Vera Johnson - That Minx from Pinsk lyrics

The Russian steppes are cold and bare, they have no escalators And when the winter blizzard blows you need fur boots and gaiters The wind howls like a banshee ghost But inside we're as warm as toast We sit around the samovar, and this is what we sing That minx from Pinsk, I never shall forget So young, so plump, I'm dreaming of her yet! In her red babushka she was beautiful and gay That minx from Pinsk, she stole my heart away! If I lived a thousand years, I'd not forget my Olga The many happy hours we spent canoeing on the Volga She would paddle, I would sing And pluck the balalaika string And the song I sang to her it always was the same That minx from Pinsk, I never shall forget So young, so plump, I'm dreaming of her yet! In her red babushka she was beautiful and gay That minx from Pinsk, she stole my heart away! I was then her lover bold, she called me brave and daring And she kissed me when I gave her gifts of pickled herring When she saw them in the brine 'Twas then she swore that she'd be mine It was so romantic that it makes me want to cry That minx from Pinsk, I never shall forget So young, so plump, I'm dreaming of her yet! In her red babushka she was beautiful and gay That minx from Pinsk, she stole my heart away! Then there came a rival by the name of Stanislavsky He took her out on winter nights, joy-riding in his droshky When the winter turned to spring He gave her a diamond ring All my happiness was gone, it turned to black despair That minx from Pinsk, I never shall forget So young, so plump, I'm dreaming of her yet! In her red babushka she was beautiful and gay That minx from Pinsk, she stole my heart away! If you want a happy life, take my advice tovarish Never look at girls and never ever think of marrish Just as you hear wedding bells She runs off with someone else Better you should cut your throat before that day arrives That minx from Pinsk, I never shall forget So young, so plump, I'm dreaming of her yet! In her red babushka she was beautiful and gay That minx from Pinsk, she stole my heart away!