Rasputin -- Boney M

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow  Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear  He could preach the bible like a preacher  Full of ecstasy and fire  But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire  RA RA RASPUTIN  Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone   RA RA RASPUTIN  Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar  But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar  In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze  For the queen he was no wheeler dealer  Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer  Who would heal her son
RA RA RASPUTIN  Lover of the Russian queen  There was a cat that really was gone  RA RA RASPUTIN  Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger  for power became known to more and more people,  the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies  But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"  No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms  Then one night some men of higher standing  Set a trap, they're not to blame  "Come to visit us" they kept demanding  And he really came  RA RA RASPUTIN  Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine  RA RA RASPUTIN  Russia's greatest love machine  He drank it all and said "I feel fine"
RA RA RASPUTIN  Lover of the Russian queen  They didn't quit, they wanted his head  RA RA RASPUTIN  Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead                                                  (sing365)

Rasputin was a Russian monk who had a vision of the Virgin Mary. As a result he began to wander the country visiting monasteries and religious sects. He preached the best way to get close to God was to sin and then repent. The adulterous monk had remarkable healing abilities. Rasputin adhered himself to the Russian Czar Nicholas and his wife by his healing of the hemophiliac Alexei. He appeared to have the gift of healing their sick son every time he began to hemorrhage. Upset at his increasing influence over the Russian royal family, several Russian nobles poisoned and beat him in the basement of Yusopov Palace then shot him several times. The monk refused to die so finally he was drowned by his enemies in the canals of St Petersburg.             

Boney M Frontman Bobby Farrell passed away at the age of 61 on December 29, 2010 in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, a few hours after performing in the city. Coincidentally, Rasputin also died back in 1916 on December 29th in St Petersburg.

 

         Rasputin, 'Mad Monk' who was hard to kill                   Rasputin and the Tsaritsa as lovers.     

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin  (22 January 1869 – 29 December 1916) was a Russian Orthodox Christian and mystic who is perceived as having influenced the latter days of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their only son Alexei. Some people called Rasputin the "Mad Monk", while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim) and even a starets believing him to be a psychic and faith healer.

It has been argued that Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. Contemporary opinions saw Rasputin variously as a saintly mystic, visionary, healer and prophet or, on the contrary, as a debauched religious charlatan. There has been much uncertainty over Rasputin's life and influence as accounts of his life have often been based on dubious memoirs, hearsay and legend. In his homeland he is revered as a righteous man by many people and clerics, among them Elder Nikolay Guryanov.                                                                                                                          ^(wikipedia)