George Cornell by them for talks with the Krays. Meetings were often held in pubs such as "The Grave Maurice". On 9 March 1966, Cornell and his friend Albie Woods entered the Blind Beggar pub, ordered some light ales and then sat upon stools next to the bar. At around 8:30pm, both men were approached by Ronnie Kray and a Kray associate, Ian Barrie; upon seeing him, Cornell smiled and said sardonically, "Well, just look who's here". As a warning to the barmaid and the few others in the pub, Barrie fired two shots into the ceiling, while Kray walked towards Cornell,
Kray, miy ridniy kray Year" with the original version for the song. The name of the song is Krai which in the Ukrainian language means the land with implication of a homeland. The Russian language has a similar word which, however, means a frontier land, a periphery. The song tells about the land of Prykarpattia between the rivers of Cheremosh and Prut. The original track was recorded at Kiev studios of Melodiya. Kray, miy ridniy kray "Kray, miy ridniy kray" (, English: My homeland, my native homeland) is a song originally recorded by Sofia Rotaru for her 1981 album "Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta".