CD005-26
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Contents
Title of Collector
Di mame gort vernikes
Title
Di mame kokht varenikes
First Line
Di mame kokht varenikes
Performer
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
Tra-la-la…
Mir gefelt dos meydale
Mayn mame in der mit
Ikh hob lib dos meydale –
Mayn mame vil zi nit
Tra-la-la…
Sheyn iz dos meydale
Vi di gantse velt
Nor eyn khisorn hot zi zikh:
Zi hot dokh nit keyn gelt
Tra-la-la…
Gelt iz dokh kaylekhdik,
Es kayklt zikh avek
Nem ikh mir mayn meydale
Un for mit ir avek
Tra-la-la…
Ikh for mit ir avek
Tsu der shtot Odes
Un shtel mit ir a khupe
In eyn mes-les
Tra-la-la…
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
