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[Verse 1] Once upon a time there was a tavern. Where we used to raise a glass or two. Remember how we laughed away the hours. Dreamed of all the great things we would do? [Chorus] Those were...
"Those Were the Days" is a song composed by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) but credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to Fomin's Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu", with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism.
Learn the lyrics and the history of the song Those Were The Days, a 1968 hit by Mary Hopkin. The song was originally written in Russian and translated into English by Gene Raskin.
