# What are the lyrics to "Ancestral Aid" from the Hunt for Red October soundtrack?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-lyrics-to-ancestral-aid-from-the-hunt-for-red-october-soundtrack/394502 "2007-03-04T02:54:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-lyrics-to-ancestral-aid-from-the-hunt-for-red-october-soundtrack/394502/1 "2007-03-04T02:54:03Z")

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Well, I’m about due to post a question probably no one will have any way of answering.

My question is—in Basil Poledouris’ soundtrack to _The Hunt for Red October_, what are the lyrics to the track “Ancestral Aid”? (In the movie, at the risk of spoiling, it’s the bit that plays when the Red October narrowly avoids being struck by a torpedo in the underwater canyon.) It does sound like the chorus is actually singing words, and the main title of the movie, at least, does definately [have lyrics, in Russian.](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/poledouris-basil-hymn-to-red-october-lyrics.html)

Can anyone help me out with this one?

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-lyrics-to-ancestral-aid-from-the-hunt-for-red-october-soundtrack/394502/2 "2007-03-05T01:36:54Z")

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…I believe I’m permitted one bump, da?