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The Little Humpbacked Horse

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Translated by Louis Zellikoff

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Text edits and subs by N.Giroux

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Past the woods and mountains steep,

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Past the rolling waters deep,

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You will find a hamlet pleasant

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Where once dwelt an aged peasant.

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Of his sons-and he had three

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Th'eldest sharp was as could be;

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Second was nor dull nor bright,

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But the third-a fool all right.

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But, upon an evil day,

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Dire misfortune came their way-

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Someone, 'twixt the dark and dawn,

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Took to trampling down their corn;

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Never had such grief before

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Come to visit at their door;

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Day and night they sat and thought

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How the villain could be caught,

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Till at last they understood

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Nightly guard would do them good.

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You, Ivan just go around

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Watch the field and space abound

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Danila and Iíll stay behind

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Soon the pesky thief weíll find.

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Stars, starsÖ one, two, threeÖ

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All night long, I count thee

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Three, four, fiveÖand sixth one too!

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Ainít no summing you on fingers few!

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"Oh, ho ho-so this is it!

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You're the rogue-but wait a bit!

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Since you sat me, I confess

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I am yours now to possessÖ

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But if you will set me free

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Two brave stallions I would give thee

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And such handsome steeds I'd bear

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As have ne'er been seen, I swear.

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And a third I promise you,

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Only twelve hands high, with two

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Little humps upon his back-

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Ears-a yard long...

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If you wish, why, sell the two,

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But, Ivan, whate'er you do,

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Part not with the little steed,

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Though you be in direst need.

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Faithful friend to you he'll be,

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Where you go, on land or sea.

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So, farewell, Ivan

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For now I will roam free...

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-Not in our fieldsÖhopefully!!!

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Log house, stoveÖ all swing around,

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Ainít no place for their master to lay down

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Where in this hangover dread

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Shall I hide my rowdy head ?

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Hey, stomp with your foot

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Donít you worry ëbout the boot

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Drunks ìknee-deepî all seas shall measure

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But their heads they do not treasure

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Lord be merciful and fair!

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Just you look what lovely pair

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Our young fool has hidden thereÖ

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Across the meadows and the ponds

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At dawnís earliest hour

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The rain of multicolored gems

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The Sun from its beard doth shower

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Oh, the field, the field of mine

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Roaming free just feels so fine!

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Oh, my horses black as night,

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With your golden manes so bright!

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Did not I look after you?

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What foul devil stole you? Who?

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Donít blame devils for their deeds-

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Your two brothers stole those steeds.

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Yes, your loss is great, I know-

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But I'll help you in your woe.

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Mount my back-when I say: 'Go',

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Hold to me for all you know.

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Now, this is a'curious light.

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Look-there's light in plenty here-

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But no smoke or heat-I swear

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And you very well may stare!

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That's a Fire-Bird's feather there!

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But, Ivan, for your own sake,

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Touch it not, for in its wake

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Many sorrows, many woes

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Follow everywhere it goes

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Is that what you're telling me?

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Woes and sorrows-we shall see!

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Many sorrows, many woes

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Follow everywhere it goes

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Capital City

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Now, there was an old tradition

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That, without the Mayor's permission,

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Nothing could be bought or sold,

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Nor for barter, nor for gold.

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As the church-bells called for prayer,

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On his palfrey rode the Mayor.

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Golden trumpet gaily sounding,

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Voice stentorian resounding:

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Guests and honest merchants there,

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Open up and sell your ware!

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You, my watchmen, guard their stalls

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Keep the order, squash the brawls!

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Then the merchants loudly call,

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As each opens up his stall:

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"Honest masters-come this way!

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See what wares we have today!î

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Sables, ferretsÖ different furs

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Pick and choose, you lovely girls!

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Here I have the yokes renowned

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Saddles and some horsewhips sound!

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Tawed reins!

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Honey cakes!

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Spiced brine apples!

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Tasty bakes!

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Come young maidens and young lads!

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Savor all my gingerbreads!

