Yumor

[BASS]
Tsari, koroli, imperatory
Vlastiteli vsei zemli
Komandovali paradami
No yumorom, no yumorom ne mogli
V dvortsy imenitykh osob
Vse dni volzezhashchikh vykholenno

[ENSEMBLE]
Yavlyalsya brodyaga Ezop
I nishchimi oni vyglyadeli

[BASS]
V domakh, gde khanzha nsledil
Svoimi nogamig shchuplymi

[ENSEMBLE]
Vsyu poshlost Khodzha Nasreddin
Sshibal, kak shakhmaty, shutkami

[BASS]
Khoteli humor kupit

[Chorus]
Da tolko evo ne kupish!

[BASS]
Khoteli yumor ubit

[Chorus]
A yumor pokazyal kukish

[BASS]
Bortsya s nim - delo trudnoye
Kaznili evo bez kontsa

[Chorus]
Evo golova obtrublennaya
Torchala na pike streltsa

[BASS]
No lish skomoroshi dudochki
Svoi nachinali skaz
On zvonko krichal: "Ya tutochki."

[ENSEMBLE]
I likho puskalsya v plyas

[BASS]
V potryopannom kutsem palitshke
Ponuryas i slovno kayas
Prestupnikom politicheskim
On, poimannyi, shol na kazn
Vsem vidom pokornost vykalzyval
Gotov k nezemnomu zhityu
Kak vdrug iz paltishka vyskalzyval
Rukoi makhal

[ENSEMBLE]
I tyu-tyu!

[BASS]
Yumor pryatali v kamery
Da chorta s dva udalos

[ENSEMBLE]
Reshotki i steny kamennyye
On prokhodli naskvoz
Otkashlivayas prostuzhenno
Kak ryadovoi boyets
Shagal on chastushkoi-prostushkoi
S vintovkoi na Zimni dvoryets

[BASS]
Privyk on ko vzglyadam sumrachnym
No eto yemu ne vredit
I sam na sebya s yumorom
Yumor poroi glyadit

[ENSEMBLE]
On vechen
On lovok
I yurok

[BASS]
Prodyot cherez vsyo, cherez vsekh

[ENSEMBLE]
Itak, da slavitsya yumor!
On - muzhesvennyi chelovek