Song/ Piosenka

THE FAREWELL SONG/ POZEGNALNA PIOSENKA

By Polish country music group ZAYAZD, 1988
Wykonanie - zespol muzyki country ZAYAZD, 1988

"BATORY'S TIME", 1988
Lyrics & music: Lech Makowiecki, ZAYAZD
Arrange: Janusz Poplawski (Niebiesko Czarni)
Translation: Peter Grajda

When the time came to sail
Under our own white and red banner again,
She was carrying poor and rich
Across Atlantic again and again,
Later during WWII, in the fight for convoys
She was laughing in the face of German submarines, "Wolf Packs",
She survived bombs, mislead torpedoes, "Lucky Ship" she was called

Ref.
Hey... But, Batory's time has come to end like a dream
Hey, hey... today she said her goodbyes, it was her last voyage
Hey... Batory's time, the memory is covered with dust
Hey, hey... today she's leaving us; with no point of return,

Often time, the Biscay Bay collected its ransom,
The Beaufort's scale was lacking degrees,
The crew has never failed her,
She has never failed the crew
In every country, even in Bombay
She was welcomed by her Polish countrymen
They wanted just for a second to feel like they are back in Poland
Ref.
(...) Hey Batory's high life - legendary life!
Hey, hey... it's only the wind - not the tears, not the tears

"CZAS BATORYCH", 1988
Slowa i muzyka: Lech Makowiecki, ZAYAZD
Aranzacja: Janusz Poplawski (Niebiesko Czarni)

Gdy juz plywac mozna bylo
Pod bandera naszych stron,
Wozil statek biednych i bogatych
Przez Atlantyk wciaz,
A potem w bojach o konwoje
Wilczym stada smial sie w nos
Bomby przezyl, zmylil torpedy, "Lucky Ship" zwali go.

Ref.
Hej... Batorego czas minal jak zycie, jak sen
Hej, hej... dzis pozegnal nas, to byl ostatni rejs
Hej... Batorego czas, pamiec pokrywa kurz,
Hej, hej... dzis opuszcza nas; stamtad nie wraca sie juz,

Biskaj nieraz haracz zbieral,
Braklo stopni w skali "B",
Lecz zaloga nigdy nie zawiodla
On nie zawiodl tez,
W kazdym kraju, nawet w Bombaju
Wital go rodakow tlum,
Chcieli tylko jedna chwilke czuc sie jak w Polsce znow
Ref.
(...) Hej... Batorego swiat - zycie z legenda na Ty
Hej, hej... to tylko wiatr - to wcale nie sa lzy, to wcale nie sa lzy

ZAYAZD (An Invasion) is the name of a popular Polish country music group... In 1986, Lech Makowiecki, as a former leader of another music group called BABSZTYL, once a very popular student band, chose the "ZAYAZD" as a name for his new music formation…In 1987-88, ZAYAZD performed onboard the STEFAN BATORY during her three cruises: Dakar, Norwegian Fjords and Caribbean as the very last one. During that last, Caribbean cruise Lech Makowiecki, wrote the above song "Batory's Time" ("Czas Batorych"). The song has became a very special farewell to the ship by her passengers, crew and ZAYAZD... Makowiecki recalls: "I remember tears in eyes of many people within the audience, while we were singing "Czas Batorych" during the last concert onboard STEFEK. Everybody knew, that it was the end of STEFEK'S maritime career and most likely she will be sent to the scrapyard…"

ZAYAZD to nazwa polskiego zespolu muzyki country. W 1986 r Lech Makowiecki, lider popularnego zespolu studenckiego BABSZTYL, tak wlasnie nazwal swoja nowopowstala formacje muzyczna. W 1987-88 ZAYAZD wystepowal na pokladzie STEFANA BATOREGO podczas trzech rejsow wycieczkowych: Dakar, Fjordy Norweskie i Karaiby. W trakcie rejsu na Karaiby, ktory byl ostatnim rejsem STEFANA BATOREGO, Lech Makowiecki napisal powyzsza piosenke "Czas Batorych", ktora stala sie dla pasazerow, zalogi i calego zaspolu ZAYAZD szczegolnym pozegnaniem ze statkiem, na ktorym podrozowali... Makowiecki wspomina: "Lzy, o ktorych jest mowa w piosence widac bylo w niejednych oczach, gdy spiewalismy "Czas Batorych" na ostatnim koncercie, pod koniec rejsu. Wszyscy zdawali sobie sprawe, ze to koniec morskiej kariery i przeczuwali ze STEFEK zostanie wkrotce zezlomowany..."

ZAYAZD on the sun deck of TSS STEFAN BATORY, 1988
From left: Janusz Poplawski as a guest (the pop group 'Niebiesko Czarni'), Bozena Makowiecka, Leszek Bolibok, Lech Makowiecki (sitting)
ZAYAZD na pokladzie slonecznym TSS STEFAN BATORY, 1988
Od lewej strony: Janusz Poplawski jako gosc (zespol "Niebiesko Czarni"), Bozena Makowiecka, Leszek Bolibok, Lech Makowiecki (siedzacy)

..."All artists who were hired to perform during the couple of last STEFEK'S voyages, including ourselves were participated in the STEFAN BATORY SHOW every night. Each show was dedicated to a different style of music and culture... there were American Day ("Country and Western"), Russian-Gipsy Day ("Romances"), Jewish Day ("Fiddler on the roof"), Operetta Day ("Kalman Invites"), Polish Day ("Folk dance and music") etc… For all of us who performed there, it was often a quite challenge and a lot of work to do the job right. However, I have never experienced such a great audience’s applause as the one onboard the STEFAN BATORY. Apart from that, it was always quite excitement and... fun when there was a storm, rough sea and we had to be on the stage giving a show - trying hard not to let ourselves fall down while the ship was rocking like crazy..." Lech Makowiecki

..."Artysci zaokretowani na ostatnie rejsy STEFKA, wlacznie z nami czyli ZAYAZD-em brali udzial w programie rozrywkowym pt. STEFAN BATORY SHOW. W ramach tego programu, kazdego wieczora podczas rejsu mielismy inny rodzaj muzyki i nastroju... byl Dzien Amerykanski ("Country i Western"), Rosyjsko-Cyganski ("Romanse"), Zydowski (gralismy miedzy innymi "Skrzypka na Dachu"), Operetkowy ("Kalman sie klania"), Polski (czyli "Polskie Tance i Folklor") itd… Dla wszystkich nas, tzw. Oficerow Rozrywkowych bylo to ogromne wyzwanie i duzo pracy, ale takiego aplauzu jak na STEFANIE BATORYM nie doswiadczylem nigdzie! A poza tym... bywalo naprawde zabawnie gdy trzeba bylo spiewac i grac na scenie podczas sztormu siegajacego 7 stopni w skali Beauforta, a czlowiek mogl sie wowczas trzymac tylko wlasnej gitary…" Lech Makowiecki

TSS STEFAN BATORY during her last voyage
Caribbean, St. Lucia, Jan. 1988
TSS STEFAN BATORY podczas ostatniego rejsu wycieczkowego
Karaiby, St. Lucia, styczen 1988

BATORY'S WALTZ/ WALCZYK BATOREGO

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