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-Tsarís approaching

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-Redhead chamberlain ëside him

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Heís horse keepersí chief supreme.

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Oh dear father!

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Oh dear mother!

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What a sight theyíre to behold

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Just to me, you wil be sold!

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My good people, who

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Owns these handsome chargers two?

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Tsar, these steeds belong to me,

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I'm their owner, too, you see.

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Will you sell them to me, say?

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No, I'm swapping them today.

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What will you be taking, then?

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Twice five caps of silver

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That I think will make it..ten?

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I will give you that, young man!

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Brothers, are you not ashamed?

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Though you're clev'rer than Ivan,

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Still, Ivan's an honest man.

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Whatcha looking at, old snake?

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Take the steeds, for goodness sake!

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Oh, good people, what a show!

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I could die just laughing so!

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Now, my grooms can't hold those two-

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So, there's nothing else to do,

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But to come along with me.

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I shall issue a decree,

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Make you Master of my Horse,

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Like a lord, you'll live, of course

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What a wonder! Let it be

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I shall serve Your Majesty!

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Have I fallen from your grace ?

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And my job which I embrace?

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My displeasure, do observe!

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Under Ivan you shall serve!

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Take them, Ivan, faithful slave

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To my stable, steeds so brave!

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Just you wait, you dirty lout,

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Time will come, I'll turn you out.

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Tsarís Stables

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Servant life is sloth and folly

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Chasing pigeons-he is jolly

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Steeds well-fed and clean appear

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Could some ghost be working here?

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Can it be, a goblin sprite

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Comes and braids their manes at night?

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Watch him-that's what I shall do.

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And wonít stop until Iím through.

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In the city now is night,

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All around are sleeping tight

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But no peace will come to me

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Even when Iím tired, see?

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Iíll your silky bangs unbraid

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With a fine-toothed comb inlaid

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Brush your manes and braid'em back

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And admire your beauty black.

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Oh you, skipping horses mine

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You are graceful, you are fine!

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But the heart perceives most dear

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My humpback thatís always near.

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Oh, so thatís whatís going on

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With our little fiendish spawn!

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This shall be your bitter end,

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To the gallows youíll be sent.

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To confess, O Majesty,

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I have dared to come to thee!

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Be not angry with thy slave.

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Suffer me to speak, I crave.

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Speak without any fibs,

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Or the whip will count your ribs.

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All the Court knows it is true,

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That Ivan conceals from you

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Fire-Bird's feather, SireÖBehold!

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And he boasts, as I have heard,

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That, did you but say the word,

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He could bring the Bird of Fire

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To your Royal Chamber, Sire.

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Fetch for me that foolish lad!

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Wonít escape my fist-too bad!

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By what law and what decree

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Have you from Our Majesty

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Hidden what is ours by right?

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Yes-the Fire-Bird's feather bright?

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ëBout the feather in my hatÖ

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How could he discover that?

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How could he discover that?

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I've no feather-and, how, pray,

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Could such wonders come my way?

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What? You dare refute thy Sire?

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Look, what have just acquired!

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Pardon me this once, please do

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And I'll lie no more to you.

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You'll be pardoned for the nonce,

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Seeing you have sinned but once

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You have boasted, as I've heard,

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That, did I but say the word,

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You could bring the Bird of Fire

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To the Chamber of your Sire.

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May the lightning strike my head

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If such thing I ever said!

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If you do not bring it to me

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To my Royal Chamber, now,

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By my Royal Beard I vow,

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I will find you anywhere

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And impale you, so take care.

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Off, you serf!

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Now you'll shed many a tear!

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You rejected my advice-

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Now, you have to pay the price.

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Oh, whatever shall I do?

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Help me, oh my friend so true.

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I will say 'twixt you and me-

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This is easy as can be.

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Service lies ahead, so please

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Put your mind, Ivan, at ease.

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But whatever shall I do?

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Help me, oh my friend so true.

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Telling you in language plain,

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We will need the best of grain,

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And two troughs; then, if you please,

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Wine, brought in from overseas.

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Really, weíve no time to waste.

