An intimate friend of the Czar was I

A personal friend of the great Nikolai

We practically slept in the same double bed

It was I at the foot and he at the head



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Shootin' with Rasputin

Ate farina with Czarina

Blintzes with the princes and the Czar

Shootin' with Rasputin

Ate farina with Czarina

Sharing tea and herring round the samovar



A friend of the Czar was I all his gracious life

But friendlier still was I with his young wife

We practically slept in the same double bed

Till the Czar kicked me out

And slept there instead



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As the Red flag rose I bid Russia goodbye

It was simply a case of Lenin or I

And it all seems so distant it all seems so far

From those glorious days hanging out with the Czar.



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