I'm standing on guard...

I'm standing on the lookout,

I hold a revolver in my hand,

When suddenly it comes to me

Citizens unknown to me.

He offered me money

And a glass of pearls

For me to tell him

Soviet factory plan.

He said: "In Marseille

Such taverns

There are brothels like that

Such cognacs!

There girls dance naked

And the ladies are in sables,

Chaldeans wear wine

And thieves wear tailcoats!”

Soviet "raspberry"

I kept my advice

Soviet "raspberry"

The enemy said "No!"

We took that fraer

They took the suitcase

They took the money-francs

And a glass of pearls.

Then we gave it away

Troops of the NKVD

Since then its on prisons

I have not met anywhere.

I was thanked by the authorities

The prosecutor was stinging his paw,

Then we were put

Under increased supervision.

Since then I have, brothers,

I have one goal in life:

Oh how can I get there

In this very Marseille!

Where girls dance naked

Where are the ladies in sables,

Lackeys carry wine

And thieves wear tailcoats!

Achilles Levinton