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And at dawn we must make haste.

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Hereís to where the Birds so bright

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Flock before the dawn at night.

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These are hellish beings, I swear

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Fiery riff-raff everywhere

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Oh, my little humpback dear,

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Hurry fast,come-do you hear!

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-Ivanís gone long time from here

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-Somewhere lies he drunk, I fear.

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Let you down this time, I think,

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Broke decrees and did not blink

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Were he empty-handed to arrive

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I would have to skin the fool alive.

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I am twisting little rope

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Lovingly, kidís noose I grope

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Just for his, of all the heads

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He shall test the strength of threads.

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Soon, Iíll finish with my noose

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Insultís gone when heíll hang loose.

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Vile hound, snout of swine

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May you bow-like twist your spine!

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May you choke on birch bark shoe!

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May you fall the black earth through!

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What have you brought back for me?

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Show me! patienceís not my trait.

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Father Tsar, a momentís wait!

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Bid them first, Your Majesty,

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Shut the chamber casement tight,

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Draw the shades, keep out the light.

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Hey, Boyars! You should make haste

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need day with night replaced,[br]Shadows by the black embraced.

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Call the firemen-and quick!

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Water hose would do the trick!

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Hold him still and hold him tight

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Bind the rascal, bind him right

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Get him, catch him, grab a hold!

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Quickly, flee from fowl bold!

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Oh how lively you do leap

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Come enjoy your peaceful keep!

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Vanya, friend, I love you so,

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Lightened is my heart, you know.

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And, in token of my joy,

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Be my Royal Groom, my boy!

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You won't always prosper so,

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Have such foolish luck-oh no!

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I'll get you in trouble, yet!

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Yes, I will, my little pet!

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In a distant clime, my brothers,

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Flows an ocean, like no others;

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And it washes foreign shores,

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And it's sailed by merchant moors

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Those who have sailed, and so know,

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Tell about a maiden fair

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Living on that ocean there.[br]She's no common maiden, see-

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Daughter to the Sun is she,

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Moonís her brother, goes the word

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Scarlet dress she wears, I heard.

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Sails a boat-of gold it's made,

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And she wields a silver oar,

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Steers that boat from shore to shore.

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Gusli in her hand, she sings

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As she plucks its silver strings.

0:39:39.085,0:39:43.045
I'll get you in trouble, yet!

0:39:43.045,0:39:56.085
Yes, I will, my little pet!

0:39:56.085,0:39:59.015
Get him, get him get him clean

0:39:59.015,0:40:01.095
Front and back and in between

0:40:01.095,0:40:04.035
Birch twig switch of leafy green

0:40:04.035,0:40:08.015
One,two-water off duckís back is dripping

0:40:08.015,0:40:16.035
Good health comes from all this whipping

0:40:16.035,0:40:19.015
And will be our Father mild

0:40:19.015,0:40:21.045
Rosy red like tender child

0:40:21.045,0:40:23.095
From the waters boiling wild

0:40:23.095,0:40:26.095
One,two-water off duckís back is dripping

0:40:26.095,0:40:30.015
Good health comes from all this whipping

0:40:30.015,0:40:32.095
Poor more water from the bowls

0:40:32.095,0:40:42.095
Bring more heat with steaming coals!

0:40:42.095,0:40:46.025
One,two-water off duckís back is dripping

0:40:46.025,0:40:49.015
Good health comes from all this whipping

0:40:49.015,0:40:51.095
Poor more water from the bowls

0:40:51.095,0:40:55.095
Bring more heat with steaming coals!

0:40:55.095,0:40:58.045
Tsar, your Vanya gaily said,

0:40:58.045,0:41:02.045
Swearing by your Royal Head,

0:41:02.045,0:41:04.075
That he knew this birdie-yes-

0:41:04.075,0:41:06.085
So he called her, I confess.

0:41:06.085,0:41:09.095
And, O Sire, it's also true

0:41:09.095,0:41:14.095
That he bragged to catch her, too.

