[Verse 1: Sergey Ageev]
Three Cossacks were walking from the German front
To fight on the Finnish border
Three Cossacks were walking from the German front
To fight on the Finnish border
[Verse 2: Sergey Ageev]
As soon as we got down to the Finnish border
The bullet hit three times
As soon as we got down to the Finnish border
The bullet hit three times
[Verse 3: Sergey Ageev]
The first one flew by, the other one missed
And the third one injured me
The first one flew by, the other one missed
And the third one injured me
[Verse 4: Sergey Ageev]
I'm lying in the hospital, I'm sighing so hard
My wounds hurt badly
I'm lying in the hospital, I'm sighing so hard
My wounds hurt badly
[Verse 5: Sergey Ageev]
The first one is bursting, the other one is healing
I'll have to die from the third one
The first one is bursting, the other one is healing
I'll have to die from the third one
[Verse 6: Sergey Ageev]
Comrade, comrade! Give me a piece of paper!
I'll write a letter home
Comrade, comrade! Give me a piece of paper!
I'll write a letter home
[Verse 7: Sergey Ageev]
And the kids are at home, the wife is young
They've been waiting for me for a long time
And the kids are at home, the wife is young
They've been waiting for me for a long time
[Verse 8: Sergey Ageev]
The kids will grow up, they’d ask their mother
"Where is our dear daddy?"
The kids will grow up, they’d ask their mother
"Where is our dear daddy?"
[Verse 9: Sergey Ageev]
And the mother will turn away, tears will flow
"Long ago killed in the war"
And the mother will turn away, tears will flow
"Long ago killed in the war"
[Verse 10: Sergey Ageev]
"Killed by a grenade, buried with a shovel
Forever, eternally, forevermore
Killed by a grenade, buried with a shovel
Forever, eternally, forevermore"