If you’re in a Slavic country
and you’re a man or a pregnant woman
beware of bodies of water,
for the rusalki lurk there
irresistibly beautiful maidens
singing that lures you into the water
if your a man and you fall prey
to an alluringly beautiful Rusalka,
she drowns you to death
if your a pregnant women and you
stray to close to the water, she kills you
and kidnaps your unborn child
beware, beware, of the rusalki.
Bob Boyd