Текст песни Самуил Маршак - Усатый-полосатый

Mustachioed - Striped

Once upon a time there was a girl. What was her name?
Who called
He knew.
You don’t know.

How old was she?
How many winters
So many years -
Forty is not yet.
And only four years.

And she had ... Who did she have?
Gray,
Whiskered,
All striped.
Who is that? Kitty.

The girl began to lay the kitten to sleep.

- Here's under your back
Soft feather bed.

Top on the feather bed
A clean sheet.

Here under your ears
White pillows.

Down comforter
And a handkerchief at the top.

I put the kitten down and went to supper.

Comes back - what is it?

The ponytail is on the pillow
There are ears on the sheet.

Is that how they sleep? She turned the kitten over, laid it down as it should:

Under the back -
Perinka.

On the perinka -
Bed sheet.

Under the ears -
Pillows.

And she herself went to supper. Comes again - what is it?

No feather beds,
No sheets
No pillow
Not to be seen
And the mustache,
Striped
Got over
Under the bed.

Is that how they sleep? What a silly kitten!