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by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990)

Tik‑tak
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tik-tak, tik-tak, tik-tak, tik-tak,
Kto tam, v časach stučitsja tak?
Byt' možet tam idet igra,
V kroket igraet moškara?

A, možet, vlez tuda pauk,
Za nim pčela, za neju žuk.
Bednjažki b'jutsja i stučat,
Nikak ne vybrat'sja nazad.

Ne v tom sekret, ne v tom sekret:
V časach sovsem bukašek net,
A vse že stuki nesprosta,
V časach kvartirka ne pusta.

Tak čto že tam? Tak čto že tam?
Stučitsja daže po nočam?
Stal'noj narodec tam živet,
Časam, minutam sčet vedet.

Vsegda kolesiki kružat,
Pružinki žmutsja i drožat
I molotočkom serdcu v takt stučat
Tik-tak, tik-tak, tik-tak.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Tatyana Aleksandrovna Spendiarova (1901 - 1990) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906 - 1976), "Тик-так", published 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Избранные Романсы для детей (Izbrannye Romansy dlja detej) = Selected Children' Songs, no. 3, Moscow : Sovyetsky Kompozitor [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-09-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 97

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