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THE WEDDING FEAST / This is a Russian Wedding Feast; / Counting the Groom, there are at least / A hundred sitting down to dine, / Or let us call it ninety-nine: / For more than that there is no room, / And no one ever counts the Groom!
A MUJIK / The Mujik wears a costume weird / Consisting of a fuzzy beard, / A sheep-skin blouse (the wool inside) / And breeks astonishingly wide, / Made from the fur of North sea Whales, / And Yak-hide boots with big brass nails.
THE COSSACK / The Cossack is so much at home / Upon his horse, that though he roam / From Vladivostok to Odessa, / His wife has only to address a / Letter to Ivan "care his Horse" / To catch her Spouse, unless of course, / As sometimes happens, Ivan may / Have swapped addresses on the way.
THE THREE S'S / Without a doubt the _Samovar_ / The _Steppes_ and _Russian Sables_ are / Of all things Russian the best known; / So in this picture I have shown
A Sable sitting on a flight / Of Russian Steppes, before a bright / New Samovar, calm as can be, / Brewing a cup of Russian Tea.