The song is a dance song from Siberia. It consists of so-called chastushki. These are four-line rhyming verses, often improvised by the singer on the spot (although many well-known and popular chastushki are written down and memorized by people these days). Sometimes, the chastushki in a song tell a complete story, but much more often the subjects of the verses have no relation to each other. Many chastushki are humorous and deal with current topics. In Communist times, chastushki were popular among common people to ridicule the leaders or the system, and were therefore not liked by the Party, but it was impossible to ban them from everyday life.

Presented by Radboud Koop in 2010. View pdf here.