: A turner at the Burgas shipbuilding plant by trade, Vanev wrote the poem in 1961. Legend says he penned the lyrics while in Varna, feeling a deep, lonely nostalgia for his home city of Burgas.
While the song originated in the early 60s, it achieved national immortality through the group (and its later iterations like Tonika SV, Domino, and Familia Tonica). tonika_burgaski_veceri
The lyrics of "Burgaski Vecheri" are thick with nautical metaphors: Спомен за Иван Коларов : A turner at the Burgas shipbuilding plant