Stanisław Staszewski's lyrics & chords

Stanisław Staszewski (1925-1973) was a Polish architect and poet. He is notable as a father to Kazimierz Staszewski and author of many songs and ballads, sung both by his son and by Jacek Kaczmarski. Stanisław Staszewski was born December 18, 1925 in Warsaw to an impoverished szlachta family of a gymnasium headmaster. During World War II young Stanisław was a member of the Armia Krajowa. In its ranks he took part in the failed episode of the Warsaw Uprising in the borough of Praga. Taken prisoner by the Germans he faced the risk of being ex...read more