0:41:14.095,0:41:17.005
I have been informed, dear Vanya,

0:41:17.005,0:41:19.045
That just now, my lad, you said,

0:41:19.045,0:41:21.095
Swearing by my Royal Head,

0:41:21.095,0:41:26.005
That, did I but say the word,[br]You could bring another bird.

0:41:26.005,0:41:29.005
For your Monarch-you did swear

0:41:29.005,0:41:32.045
You could catch the Tsar-Maid Fair.

0:41:32.045,0:41:35.095
Oh dear father, Iíve been hexed.

0:41:35.095,0:41:39.085
By such gossip Iím perplexed.

0:41:39.085,0:41:43.045
But no matter what you say

0:41:43.045,0:41:45.065
You will not fool me this way!

0:41:45.065,0:41:48.015
Look-If you do not bring to me

0:41:48.015,0:41:50.095
That Tsar-Maid, in short weeks three,

0:41:50.095,0:41:52.095
To my Chamber lovely bird,

0:41:52.095,0:41:54.095
Mark Ivan my royal word,

0:41:54.095,0:41:58.015
Tortures grand till your life ceases.

0:41:58.015,0:42:33.035
Youíll be pulled apart in pieces.

0:42:33.035,0:42:36.045
Turn your gaze ahead, at last

0:42:36.045,0:42:39.015
See ñ the ocean spreading vast

0:42:39.015,0:42:42.095
There it is, the whole year round,

0:42:42.095,0:42:46.095
This Tsar-Maiden can be found.

0:42:46.095,0:42:51.045
This Godís world is full of wonder

0:42:51.045,0:44:31.035
Look at all the beauty yonder!

0:44:31.035,0:44:35.095
In this lovely silky tent

0:44:35.095,0:44:39.085
I my loneliness lament

0:44:39.085,0:44:49.035
And for no-one my voice sings

0:44:49.035,0:45:10.035
As I nod and pluck my strings

0:45:10.035,0:45:15.085
Oh you wild winds, donít howl

0:45:15.085,0:45:21.085
Fall asleep, you beast and fowl

0:45:21.085,0:45:26.085
Slumber deep in vales and coves,

0:45:26.085,0:45:53.035
Mountains steep and oak tree groves

0:45:53.035,0:45:56.045
Master! Slumber quickly shirk

0:45:56.045,0:47:19.085
Tis the time to fix our work

0:47:19.085,0:47:22.095
Oh dear Tsar, itís time to sing

0:47:22.095,0:47:27.015
Since Tsar-Maiden he wonít bring

0:47:27.015,0:47:31.055
Serf has played another trick

0:47:31.055,0:48:17.025
Drive him in a coffin thick.

0:48:17.025,0:48:20.055
May you perish hound mean!

0:48:20.055,0:48:23.015
May you croak in a ravine!

0:48:23.015,0:48:26.045
May you fall into a pond,

0:48:26.045,0:48:38.085
When you roam the great beyond!

0:48:38.085,0:48:41.095
Peerless, beautiful princess-

0:48:41.095,0:48:45.055
Be my bride! Agree-say yes!

0:48:45.055,0:48:48.045
When I first saw you, desire

0:48:48.045,0:48:51.072
Burned within my breast like fire!

0:48:51.072,0:48:54.077
Oh! Your lovely eyes so bright-

0:48:54.077,0:48:59.035
They will haunt me day and night!

0:48:59.035,0:49:01.095
They will torture me by day

0:49:01.095,0:49:04.055
And at nights, drive sleep away!

0:49:04.055,0:49:08.095
Say but one sweet word to me

0:49:08.095,0:49:11.095
Everything is ready, see-

0:49:11.095,0:49:14.095
And tomorrow, oh my life,

0:49:14.095,0:49:18.045
We'll be wedded man and wife.

0:49:18.045,0:49:21.015
Oh, what need is there to wed?

0:49:21.015,0:49:26.075
I shall be alone instead!

0:49:26.075,0:49:28.085
What to do, O Maiden Fair?

0:49:28.085,0:49:32.055
Wedding dreams have made me square!

