Иванушка-рачек [Ivanushka Ratshek] [English translation]

(INTRO)

Ivan the Crayfish’s

crawling along the bank

Catches a fish

and brings it to little Ul'yan

Little Ul'yan

wolfs down the peppered fish

The landlord sits in the barnyard

and screams "I'll whip you!"

They work their fingers to the bone

With a wooden plough and harrow

Mother sold the latter

Didn’t ask much for it

A hoe, a shovel

And a hen

And a hen

It sits on its roost

(INTERLUDE)

A hen

It sits on its roost

It sits on its roost

Counting its eggs

One, two, three, four

They taught me how to count

But not to read or write

I had to play with dolls

I broke one of my dolls

Mummy gave me a spanking

Dad, dad hit me on the back

Balalaika on the wall

Down the balalaika fell

And hit the pig on its hump

And then dad on his back

So he won’t be riding a pig anymore