O you, black lambs three
With your crooked horns,
In the woods you tramped
From the early morn.
On your fiddles you played
For our child to hear,
What sweet music you made
For our baby to cheer.
The owl she hooted
And her wings she beat,
And the goat in his shed,
He stamped his feet.
credits
from Lullabies,
released December 31, 2012
Music by Konstantin Konstantinov and Stanislav Ivanov.
Lyrics based upon the traditional Russian folk rhymes.
Retold in English by Irina Zheleznova and adapted by Stanislav Ivanov.