sentences:  Its first performer was Tamara Tsereteli who recorded the song in 1925.A year later Alexander Vertinsky did the same in Paris; he included the song into his repertoire and continued to perform it throughout his career, albeit making various changes to the lyrics.Among other successful numbers Fomin penned in mid-1920s were "Ei, drug-gitara" (Hey, My Friend Guitar), "Tvoi glaza zelyonye" (Your Green Eyes), as well as "Tolko raz" (Only Once), the latter dedicated to the former Gypsy band singer Maria Masalskaya, his then mother-in-law.