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This is a song from a short animation film called “Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena“ very popular in Russia. Cheburashka, a very cute character, appears later in the episode. Gena feels lonely on his birthday and sings to himself this song. My translation of the song in English is below. Enjoy this proof that Russians can make more heartwarming things than rockets and tanks. Let pedestrians toddle And the rainwater gurgle As it streams underneath their feet Let pedestrians wonder Why this day full of thunder Makes me look so jolly upbeat. Look, I play my concertina As they pass me on their way. It would make me the total winner If my birthday was EVERY day! A magician, no whopper! Shall alight his light blue chopper And will do magic tricks for a laugh. “Happy Birthday!” he’ll cheer And, I hope, makes appear Hundred Eskimo Pies with a puff. Look, I play my concertina As they pass me on their way. It would make me the total winner If my birthday was EVERY day!
