First given as "Ivan Potschjinski Skidar", the character is perhaps best known today as "Ivan Skavinsky Skivar", with considerable variation in the spelling of both the middle and last names.

For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar They fought all that night 'neath the pale yellow moon; The din, it was heard from afar And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar

2019年2月21日 · Bill Berry sings "Ivan Skavinsky Skavar". This song, with some variation in the lyrics, is traditionally sung by some British Rugby football clubs.

They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon; The din, it was heard from afar, And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame, Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar. As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life, In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!" He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck, Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.

With Ivan Skavinsky Skavar There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls And engraved there in characters clear Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul Of Abdul Abulbul Amir" A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night Caused ripples to spread wide and far It was made by a sack fitting close to the back Of Ivan Skavinsky ...

9. They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon; The din, it was heard from afar, And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame, Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar. 10. As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life, In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!" He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck, Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar. 11.

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2000年3月2日 · The version I learned had the verse "He could imitate Irving, tell fortunes by cards, and play on the Spanish guitar; In fact quite the cream of the Muscovite team was Ivan Skavinsky Skavar."

2024年6月8日 · First given as "Ivan Potschjinski Skidar", the character is perhaps best known today as "Ivan Skavinsky Skivar", with considerable variation in the spelling of both the middle and last names.

A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps, 'Neath the light of the cold northern star, And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps, Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.