New Year song

[ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN]

Here's one version of "V lesu rodilas' elochka," which was requested
by Svetlana Stepanskaia (I leave the translation to her):

        V lesu rodilas' elochka, v lesu ona rosla,
        Zimoi i letom stroinaia, zelenaia byla.
        Trusishko zaika seren'kii pod elochkoi skakal,
        Poroiu volk serdityi rystsoiu probegal.

        Chu! sneg po lesu chastomu pod sankami skripit,
        Loshadka moxnonogaia toropitsia, bezhit.
        Vezet loshadka droven'ki, a v drovniakh muzhichok,
        Srubil on nashu elochku pod samyi koreshok.

        Stoliar iz etoi elochki nam stul'chik smasteril,
        Ego on krepko skleil, gvozdochkami zabil.
        Teper' na etom stul'chike Vaniushechka sidit,
        Pro elochku, pro zaichika kartinki on gliadit.

                        Bob Rothstein