CD005-27

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Title of Collector

A kholem

Title

A kholem

First Line

A kholem, a kholem hot zikh mir gekholemt

Performer

Mark Olf

Instrumentation

vocal (male), guitar

Composer

Author

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

A kholem, a kholem hot zikh mir gekholemt
A kholem, lyube, hot zikh mir gedakht, oy, gedakht:
Mit dayne shvartse oygn hostu mir tsugetsoygn
Un far mentshn hostu mir gemakht, oy, gemakht!
Mit dayne shvartse oygn hostu mir tsugetsoygn
Un far a mentshn hostu mir gemakht.


Ikh es nit, ikh trink nit, ikh shlof nit durkh di nekht,
Un benken, lyube, benk ikh nor nokh dir, ay, nokh dir!
Ven ikh dermon zikh, dushe, on dir, mayn tayer leybn,
Geyen mir di koykhes oys nokh dir, ay, nokh dir!
Ven ikh dermon zikh, dushe, on dir, mayn tayer leybn,
Geyen mayne koykhes oys nokh dir!


Shpatsirn, oy, lyube, zaynen mir gegangen:
In droysn iz geven a shney, oy, a shney!
||: Gedenkstu, lyube, sheyne, du host mir tray geshvorn –
Un tsum sof hostu gor andre tsvey! :||

Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

1:36 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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