CD005-05
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Contents
Title of Collector
Oyfn pripetshik*
Title
Oyfn pripetshik
First Line
Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayer
Performer
Instrumentation
vocal (male), guitar
Composer
Author
Genre
Yiddish Song
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
Oyfn pripetshok brent a fayerl,
Un in shtub iz heys,
||: Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlakh
Dem alef-beys. :||
Zet-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do!
||: Zogt-zhe nokh amol un take nokh amol:
Komets alef – o. :||
Lernt kinder, mit groys kheyshek!
Azoy zog ikh aykh on:
||: Ver es vet fun aykh kenen ivre,
Der bakumt a fon. :||
Zet-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do!
||: Zogt-zhe nokh amol un take nokh amol:
Komets alef – o. :||
Ir vet, kinder, elter vern,
Vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
||: Vifil in di oysyes lign trern
Un vifil geveyn. :||
Zet-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do!
||: Zogt-zhe nokh amol un take nokh amol:
Komets alef – o. :||
Übersetzung / Translation
Duration
2:50 min
Year
1951
Comment
Comment by David Kohan
Sources
Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs (Vol. 1)
Folkways Records FW 6826
