Tchaikovsky and Other Russians - Danny Kaye

Without the least excuse

Or the slightest provocation,

May I fondlyduce,

For your mental delectation,

The names that always give me a concussion,

The names of those composers known as Russian.

There’s Malichevsky, Rubinstein, Arensky, and Tschaikowsky,

Sapelnikoff, Dimitrieff, Tscherepnin, Kryjanowsky,

Godowsky, Arteiboucheff, Moniuszko, Akimenko,

Solovieff, Prokofieff, Tiomkin, Korestchenko.

There’s Glinka, Winkler, Bortniansky, Rebikoff, Ilyinsky,

There’s Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff, and Kvoschinsky.

And Sokoloff and Kopyloff, Dukelsky, and Klenowsky,

And Shostakovitsch, Borodine, Gli

Senza la minima scusa

O la minima provocazione,

Posso convincere con affetto,

Per la tua gioia mentale,

I nomi che mi danno sempre una commozione cerebrale,

I nomi di quei compositori noti come russi.

Ci sono Malichevsky, Rubinstein, Arensky e Tschaikowsky,

Sapelnikoff, Dimitrieff, Tscherepnin, Kryjanowsky,

Godowsky, Arteiboucheff, Moniuszko, Akimenko,

Solovieff, Prokofieff, Tiomkin, Korestchenko.

Ci sono Glinka, Winkler, Bortniansky, Rebikoff, Ilyinsky,

Ci sono Medtner, Balakireff, Zolotareff e Kvoschinsky.

E Sokoloff e Kopyloff, Dukelsky e Klenowsky,

E Shostakovich, Borodine, Gli