Pchyolochka zlataya. Gold bee.  

Hey, gold bee, why are you buzzing and not flying away? My Lyuba has blonde hair tied with a blue ribbon below the waist. I can love her but can't kiss her. I could die from her kisses.  

Shedriy vecher. Good evening.  

Good evening for good people.  

Molodaya, moloda. Young woman.   

A playful young woman went to the garden to pull weeds which had grown knee-deep. Somehow she looked back and saw the young cossack staying behind.  

"Hey, cossack! Come by more often and bring more presents for me. Some time bring me a ruble or two."  

The young woman went out with the young cossack letting the weeds grow.  

Na kalinovom mostu. On the viburnum bridge.   

I am sitting on the viburnum bridge, thinking about my sweetheart - I miss him. The one who kisses me ten times will get my love.  

Dudochka. Fife ( wooden pipe).  

Play the fife cheerfully for the joy of our village, for a good harvest, to make a young man joyful.  

"Ah shto skazali ?" "What were they saying ?"  

Several people are gossiping:  

-Were they saying that Ivan's horse has a golden harness ?  

-It's not golden, it's old and worn-out.  

-Were they saying that Ivan's horse's bridle is made of copper ?  

-It's not copper, it is made of old ropes.  

-Were they saying that Ivan's horse's hames are very tall ?  

-They're not tall at all.  

-Were they saying that he has a fancy carriage ?  

-His carriage is very old and it doesn't belong to him anyway.  

-Were they saying that Ivan's wife is so pretty ?  

-She is not pretty. She is very thin and hunch-backed. She has a dog's muzzle, a cat's eyes and a horse's head.  

Poroushka  

-Oh you, Poroushka-Pahranya, what do you love Ivan for?  

-I love him for the curly hair falling on his face and his curly beard and I love him for the way he walks and talks.  

Letyat utki. Ducks are flying.  

Ducks and two geese are flying and I can't wait until my beloved arrives. I fell in love but my loved one left for Voronezh  

Vanyushka. Ivan.  

"My dearest Ivan, my handsome one. Why do you scold and beat me ? You didn't buy a skirt for me, you didn't buy stockings for me."  

Ne po pogrebu bochonochek. It's not the barrel in the cellar   

It's not the barrel in the cellar, it's my husband, young beautiful swan. " Oh, you, Mar'yushka, take my shoes off, Ivanovna, take my shoes off." " I'll be glad to do that." And the wife, trying to please her husband, takes his shoes off one after the other, naming each foot in turn." I'm not afraid of anything. I'll take my clothes off and sneak into bed with my husband."  

Zagorelas vo pole kalina. The viburnum has ripenned in the field.  

The cossack is not happy with his lazy wife because she doesn't go to work in the field along with other cossacks' wives, pretending she is sick. A cossack looks at others' wives, assessing their beauty. And the cossack's heart gets heavy.  

Kadril. Quadrille. (Dance)  

Two brothers sinking into the water, trying to recollect what sins they have committed.  

Chastooshki. Rhymes.  

The humorous, often satirical, song rhymes are about almost anything. There are funny situations describing relationships between wife and husband or boyfriend and girlfriend  

For example: Ivan, you are cheating on me. You go out with one woman and love another. Am I not attractive and beautiful enough?  

Or, I don't find myself beautiful enough, though every man is attracted to me, but I don't need anybody except my Sergey.  

Ne bela zarya. It is not the beautiful dawn...  

It is not the beautiful dawn... It is not a beautiful falcon flown from its nest, It is my sweetheart who was leaving me and was not bidding me farewell.  

Mi proso seyali ( We were sowing the millet ).  

-We were sowing the millet.  
-And we'll trample it.  
-How will you trample it ?  
-We'll let the horses out.  
-We'll take the horses.  
-And we'll redeem them.  
-And how will you redeem them ?  
-We'll give you 100 rubles.  
-We'll not take 100 rubles.  
-And what do you want instead ?  
-We want a girl.  

Beliy den (Nice day).