Those Jettisoned Cosmonauts lyrics

She roamed the streets of Moscow

Unknown, unkempt, unssen

A mixed bred mongrel stray

Til fate found her fleeting fame

In Sputnik Two's mission

The rigors of orbiting the earth

She showed the way to space

Leading man into the cosmos

As a loyal canine passively could

We knew little of the effects

It was a one-way venture

Microgravity's examination

Could one survive it?

The conquerer of space

Found two terminal divinations

A government's release

Eulogized and euthanized

But history's memory faded

Grew dim, and truth arose

Its shadow sad and grim

The sustainer, it failed

Overheated , she expired

In panic, alone, confused

There was no place to go

No rescuers in sight

The next launch

The Vostok One went on

A manned orbital flight

A moment to pay tribute

Misplaced contributions

A voice to take account

For without sacrifices

None would know beyond

Laika, Bars and Lisichka

Pchyolka and Mushka

Dogs that were much more

Than being just faithful pets