CD049-05

Title of Collector

Ikh un di velt

Title

Ikh un di velt

First Line

Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz...

Performer

Sidor Belarsky, Lazar Weiner

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

probably Sidor Belarsky

Author

Avrom Reisen

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Ven di gantse velt volt laydn,
Mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz
||: Volt ikh dan di velt, di gantse
Ayngeladn in mayn hoyz! :||

Ikh volt treystn zi un tsertlen
Un gezogt: nit zorg zikh, velt!
||: Biz zi volt tsu zikh gekumen
Un zikh oyf di fis geshtelt! :||

Ven di velt geveyn volt gliklakh,
Ikh aleyn bloyz ful mit leyd –
||: Volt ikh dan tsu ir gekumen
Un gefodert: gib mir freyd! :||

Ober az mir laydn beyde,
I di velt i ikh aleyn:
||: Hot di velt nit vu tsu kumen
Un ikh hob nit vu tsu geyn…  :||

Duration

2:59 min

Sources

Probably from album „Sidor Belarsky Sings of the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side“ (Yiddish: „Sidor Belarsky – lider lekoved 70 yor Forverts“)