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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "What the baby saw" (Chto videl malyisch) the performer of the song "The King and the Jester"

The goat smelled of hay and milk,

A boy climbed on top of her.

Several women were sitting on a bench by the gate -

Tongues without bones, ears like burdocks,

A bunch of gossip and all sorts of nonsense.

And the boy turned out to be weak - he began to listen to them!

It turned out that the boy's godfather -

After his wedding, he went crazy

And his wife almost hanged herself from shame.

That's the trouble, and now always

His wife keeps the man in a dirty barn

She feeds him hay and fodder.

Chorus:

And the kid sees a dim

Lamp swaying in the barn, and a hand

Squeezing the lock, and a sad woman

Puts her husband on a chain.

And the old woman who lives in a house across the river,

Before going to her peace,

Hammered three sons-in

От козы пахло сеном и молоком,

На неё забирался пацан верхом.

У калитки сидели на лавочке несколько баб.

Бес костей языки, уши лопухи,

Куча сплетен и всяческой чепухи.

И пацан оказался слаб - начал их слушать!

Оказалось что крёстный у пацана -

После свадьбы своей он сошёл с ума

И едва не повесилась баба его от стыда

Вот такая беда и теперь всегда

Держит в грязном хлеву мужика жена

Сеном кормит его она и отрубями.

Припев:

И видит малыш как колышется слабо

Неяркая лампа в хлеву и рука

Сжимает замок и печальная баба

Сажает на цепь своего мужика.

А старуха, что в домике за рекой

Перед тем, как отправиться на покой,

Трёх зятьёв заколола своей деревянной клюкой.

А у фермы живёт паренёк такой,

Что быка поднимает одной рукой,

Это ж надо, какой лихой! Нет его крепче!

Припев:

И видит малыш как слепая старуха

Клюкой пригвоздила к стене мужика.

И как паренёк богатырского духа

Под мышкой корову несёт и быка!

Нет того, кто б в селе лесника не знал,

И в лесу деда этого не встречал.

Только вот чудака никому из людей не понять!

Он зверей собирал, говорил, играл,

Он их понимал и всегда считал -

Может заяц похожим стать на человека!

Припев:

И видит малыш: замечательный танец

Танцует с животными дед у холма.

И как человеком становится заяц...

На этом бедняга свихнулся с ума.

The song "What the Kid Saw" by the band "Korol i Shut" tells the story of how a child's perception of the world is destroyed by the dark and cruel stories of adults.

At the beginning of the song, an idyllic picture unfolds: a boy rides a goat, surrounded by carefree summer days. However, as soon as he sits by the gate and begins to listen to the gossip of the old women, reality becomes distorted, filled with nightmares.

The gossip the boy hears is full of horror and violence: a husband goes mad after his wedding, an old woman kills her sons-in-law, a forest spirit turns a hare into a man. These stories, told with the exaggeration and dark humor characteristic of folk tales, leave their mark on the child's psyche.

The repeating chorus "And the kid sees..." emphasizes how strongly the fantasies born from the stories he hears distort the boy's perception. He no longer sees reality, but only the fruits of his imagination, where cruelty becomes the norm.

Ultimately, the boy goes mad ("This is where the poor thing went mad"). The ending of the song leaves a heavy impression, showing how easily a child's psyche can be destroyed, how fragile the world of childhood is in the face of a grim reality presented in a hyperbolized form.

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