CD002-06

Title of Collector

Dem bris ......

Title

A Rabbi's Dilemma

First Line

Tsum Rebn loyft arayn a yidene mit a geshrey

Instrumentation

vocal (male), clar, violins, ... (orch)

Composer

Ben Gailing?

Author

Ben Gailing?

Genre

Yiddish Song - badkhones (parody of Rebbe's wisdom)

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Tsum Rebn leyft arayn a yidene mit a geshrey,
In brekht zikh di hent un shrayt: Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey!
Oy Rebenyu, Rebenyu, Rebenyu, Reb Shneyer:
An imglik, a groyse, hot mikh getrofn zeyer!

Mayn sheyne shikse, a veytik ir in kop –
Hot genimen un treyf gemakht mayn fleyshikn top!

Hot der Rebe (bald … freygn??) tsum himl
Iz gevorn a rash, un a groys getiml
Ay ay! Ay ay ay ay ay!
Shat, shat!
Un der Rebe hot geglantst mit de oygn aher un ahin
Un hot tsugerufn di yidene
Un hot ir gezogt, vos zi zol tin:

Oy, nem a bisele ash,
un gib dem top a vash!
In zolst dikh oykh nit foyln,
Im leygn af heyse koyln
In dr’erd zolstu im farshteykn,
Mit shtoyb zolst im badekn,
In di zolst nisht trakhtn, klern,
Vet er in tsvey shu arim kusher vern

Itst loyf af gikh tsu zikh in hoyz
In trayb di shikse fin shtib aroys!

Oy, tsum rebn leyft arayn a tsveyt yidene mit a geshrey,
In brekht zikh di hent in shrayt oykh: Oy vey, oy vey, oy vey!
Oy Rebenyu, Rebenyu, Rebenyu, Reb Shneyer:
An umglik, a groyser, hot mikh getrofn zeyer!

Mayn sheyne/shkheyne shikse, a veytik ir in punim
Iz gevorn mit mayn man gantse mekhutonim…

Hot der rebe (? beygn /beytn?) bald tsum himl
Iz gevorn a rash, un a groys getiml
Ay ay ay, aza zakh! Ay ay ay ay ay!
Shat, shat, shat!
Un der Rebe hot geglantst mit di oygn aher un ahin.
Un hot tsugerufn di yidene
Un hot ir gezogt, vus zi zol mitn man tin

Oy, nem a bisele ash!
In gib dem man a vash,
Un zolst zakh oykh nit foyln,
Im leygn af heyse koyln
In dr’erd zolst im farshtekn,
Mit shtoyb zolst im badekn,
In di zolst nisht trakhtn, klern –
Vet er in tsvey sho arim kusher vern…

Yetst leyf aheym gants gikh tsu dir
In shik di shikse aher tsu tsu mir!

Duration

3:10 min