The Cossacks

Who are the Cossacks, Where are they from, Where is their land? How their society, art and culture Of the Cossacks, The Cossacks? Their folk songs, dances and arts, Love of the military and military spirit, Chivalry, Traditional houses, Horse-trading Still steal the canvas from, An ethnocultural folk which Really served the Czars And are conventional Russians. The Cossacks boys and girls also on horse-back Racing with the clatter of hooves, Dust swirling With the horseshoes upping And falling And going with never seen before, Their equestrian prowess, Acrobatic skills, what to say about, Their military, soldierly spirit? Russian and Balachka, the tongues With their Ukrainian folk culture, Are but chivalrous people Undaunted in their bravery, So warring and skilled As born military men Whatever be the theories Doing the rounds About their origin.