[1][2] The song has been performed by many famous singers, e.g. by Lidia Ruslanova[3][4] or by Leonid Smetannikov.
They ask her to go with them into a forest to pluck a burdock leaf, promising to make a new dress for her that she needs to keep clean.
[8][9][10][11] The song became extremely popular in the Russian Empire,[2] as well as in different parts of the Soviet Union.
[10][16][17] Many composers (including Yuri Shaporin,[18] Anatoly Alexandrov,[19] Serge Jaroff[20]) arranged the song.
1; the final part of this composition contains a theme based on the melody of Vo Kuznitse.