For all the foolishness I’ve said,
The punishment is heavy,
I could receive a pea of lead
From the secretary.*
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* Joseph Stalin: (December 18, 1878 — March 5, 1953) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953.
За такую скоморошину,
Откровенно говоря,
Мне свинцовую горошину
Ждать бы от секретаря.
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