If I Had a Million Rubles
an SCA filk song by:  Lord Dunstan LeHeryngmongere
words copyright 2001 by Keith Edward Nealson
music by Barenaked Ladies

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If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
I’d buy you a horse (I would buy you a horse)
If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
I’d buy a cossack to ride your horse (Maybe a nice hairy guy named Ivan)
If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
I’d buy you some vodka (a little nip of Stoly for you)
If I had a million rubles . . .
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                          I’d buy your love.

D               E           A                           Fm
If I had a million rubles (I’d buy you Romanov’s Crown Jewels)
D               E           A                           Fm
If I had a million rubles (and maybe a babooshka or two)
D               E           A                           Fm                                          D          E
If I had a million rubles (We’d take a trip down south for winter . . .

(spoken)  Yeah, and we could like go to the lowest land elevation on the planet over at the Dead Sea and rent a condo with a basement, and then we could like sit in a conversation pit in the basement of our condo by the Dead Sea and we could say ‘Well, It’s all uphill from here’..... and be friggin A-right.

If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
I’d buy you a fur coat (Maybe a Yak fur coat, cuz that’s cool)
If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
I’d buy you some borscht (any generic or name brand’ll do)
If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
I’d buy you beets- to make more borscht! (‘cuz you can never have too much borscht)
If I had a million rubles. . .
I’d buy your love

If I had a million rubles (We’d rent a mongol horde for a while)
If I had a million rubles (and rape and pillage 'til you smile)
If I had a million rubles (Then maybe we could throw a party)......

(Spoken)  Yeah and we could Invite Genghis Khan to do party tricks and serve grilled yak and caviar.......MMMMMMM...

If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
If I had a million rubles (If I had a million Rubles)
If I had a million roo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo bles. I’d be rich.

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