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Title of Collector

Oyfn pripetshik*

Title

Oyfn pripetshik

First Line

Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl

Performer

Mark Olf

Instrumentation

vocal (male), guitar

Composer

Mark Warshavsky

Author

Mark Warshavsky

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Oyfn pripetshok brent a fayerl,
Un in shtub iz heys,
||: Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlakh
Dem alef-beys. :||


Zet-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do!
||: Zogt-zhe nokh amol un take nokh amol:
Komets alef – o. :||


Lernt kinder, mit groys kheyshek!
Azoy zog ikh aykh on:
||: Ver es vet fun aykh kenen ivre,
Der bakumt a fon. :||


Zet-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do!
||: Zogt-zhe nokh amol un take nokh amol:
Komets alef – o. :||


Ir vet, kinder, elter vern,
Vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
||: Vifil in di oysyes lign trern
Un vifil geveyn. :||


Zet-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do!
||: Zogt-zhe nokh amol un take nokh amol:
Komets alef – o. :||

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

2:50 min

Year

1951

Comment

Comment by David Kohan

Sources

Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs (Vol. 1)
Folkways Records FW 6826

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