Lyrics: Dave Malloy
Music: Dave Malloy
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey ho Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey hey Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver
BALAGA
Who's that madman flying at full gallop down the street
Who's that madman knocking people over
Running people down
While his fine gentlemen
Hold onto their seats
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
It's Balaga!
BALAGA
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Balaga!
BALAGA
Comin' straight at you
Get out my way, get out my way
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Balaga!
BALAGA
Lashin' my whip at horses and peasants
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Balaga!
BALAGA
Risking skin and life twenty times a year
For my fine fine gentlemen
Yessir hey ho yessir
Yessir yessir yessir
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
More than once!
BALAGA
From Tula to Moscow and back in just one night
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
More than once!
BALAGA
A narrow escape from a wild Cossack fight
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
More than once!
BALAGA
They've beaten me and slapped me with their gloves
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
More than once!
BALAGA
Made me drunk on champagne, which I love!
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey ho Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver
Hey Balaga
Ho Balaga
Hey hey hey Balaga
Hey hey Balaga
The famous troika driver
ANATOLE
Who's that slowpoke we abuse with wild and tipsy shouts
BALAGA
Who knows things that would get you sent straight to Siberia
If anyone found out
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
It's Balaga!
BALAGA
Driving mad at twelve miles an hour
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Balaga!
BALAGA
Comin' straight at you
Get out my way, get out my way
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Balaga!
BALAGA
Drinking and dancing at gypsy orgies
ANATOLE & DOLOKHOV
Balaga!
BALAGA
Riding my horses into the ground
For my fine fine gentlemen
Yessir hey ho yessir
Yessir yessir yessir
ALL
More than once!
BALAGA
Driven you round with ladies on your laps
ALL
More than once!
BALAGA
Taken you places not on any maps
ALL
More than once!
BALAGA
Galloped faster than ordinary men would dare
ALL
More than once!
BALAGA
Jumped my troika right into the air
And I never ask for rubles
Except maybe once a year
I don't do this for rubles
I do it cuz I like 'em!
ALL
And we like Balaga too!
ANATOLE
Whoa...
ALL
Whoa...