0:49:32.055,0:49:35.095
If you love me truly, bring

0:49:35.095,0:49:39.095
Me in three days' time, my ring

0:49:39.095,0:49:45.005
Lying in the ocean bed-[br]Only then can we be wed.

0:49:45.005,0:49:49.085
Get Ivan without ado!

0:49:49.085,0:49:52.035
Vanya-here's a job for you-

0:49:52.035,0:49:55.045
Go down to the ocean blue.

0:49:55.045,0:49:58.015
From its bottom, you must bring

0:49:58.015,0:50:02.065
Me the Tsar-Maid's signet-ring.

0:50:02.065,0:50:06.025
If you execute this task,

0:50:06.025,0:50:09.005
I will give you all you ask.

0:50:09.005,0:50:11.015
But I've only just got back,

0:50:11.015,0:50:13.075
And my joints are fit to crack.

0:50:13.075,0:50:15.095
Back to shore again so soon?

0:50:15.095,0:50:19.035
Want to marry fast, buffoon!

0:50:19.035,0:50:22.045
No more arguments, I say-

0:50:22.045,0:50:57.035
Now, be off without delay

0:50:57.035,0:51:00.005
They come out into the clearing

0:51:00.005,0:51:02.015
To the ocean Ivanís steering,

0:51:02.015,0:51:05.045
Where, with giant head and tail,

0:51:05.045,0:51:15.085
Lies the Monster-Marvel Whale.

0:51:15.085,0:51:18.045
These ten years he lies in pain,

0:51:18.045,0:51:21.025
Ignorant of how to gain

0:51:21.025,0:51:31.015
Pardon, to this very day.

0:51:31.015,0:51:34.045
Oh, his eyes are looking sad

0:51:34.045,0:51:37.065
Why this suffering and dread?

0:51:37.065,0:51:40.025
He endures this punishment,

0:51:40.025,0:51:43.095
For, without the Lord's consent,

0:51:43.095,0:51:47.045
Thirty ships, one day, he swallowed

0:51:47.045,0:51:50.025
As their ocean course they followed.

0:51:50.025,0:51:52.045
If he sets them free again

0:51:52.045,0:51:55.085
God will take away his pain,

0:51:55.085,0:51:59.095
May God speed you, gentles two-

0:51:59.095,0:52:04.015
Whither bound, and whence are you?

0:52:04.015,0:52:07.085
We're the Tsar-Maid's envoys, see-

0:52:07.085,0:52:11.045
From the capital are we

0:52:11.045,0:52:15.065
From seaís bottom please do bring

0:52:15.065,0:52:19.075
Us the Tsar-Maid's signet-ring.

0:52:19.075,0:52:22.095
For what sins, can you explain?

0:52:22.095,0:52:26.095
Must I bear this grief and pain?

0:52:26.095,0:52:30.045
Has some sin brought all this bane?

0:52:30.045,0:52:35.005
And how can I the pardon gain?

0:52:35.005,0:52:37.035
I can tell you, Monster-Whale

0:52:37.035,0:52:40.015
Why you suffer and you ail.

0:52:40.015,0:52:43.095
If you help me get the ring

0:52:43.095,0:52:49.085
Freedom my advice will bring.

0:52:49.085,0:52:55.095
Certainly-for friends like you

0:52:55.095,0:53:03.005
There is nothing I won't do.

0:53:03.005,0:53:07.015
Heed my words, 0 Christians true-

0:53:07.015,0:53:10.015
Mark what I am telling you-

0:53:10.015,0:53:12.015
If you wish to keep away

0:53:12.015,0:53:14.055
From a briny grave today,

0:53:14.055,0:53:18.065
Get you gone this minute, now!

0:53:18.065,0:53:22.015
Wonders will take place, I vow,

0:53:22.015,0:53:24.045
For the Monster Whale will turn

0:53:24.045,0:53:29.035
And the sea will seethe and churn.

0:53:29.035,0:53:31.015
Troubleís brewing!

