .
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