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1. There lived a
certain man in Russia long ago,
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he was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow,
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Most people looked at him with terror and
with fear,
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but to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear.
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He could
preach the Bible like a preacher, full of ecstasy and fire.
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But he also was the kind of teacher, women
would desire.
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover
of the Russian queen,
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there was a cat that really was done.
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin,
Russia's greatest love machine,
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it was a shame how he carried on.
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2. He ruled the
Russian land and never mind the Czar,
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but the kasachok he danced really wunderbar.
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In all affairs of state, he was the man to please,
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but he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze.
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For
the queen he was no wheeler dealer,
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though she'd heard the things he'd done.
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She believed he was a holy healer, who would
heal her son.
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But when his drinking and lusting and his
hunger for power
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became known to more and more people,
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the demands to do something about this
outrageous
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man became louder and louder.
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3. "This man's
just got to go!" declared his enemies,
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but the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please".
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No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden
charms,
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though he was a brute, they just
fell into his arms.
Then one night some men of higher
standing,
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set a trap, they're not to blame,
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"Come to visit us" they kept
demanding, and he really came.
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin, lover
of the Russian queen,
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they put some poison into his wine.
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Ra-Ra-Rasputin,
Russia's greatest love machine,
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He drank it all and he said "I feel
fine".
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+ ...and so they shot him till he was
dead.
(Spoken:) Oh, those
Russians!
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