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The limericks of Grandmother Yoshka

Stretch your bellows, Accordeon (1)
Come on and play
Sing limericks, Grandmother Yoshka
Sing and do not talk
 
I was drunk
Flying on a broomstick
Though I did not believe myself
In these superstitions
 
I was walking by the forest,
Someone started following me,
I thought it was a man,
What’s going on here.
 
I returned back home
Again the devil came after me
I spat on his bald patch
And sent him to hell
 
The most harmful of all people
Is the storyteller villain
He is a really skillful liar
What a pity that he's not tasty (2)
 
Stretch your bellows, Accordeon
Come on and play
Sing limericks, Grandmother Yoshka
Sing and do not talk
 
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SaintMarkSaintMark
   Çarş, 02/11/2016 - 11:44

can't figure out the verb in stanza 3

Ivan U7nIvan U7n    Çarş, 02/11/2016 - 11:52

My interpretation of
Шла лесною стороной,
Увязался чёрт за мной,
Думала мужчина,
Что за чертовщина.

is
I was walking by the forest,
Someone started following me,
I thought it was a man,
What’s going on here.

Ivan U7nIvan U7n    Çarş, 02/11/2016 - 12:20

My thought on “чёрт” is “someone unknown with unknown intentions”. As you might know in Russian the word “devil” can be used in so many different and illusive ways. ;)

Sophia_Sophia_
   Cum, 08/06/2018 - 07:47

Я думаю, что здесь черт -как сказочный персонаж.

SaintMarkSaintMark
   Çarş, 02/11/2016 - 12:09

ok, i'll just go along with that.. since you are the russian :)

Олег Л.Олег Л.    Perş, 07/06/2018 - 20:44

Mark, that song is difficult to translate. For example,
Меха don't mean "fur". I don't know how to say it in English.
Бабка Ёжка = Баба Яга (Baba Yaga)
Баба Яга is a witch. Баба is a woman; бабка is an old woman (in this context).
Чёрт means here evil spirit, demon, not Devil

SaintMarkSaintMark
   Perş, 07/06/2018 - 23:32

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues
(Mark 15:17 KJV)

devil can be used for demon.

Олег Л.Олег Л.    Cum, 08/06/2018 - 07:42

I don't know. Maybe. At least the talking is not about Satan.

SaintMarkSaintMark
   Cum, 08/06/2018 - 13:56

you guys are right, accordeon bellows are not made of leather
but cardboard and cloth. I changed it in the footnotes.

"Similar to a violin's bow, the production of sound in an accordion
is in direct proportion to the motion of the player.
The bellows is located between the right- and left-hand manuals,
and is made from pleated layers of cloth and cardboard,
with added leather and metal."