Камаринская [Karminskaya] [English translation]

Once upon a time on a street named Varvarinskoi

A kamarinskii man ran (this folk dancer)

Ah man, you son of a bitch, kamarinskii man

Undressed, running on the street

have you seen anything like this?

That's unheard of!

We had a chicken give birth to a sheep

And it laid a bunch of eggs

There were so many eggs they rolled all over the place ?

An armless man stole the eggs,

Hid them in a bare-bellied man's shirt.

The blind man was laying his eyes on everything

The deaf man was eavesdropping to everything

The mute man yelled out for help

And the legless man ran in pursuit

"Oh mother! A robbery! A robbery!"

"Police! a drunk! a drunk!"

Yeah, I was there

I was drinking wine nearby

I slept on a pillow

I was kissed by cuties

Good looking ladies (?)

They gave me papers

New looking papers

25 roubles worth (local cash)