Из стишков Матушки Гусыни - 14

Я видел, как три корабля неслись по морю без руля,
Неслись по морю без руля, неслись по морю без руля,
Я видел, как три корабля неслись по морю без руля
Под утро в Новый Год.

Не знал никто на всей земле, кто плыл на каждом корабле,
Кто плыл на каждом корабле, кто плыл на каждом корабле,
Не знал никто на всей земле, кто плыл на каждом корабле
Под утро в Новый Год.

Три милых леди в гости к нам примчались по крутым волнам,
Примчались по крутым волнам, примчались по крутым волнам,
Три милых леди в гости к нам примчались по крутым волнам
Под утро в Новый Год.

Одна свистела соловьем, другая пела ночь и день,
А третья, правда, так себе, играла на трубе.
Со мной на свадьбе на моей плясали все, кому не лень,
Под утро в Новый Год.

I saw three ships come sailing by,
Came sailing by, came sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On New Year's day in the morning.

And what do you think was in them then,
Was in them then, was in them then?
And what do you think was in them then,
On New Year's day in the morning?

Three pretty girls were in them then,
Were in them then, were in them then,
Three pretty girls were in them then,
On New Year's day in the morning.

One could whistle, and one could sing,
And one could play on the violin;
Such joy there was at my wedding,
On New Year's day in the morning.

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Вот бы все моря на свете слить в огромный океан,
Все дубы в один составить – выше, чем подъемный кран,
И в один топор бы сплавить топоры из разных мест,
Вместо всех людей бы вырос великан, как Эверест!
Вот бы тот топор огромный взял огромный великан
И обрушил дуб великий в превеликий океан, -
Дуб бы плюхнул с вышины,
Брызг бы было до луны!

If all the seas were one sea,
What a great sea that would be!
If all the trees were one tree,
What a great tree that would be!
And if all the axes were one axe,
What a great axe that would be!
And if all the men were one man,
What a great man that would be!
And if the great man took the great axe,
And cut down the great tree,
And let it fall into the great sea,
What a splish-splash that would be!

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Том, славный трубача сынок,
Трубил в свою трубу, как мог,
Он знал мелодию одну:
"За холм, в далекую страну…"
А что нам делать за холмами?
Пусть ветры там гуляют сами.

Том дул в трубу что было сил –
Так, что прощения просил,
Стоял и дул, как в старину:
"За холм, в далекую страну…"

И стоило ему начать, - тотчас
Все как один пускались в пляс,
И даже свинка – хвост крючком –
Подхрюкивала пятачком.

Доила Долли раз в хлеву,
Тут Том задул в свою трубу, -
Корова станцевала джигу,
Перевернув подойник мигом.

Старушка Трот несла лукошко,
А в нем яиц с полста – немножко.
Том заиграл, - тотчас, о боже!
Мисс Трот вприсядку, яйца – тоже!

Груженый мисками возок
Осел везти никак не мог.
Том дунул, - ослик на дыбки.
Собрать осталось черепки.

Tom, he was a piper's son,
He learnt to play when he was young,
And all the tune that he could play
Was, "Over the hills and far away";
Over the hills and a great way off,
The wind shall blow my top-knot off.

Tom with his pipe made such a noise,
That he pleased both the girls and boys,
And they all stopped to hear him play,
"Over the hills and far away".

Tom with his pipe did play with such skill
That those who heard him could never keep still;
As soon as he played they began for to dance,
Even pigs on their hind legs would after hum prance.

As Dolly was milking her cow one day,
Tom took his pipe and began for to play;
So Doll and the cow danced "The Cheshire Round",
Till the pail was broken and the milk ran on the ground.

He met old Dame Trot with a basket of eggs,
He used his pipe and she used her legs;
She danced about till the eggs were all broke,
She began for to fret, but he laughed at the joke.

Tom saw a cross fellow was beating an ass,
Heavy laden with pots, pans, dishes, and glass;
He took out his pipe and he played them a tune,
And the poor donkey's load was lightened full soon.