Yes Originally the verse wasn't cruel

Наша Таня громко плачет
Уронила в речку мячик
Тише, Танечка, не плачь:
Не утонет в речке мяч!

Our Tanya is sobbing bitterly
She has dropped her ball into the river
Cheer up, Tanechka, don't cry
The ball will not go down.