Many of those who grew up in the Soviet era, remember what were the children's songs. They sang about friendship, kindness and honesty. Among them were sad and cheerful. But most importantly, for most people living in the post-Soviet space these songs remind of a happy and carefree childhood. One such song is "Together cheerfully walk". The simple text and uncomplicated melody do not prevent it from being one of the favorite children's songs so far.
And for the first time it sounded in the film about the village detective Aniskin back in 1978. It was performed by the Great Children's Choir with its main soloist Dima Golov. It quickly picked up throughout the Soviet Union, and now the words of the song "Together cheerfully walk" were heard on children's matinees and school evenings. And this is not an accident, but rather a pattern. The authors of this hit, as they would say in our time, were the real mastodons of the Soviet stage - Vladimir Shainsky and Mikhail Matusovsky. Both of them by that time were the authors of many songs, not just children's songs.
Today, when everything is reinterpreted and distorted in the minds of people, the words "Together cheerfully to stride" seem to many to be a reflection of the ideology of Soviet society, where everyone should have been the same. But it's unlikely that the authors themselves have invested this meaning. The song not only says that together it's fun to walk and sing in chorus, but also that any case is hard only in the beginning. Better yet, ask for help from your friends, then much will be made easier and more fun. This is what the words of the song say: "Once - a board, two - a board, there will be a ladder", etc. The most interesting thing is that children understand this song so far. And only adults see it as a subtext.
So it is or not, already, probably, it does not matter. Already more than one generation of children has grown up to the sound of a simple melody, and the lyrics of the song "Together cheerfully walk through the spaces" have become folk songs. Most likely, it is simple melody and simple words - the secret of its popularity. And indeed, everyone who heard it at least once, was surely humming it over and over again. And so it is already almost 35 years.
But old children's songs are relevant today. This is confirmed by the fact that they are necessarily taught in school music lessons. And this is paid attention at the highest level. True, as always, there were opponents of such compulsory choral singing. But they also do not know what to sing to children instead of Soviet songs. The fact is that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, such a genre as a children's song has practically disappeared. In a new world, where money was the main thing, little attention was paid to raising children. And in fact in the last 20 years, new songs for children simply did not appear.
In the end, until there is a new repertoire, time after time, no matter what the meaning of the text, the song "Together cheerfully walk through the spaces" will sound in schools and kindergartens. And in fact it is very good that modern children, like their parents, will sing about true friendship and kindness. Perhaps this and other songs of the Soviet times will teach them to believe in a better future, be more attentive to others and always offer their help to friends.