CD008-14

Title of Collector

Le...im rebe

Title

Lekhayim rebenyu

First Line

Lekhayim rebenyu, hot a gute vokh!

Performer

Maurice Friedman (Baritone), Susie Michael (piano)

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Genre

Yiddish Song - folk

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Lekhayim rebenyu, hot a gute vokh!
Shrayt yeyder bazunder – okh! okh!
Kayn mashke nit gezhalevet, lomir trinken nokh
||: Mir hobn oysgebetn a gute vokh! :||
Lekhayim, rebenyu!

A gute vokh aykh, rebetsn! Gezunt zolt ir undz zayn!
Vu nemt men oyf der velt gor aza glezl vayn?
A gute vokh aykh, rebetsn! Gist on nokh un nokh!
||: Mir hobn oysgebetn a gutinke vokh! :||
Lekhayim, rebetsn!

Ay, Yankele un Moyshele darfn nit kayn gelt –
Zey veln zayn tsadikim: Di greste oyf der velt!
Nor Serale un Terale, zey zoln zayn raykh…
||: Veln mir trinken mashke, oy (?), mit vaser glaykh… :||
Lekhayim, kinder!

Vos iz vert di gantse velt fun a glezl vayn…?
Lomir ale trinken – Lomir freylekh zayn!
A gute vokh aykh, rebetsn! Gist on nokh un nokh!
||: A gute vokh, a gut vokh, a gute vokh! :||
Lekhayim!

Duration

2:54 min

Year

1950

Comment

without the English narration in the beginning

Sources

Jewish Humor Through Jewish Song
Folk Art No. 148