[Chorus] Tra-la-la, the summer sun is shining, Tra-la-la, the fields are green and bright! Little tanks are proudly rolling, Everything will be all right! Tra-la-la, we have brand-new T-thirties four, Tra-la-la, we learned to drive today! If we cannot hit the Germans, Well, we’ll simply drive their way! [Verse 1] Down in Malinova village, German StuGs are waiting there, We have tanks with shiny turrets, And the Germans have — beware! Our commanders shout, “Forward, comrades!” Our young crews climb inside, Some of us have never trained, But we have courage, skill and pride! [Chorus] Tra-la-la, the summer sun is shining, Tra-la-la, the Germans start to fire! Somebody has hit a T-thirty four — Oh, the German boys are liars! Tra-la-la, we shoot at their StuG tanks, Tra-la-la, one German StuG is gone! Then the Tigers come to see us, And the happy song goes on! [Verse 2] Who is sitting in that Tiger? Carius! What a famous man! And beside him comes Kerscher, Both are following the plan! Bang! Bang! Goes the German cannon, T - Thirty-four tanks begin to fall, But our brave heroic tankers Shoot the Tigers after all! Carius climbs out of his Tiger, Kerscher's Tiger smokes away, Someone tell the history writers: “Please change what happened that day!” [Chorus] Tra-la-la, Malinova is splendid, Tra-la-la, the village burns so bright! We have lost a few small tanks here, But we're winning — yes, quite right! Tra-la-la, the StuGs are disappearing, Andy cannot roll his dice! Jimmy's Tigers have departed — What a very pleasant night! [Verse 3] Then the German Tigers gather, Alasdair brings them one by one, But our IS-2s keep on firing, Twelve-two guns are having fun! Boom! Goes one, and boom! goes another, German steel begins to burn, But our ammunition's vanishing — Oh, we really should have brought some more! “Comrades, hide behind the houses! Save the shells and save the crew!” Very clever Soviet tactics: There is nothing else to do! [Chorus] Tra-la-la, the sun is shining, Tra-la-la, our tanks are hiding now! There are Tigers everywhere, boys, But we don't know where to shoot them anyhow! Tra-la-la, ammunition's finished, Tra-la-la, the Germans slowly crawl, Still we have our secret weapon — Three T-thirties four! That is all! [Verse 4] Then comes Bart with his platoon, Three brave tanks come rolling near, “Charge the Tigers!” cries the commander, “Victory is very near!” Three T-thirties four race toward Tigers, Very brave and very bold, They approach at close distance... And discover guns don't work when cold! Bang! goes Tiger number one, Bang! goes Tiger number two, Bang! goes Tiger number three — And our boys don't know what to do! [Very cheerful children's chorus] Tra-la-la! Our tanks are burning! Tra-la-la! What a lovely sight! Tra-la-la! We're going home now! Everything will be all right! Eleven tanks are lost in battle, Five StuGs and four Tigers too, It was just a tiny setback — Please don't tell the Politburo! [Final Chorus — faster] Tra-la-la, Malinova, Tra-la-la, the battle's done! Tigers won the little village, But we nearly had some fun! Tra-la-la, brave Soviet tankers, Tra-la-la, remember well: When you see a Tiger coming... RUN AWAY AND SAVE YOUR SHELLS! Tra-la-la! RUN AWAY AND SAVE YOUR SHELLS! Tra-la-la! AND DON'T LET BART CHARGE AGAIN! Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la...
