Baba Yaga is a scary witch in Russian folklore. The earth rocks as
Baba Yaga files off in her mortar, guiding it with a pestle and sweeping
up her tracks with a broom. She lives in a hut that turns around and
around on chicken legs.
Listen to our award-winning stories available on audio CD.
The music in our stories was performed by a live orchestra.
BABA YAGA SONG (sung by the cat, dog, and birch tree)
Baba Yaga has a huge long nose curving down into her chin
she's mean and she hits with a swat of her switch
she's a devil, she's a hag, she's a bony old bag
she's a witch and she'll throw you in a ditch
Baba Yaga makes magic brews that she boils in a pot
take a drink and your belly will twitter and twitch
she's a devil, she's a hag, she's a bony old bag
she's a witch and she'll throw you in a ditch
Baba Yaga, beware her angry wrath (and she never takes a bath)
she has spiders crawling in between her toes and living in her nose
Baba Yaga has iron teeth 'cause she never used to brush
she gives me the shivers, she gives me an itch
she makes me wanna gag, she's a devil, she's a hag
she's a witch and she'll throw you in a ditch