Hildegarde Neff & Don Ameche Follow

1st Russian:
Here's to our duty, to do one's duty is just

2nd and 3rd Russians:
When brother, for the Motherland!

1st Russian:
We'll rough it in Paris
If rough it in Paris we must,

All:
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
No wonder we frown,
Too bad we've got to consent
To say in this decadent town, ai! Yai! Yai!
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
Lenin, pity us, do!

1st Russian:
Instead of countin' chickens
On each farm ev'rywhere,

2nd Russian:
In case a party member
Has a chicken to spare,

Russian:
You'll see us countin' chickens
At the Folies Berg?res,

All:
Too bad, ai!
Too bad, ai!
Too good to be true, hai! Hai! Hai!

All:
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
No wonder we frown,
Too bad we have to be stashed
Away in this brain-unwashed town, ai! Yai! Yai!
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
Lenin, pity us, do!

1st Russian:
Instead of singin' sacred songs
To Stalin divine,

2nd Russian:
(At home, unless you sing 'em,
You're sent off to a mine)

3rd Russian:
You'll hear at the Ritz Bar
Singin' "Sweet Adeline",

All:
Too bad, ai!
Too bad, ai!
Too good to be true, hai! Hai! Hai!

Girls:
Too bad zey can't go back to Moscow,
No wonder we frown,

3rd Russian:
Too bad they force us to see
This Duchess of Windsory town, ai! Yai! Yai!

Girls:
Too bad zey can't go back to Moscow,
Lenin, pity zem, do!

1st Russian:
We've got to do some night work
On the next Five-Year Plan,

2nd Russian:
At home, we did our night work
In the old Kremlin can,

3rd Russian:
But we'll do our night work
In the Bal Tabarin.

All:
Too bad, ai!
Too bad, ai!
Too good to be true, hai! Hai! Hai!

[JAIL VERSION]

All:
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
Too bad we can't stay.
Goodbye, you U.S.S.R.,
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
Lenin, pardon us, do.

Ninotchka:
I now can have big evenings
Gowns with big open backs,

Markovitch:
And I can have big blondes
In all my big Cadillacs.

3rd Russian:
You'll also have an item called
A big income tax;

All:
Too bad, ai!
Too bad, ai!
Too good to be true, hai! Hai! Hai!

[FINALE]

All:
Too bad we can't go back to Moscow,
Moscow, it's goodbye.
Down with the Emma. V.D.,
And down with the Effa. B.I.
Too bad we couldn't stay in Moscow,

Ninotchka:
Instead of being locked up
If we mention our cares,

Markovitch:
Or sent to far Siberia
To become bait for bears.

3rd Russian:
You'll all be sent to Wall Street
To become billionaires.

All:
Too bad, ai!
Too bad, ai!
Too good to be true!