CD016-15

Title of Collector

Doyna

Title

Der freylekher khosid / Dos freylekhe khosidl

First Line

A dank dir, gotenyu

Performer

Ben Bonus, probably Victor Yampole

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

Avrom Goldfaden

Author

Avrom Goldfaden

Genre

Yiddish Song - theater

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Oy, a dank dir, G’tenyu, libhartsiker, getrayer
Far dane groyse vinder!
Kh’hob khasene gemakht mit man vab
Ale mane kinder!
’zoy man vab, tants mit mir,
Nem dem eydem in ikh di shnir…

Ale vaysn imetim,
Az mane kinder zenen frim!
Ay… ay, gevald!
Ay… tate, ziser!
Ale vaysn imetim,
Az mane kinder zenen frim!

Oy, a dank dir, G’tenyu, libhartsiker, getrayer –
Mit man gantsn khayes!
Far vus ikh bin ba dir take azoy tayer,
Mer fin di ale hultayes!
In mane kinder, du zayst [zest] alayn dokh tsi
Firn zikh ale, burekh hashem, oyf man stri.

Ale vaysn imetim,
Az mane kinder zenen frim!
Ay… ay, gevald!
Ay… tate, ziser!
Ale vaysn imetim,
Az mane kinder zenen frim!

Ay, di apikorsim: az okh un vey tsu zey!
Tsi veln zey den ’ubn oylem-’abe?
Az „moye potshtenye“ iz ba zey
Gur der shenster burekh-habe!
Bay indz heyst es: [...?] – „Git morgn“ – „A git yuer!“
Ba zey iz dis epes „Adiye“, „Bonzhur“…

Ale vaysn imetim,
Az mane kinder zenen frim!
Ay… ay, gevald!
Ay… tate, ziser!
Ale vaysn imetim,
Az mane kinder zenen frim!

Iz yo-bi-bi-bi-bom-bom, ay!
Ay-yam, didl-didl-didl-dam!

In shoyn!

Duration

1:52 min

Sources

probably from the recording "Ben Bonus - Songs of our People"