"С. Я. Маршак и Великобритания", "Children's Town".

Marshak IS A Talented Poet

Marshak was a talented poet

Who liked English so that

A lot of poems for children

Were written by him in Britain.

He walked and walked around it

And made some notes about it.

He sat and read in the library

And understood that he liked it.

I’m sure you know this poet

Because he is very noted.

Voronezh was his native town.

And we should be very proud

That such a remarkable man

Brought fame to our land.

And one day he came to Britain,

Where many of his poems were written.

And he showed the striking creation

That was worthy of great admiration.

He wanted the Russian children

To become acquainted with English ones.

He wanted us to like

“Mother Goose” and “Nursery Rhymes”.

You lived with him and his friends

In the house that Jack built then.

You took care about the Queen

That was seriously sick and ill.

Let’s remember three little kittens

That lost their pretty mittens.

And Humpty-Dumpty that sat on a wall

And, oh, what a pity, had a great fall.

Do you remember black sheep and its wool?

That had for a boy three bags of it full.

And Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben

I’m sure you know that very fat man.

Marshak told about not only his heroes.

Marshak tried to show the traditions of people.

He presented the world that founded himself.

And put English books on a Russian bookshelf.

Marshak and Great Britain are united, it’s clear!

The English and the Russians are friends, my dear!