CD005-26

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Title of Collector

Di mame gort vernikes

Title

Di mame kokht varenikes

First Line

Di mame kokht varenikes

Performer

Mark Olf

Instrumentation

vocal (male), guitar

Genre

Yiddish Song - folk

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Di mame kokht varenikes
Un ikh bin gor fleyshik
Zey ikh a sheyn meydale
Krig ikh tsu ir kheyshek


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Mir gefelt dos meydale
Mayn mame in der mit
Ikh hob lib dos meydale –
Mayn mame vil zi nit


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Sheyn iz dos meydale
Vi di gantse velt
Nor eyn khisorn hot zi zikh:
Zi hot dokh nit keyn gelt


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Gelt iz dokh kaylekhdik,
Es kayklt zikh avek
Nem ikh mir mayn meydale
Un for mit ir avek


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Ikh for mit ir avek
Tsu der shtot Odes
Un shtel mit ir a khupe
In eyn mes-les


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Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

1:32 min

Year

1954 Folkways Records /
2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Comment

Comment by David Kohan

Sources

Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs (Vol. 2)
Folkways Records FW 6827

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