The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree Moscow Trad Jazz Band В лесу родилась елочка

A popular christmas tune The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree ( В лесу родилась елочка ) performed live by Moscow Trad Jazz Band in the Aviapark Mall. The song began as a poem, written in 1903 by a Russian teacher and poet Raisa Kudasheva. In 1905 the poem was set to music by an amateur composer Leonid Beckmann, as a gift to his daughter. This song is translated to many languages. Here are the English lyrics. If you know other translations please post as a comment The forest raised a Christmas tree,