video by Alexander Tropinin
LYRICS (translations by Tanya Kosareva):
My beloved served at a fish company
As a watchman at a responsible point.
I loved Nikitushka very much
And prayed for a family happiness.
At last God heard my prayers
And Nikitushka offered me his hand.
He said “Before getting married
Give me a certificate of virginity”.
*Come on, all together! I can’t see your hands.
I didn’t waste the time
And ran to get all the paperwork done.
I came a-running to a book-keeper,
He sends me to a record keeper.
The record keeper was ill-tempered
He says “It must be signed by an accountant”.
And an accountant was a bad-tempered woman,
She says “Today I’m not working”.
I came a-running to the book-keeper,
He sends me to the record keeper.
And while the record keeper was recording
My Nikitushka got married three times.
*Come on, come on, come on, hey!
But all this hasn’t been in vain,
I will find a good many suitors.
If someone of you makes up his mind to marry me,
Here’s a certificate of my virginity.