A TALE ABOUT A SILLY LITTLE MOUSE
Production of Lenin Order Studio LENFILM 1940
Screenplay based on the story by Samuil Marshak
music Dmitriy Shostakovich directed by Mihail Tsehanovskiy assistant: Kseniya Dupal
Assistants E. Gaylan, Vera Tsehanovskaya art director L. Chupyatov Backgrounds G. Bokov
cameraman V. Shumyakin sound A. Bekker sound montage V. Nazarenko
Good night, kids!
Good night,
good night,
good night...
Time to sleep! Time to sleep!
Quiet, quiet, in our burrow.
Sleep, my mouse, until tomorrow.
I'll give you a crust of bread,
And a little candle-grease.
Bye-bye, bye-bye.
I'll give you some oatmeal porridge
and some glazed paper
I'll give you a piece of cake
and the tip of a boot.
Bye-bye, bye-bye...
Hush, hush, you can not sleep!
Little mouse, hush!
Bye-bye, bye-bye...
Don't sing me this song!
I won't sleep, even if you burst!
Better, mom, if you stop squeaking,
and go find me a nanny!
Auntie Duck, Auntie Duck. My little one cries bitterly.
He won't sleep, no matter what!
Visit us, oh Auntie Duck, Lull my little one to sleep.
I'm your neighbour, Auntie Duck,
...sleep, little one.
After a rain, I'll find for you
A fat and juicy worm to chew.
Bye-bye! Bye-bye!
No, your voice is not so good
You sing too loud, not as one should
What can I do, Auntie Duck, to keep him from a third night without sleep?
I'll go along with you. Don't fear, we'll call Aunt Piggy in, my dear.
Why do you wander about, half asleep?
Hello Auntie Fevronia! My son does not want to sleep! And asks for a nanny to look in!
Could you come please to our house and "oink" to sleep the little mouse?
Bye-bye, bye-bye,
I'll rock to sleep this little mouse.
Hush-a, hush...
Go to sleep, I tell you.
Hush-a hush...
No, your voice is not so good. You sing too rough, not as one should!
Lull our little one to sleep, He's one restless little mouse.
I have croaked all night long, But still, I should help you folk.
I have come to croak at you,
Kwa-Kwa-Kwa, do not cry!
Sleep, baby mouse, until the morning,
I shall bring you a mosquito then.
Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye-bye-bye ...
No, your voice is not so good. You sing too stupidly than one should!
You're a mouse, and I am a horse.
Sleep, my boy, sweetly-sweetly,
Turn to the right side,
and I will give you a bag of oats!
No, your voice is not so good. You sing more scarily than one should!
To the mouse now sings a pike but: no sound, or anything alike!
I don't want this song!
I won't sleep, even if you burst! Go away and let me be, Your voice is much too soft for me.
Auntie Cat, Auntie Cat! Our little one's crying like mad!
He will just not go to sleep. - Auntie Cat, come to our house, Be a nanny to our mouse!
Tomorrow morning after tea, I will come and a nanny be!
He doesn't sleep late in the morning Now it's time for him to sleep
What kind of a mouse is it we're speakin'? Is he thick, or very thin?
Our little mouse is of healthy kind, Best in the world that you will find!
Well, then it's another matter. A mouse as food: there is no better.
Go to sleep little baby mouse,
Purr, purr.
In your quiet bassinet
Purr, purr.
Go to sleep little baby mouse,
Purr, purr.
Go to sleep little baby mouse
Purr, purr.
Your voice is so good and kind- So sweet I hear it in my mind
In came mother at a bound Searched the bed, searched all around but silly mouse could not be found...
Go to sleep little baby mouse...
In your quiet bassinet ...
Go to sleep little baby mouse ...
Purr, purr.
In your quiet bassinet ...
Little one... - Purr.
Go to sleep little baby mouse...
Bye-bye! bye-bye! Purr, purr.
Go to sleep little baby mouse...
Purr, purr...
Quiet, quiet, in our burrow.
Sleep, my mouse, until tomorrow.
I'll give you a crust of bread,
and a little candle-grease.
I'll give you a crust of bread, and a little candle-grease.
Bye-bye, bye-bye.
Time to sleep! Time to sleep!
The end Subs by Eus & Niffiwan