Transcripts from Vostok 5-6
Tereshkova attempted to contact Bykovskiy. They had evidently planned in advance to sing a duet together. Tereshkova initially had problems contacting Bykovskiy.
Chayka [Tereshkova]: Kedr [Gagarin], over. I've not been able to establish communications with him [Bykovskiy]. From the southern point I called him, he's silent, from the north, the same. For the moment, we've lost each other. But without fail, I congratulate [him]. I'm very happy for him. Tell Yastreb [Bykovskiy] that I'm prepared to carry out the space duet as we planned.
There was a short pause at this point, after which Tereshkova managed to establish contact with Bykovskiy and then launched into a short excerpt from a patriotic Russian song, immediately followed by two recent popular favourites:
Chayka [Tereshkova]: "Our town is alright, the people are just that way Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra, la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Yastreb, this is Chayka! Listen to your favourite. At our harbour the ships are silently smoking... Can you hear?
Yastreb [Bykovskiy]: I hear you, I hear you, I hear you....
Chayka [Tereshkova]: For the real boys, the harbour is the native home, comrade to comrade, they'll always stand together. And far far away, the ships are on their way, and all who are young at heart, stand shoulder to shoulder.
These excerpts were from two songs, one entitled 'Textile Town' and the other 'Friendship Song'. The source remarks Her voice sounded remarkably on key for someone who was not a singer.
Valentina Tereshkova eating tubed food