0:53:31.015,0:53:33.075
Troubleís coming!

0:53:33.075,0:54:14.015
From the Whale we should be running!!!

0:54:14.015,0:54:16.095
Youíve endured this torment

0:54:16.095,0:54:19.015
Since without Lordís consent

0:54:19.015,0:54:21.085
Thirty ships, one day, you swallowed

0:54:21.085,0:54:24.065
As their ocean course they followed.

0:54:24.065,0:54:26.085
If you set them free again

0:54:26.085,0:54:57.065
God will take away your pain.

0:54:57.065,0:55:01.095
O'er the billows, o'er the sea,

0:55:01.095,0:55:08.005
O'er the ocean wide and free,

0:55:08.005,0:55:12.085
At the bottom of the world,

0:55:12.085,0:55:29.025
Fly our ships with sails unfurled.

0:55:29.025,0:55:33.085
Masts are rising higher yet,

0:55:33.085,0:55:40.035
Sails from foamy splashes wet,

0:55:40.035,0:55:45.035
Villages and forests green,

0:55:45.035,0:55:57.035
Native region can be seen.

0:55:57.035,0:56:00.095
Tell me, friends, what can I do

0:56:00.095,0:56:05.005
In return, or give to you?

0:56:05.005,0:56:09.015
From the oceanís floor Iíll bring

0:56:09.015,0:57:34.075
You the lovely Maiden's ring.

0:57:34.075,0:57:38.095
Brought no ring from underneathÖ

0:57:38.095,0:58:00.005
May he rot and all his teeth.

0:58:00.005,0:58:02.095
-Thank you kindly, Monster-Whale!

0:58:02.095,0:58:08.015
-No, tis you, my friend, I hail!

0:58:08.015,0:58:11.095
I'll remember till I die

0:58:11.095,0:58:21.085
What you've done for meñgood-bye!

0:58:21.085,0:58:25.025
I canít lift this heavy chest

0:58:25.025,0:58:28.095
Filled with fiendish hordes for jest

0:58:28.095,0:58:35.005
By the wily Monster Whale.

0:58:35.005,0:58:38.045
Mount my back and tightly so

0:58:38.045,0:59:45.015
Hold to me for all you know.

0:59:45.015,0:59:47.065
Maiden fair, hear my voice?

0:59:47.065,0:59:52.045
Ring is found- do rejoice!

0:59:52.045,0:59:56.025
And, forgive my boldness, do,

0:59:56.025,1:00:00.035
I just want to marry you.

1:00:00.035,1:00:03.095
Yes, I know, I know, my lad-

1:00:03.095,1:00:08.035
Still-We can't be wedded yet.

1:00:08.035,1:00:10.095
Why?-I love you more than life!

1:00:10.095,1:00:15.035
Why can you not be my wife?

1:00:15.035,1:00:15.055
Of an old, old man like you?

1:00:15.055,1:00:20.045
Grey haired, ugly, toothless, too?

1:00:20.045,1:00:24.015
Though you think I may be old

1:00:24.015,1:00:29.005
Yet Iím lively and Iím bold.

1:00:29.005,1:00:33.045
Look here-you're old and grey-

1:00:33.045,1:00:36.065
I am but fifteen today-

1:00:36.065,1:00:39.095
You regain your youth anew,

1:00:39.095,1:00:43.015
And I'll gladly marry you.

1:00:43.015,1:00:46.045
O, dear Maiden, listen here-

1:00:46.045,1:00:50.045
One can't be reborn, I fear

1:00:50.045,1:00:53.045
If you have no fear of pain,

1:00:53.045,1:00:57.035
You will soon be young again.

1:00:57.035,1:01:00.095
Listen-early in the morn,

1:01:00.095,1:01:04.045
On the palace court-yard lawn,

1:01:04.045,1:01:11.035
You must have three cauldrons ready,

1:01:11.035,1:01:14.045
Two-on fires burning steady.

