"Warszawa" is a mostly instrumental song by David Bowie, co-written with Brian Eno and originally released in 1977 on the album Low. The arrangement is meant to evoke the desolation of Warsaw at the time of Bowie's visit in 1973. The mysterious lyrics and the piece of melody in the middle part of the song are based upon a recording of a Polish folk choir "Śląsk". Probably this theme based on the melody and words of the old Polish Silesian song "Helokanie", recorded in advance by choir "Śląsk".

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