Shootin With Rasputin

<br>An intimate friend of the Czar was I<br>A personal friend of the great Nikolai<br>We practically slept in the same double bed<br>It was I at the foot and he at the head<br>(chorus)<br>Shootin` with Rasputin<br>Ate farina with Czarina<br>Blintzes with the princes and the Czar<br>Shootin` with Rasputin<br>Ate farina with Czarina<br>Sharing tea and herring round the samovar<br>A friend of the Czar was I all his gracious life<br>But friendlier still was I with his young wife<br>We practically slept in the same double bed<br>Till the Czar kicked me out<br>And slept there instead<br>(chorus)<br>As the Red flag rose I bid Russia goodbye<br>It was simply a case of Lenin or I<br>And it all seems so distant it all seems so far<br>From those glorious days hanging out with the Czar.<br>(chorus)