1:01:14.045,1:01:17.045
Now, the first one must be filled

1:01:17.045,1:01:20.095
To the brim, with water chilled,

1:01:20.095,1:01:23.095
While the next-with water hot-

1:01:23.095,1:01:27.015
Have it boiled there on the spot;

1:01:27.015,1:01:29.065
Then, with milk fill up the last,

1:01:29.065,1:01:32.085
Heat it, till the milk boils fast.

1:01:32.085,1:01:37.045
If you want to marry me,

1:01:37.045,1:01:41.045
Young and handsome wish to be,

1:01:41.045,1:01:45.015
First you must your robes divest,

1:01:45.015,1:01:49.095
Plunge into the milk, undressed.

1:01:49.095,1:01:53.045
Next, in boiling water.Then,

1:01:53.045,1:01:56.045
In the water cold-and when

1:01:56.045,1:02:02.045
You emerge- Oh, Father my,

1:02:02.045,1:02:10.085
Youíll be young and handsome guy.

1:02:10.085,1:02:13.095
Oh, dear Father, donít get sad,

1:02:13.095,1:02:17.045
Try this trick on our lad.

1:02:17.045,1:02:21.045
Cauldrons' magic he should test

1:02:21.045,1:02:41.005
If it works, then be my guest.

1:02:41.005,1:02:43.085
Listen, now-tomorrow morn

1:02:43.085,1:02:46.035
On the palace court-yard lawn,

1:02:46.035,1:02:48.095
You, Ivan, must do your best-

1:02:48.095,1:02:52.045
These three cauldrons you must test-

1:02:52.045,1:02:55.075
First bathe in the milk, my son,

1:02:55.075,1:02:57.095
Then the waters, one by one.

1:02:57.095,1:03:03.045
Chickens, pigs, and turkeys-yes-[br]People scald them, I confess.

1:03:03.045,1:03:07.095
A cold bath-why that's quite[br]Diff'rent and thatís alright.

1:03:07.095,1:03:12.055
As to being boiled alive-[br]You can't tempt me-don't you strive.

1:03:12.055,1:03:18.095
What? You dare talk back to me?[br]Put him under lock and key!

1:03:18.095,1:03:26.005
Talk like this-you getting then [br]Bread and water regimen!

1:03:26.005,1:03:52.005
First you do the cauldron bit[br]Then weíll talk about it.

1:03:52.005,1:03:56.085
Better if we never met.

1:03:56.085,1:04:02.005
Woes to you, I do regret.

1:04:02.005,1:04:06.035
Tsar will be the death of me.

1:04:06.035,1:04:15.025
Heíll be boiling me, you see.

1:04:15.025,1:04:19.015
God bless you and do not cry-

1:04:19.015,1:04:22.095
We will manage, you and I.

1:04:22.095,1:04:29.045
I would sooner perish, than[br]Leave you in the lurch, Ivan.

1:04:29.045,1:04:33.085
Say: Your Gracious Majesty!

1:04:33.085,1:04:37.095
Please to send my horse to me

1:04:37.095,1:04:41.005
So that I can say good-bye

1:04:41.005,1:04:43.095
To my horse before I die.

1:04:43.095,1:04:46.075
Now, my lad, go, say your prayers,

1:04:46.075,1:05:38.035
Sleep in peace, forget your cares.

1:05:38.035,1:05:40.095
Now, undress yourself, my man-

1:05:40.095,1:05:43.045
Try the cauldrons best you can.

1:05:43.045,1:05:46.095
Oh, allow Your Majesty,

1:05:46.095,1:05:50.095
Please to send my horse to me

1:05:50.095,1:06:44.035
So that I can say good-bye[br]To my horse, before I die.

1:06:44.035,1:06:47.095
If the milk does not boil proper,

1:06:47.095,1:06:58.005
Water one will be his stopper.

1:06:58.005,1:07:00.085
Why are you just staying still?

1:07:00.085,1:08:48.035
Waitís been long-now do my will!

1:08:48.035,1:08:50.085
If you have no fear of pain,

1:08:50.085,1:10:46.065
You will soon be young again.

1:10:46.065,9:59:59.000
The End