CD049-05
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Contents
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
Instrumentation
vocal (male), piano
Composer
probably Sidor Belarsky
Author
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… :||
Translation
Duration
2:59 min
Year
Comment
Comment by David Kohan
Sources
Probably from album „Sidor Belarsky Sings of the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side“ (Yiddish: „Sidor Belarsky – lider lekoved 70 yor Forverts“)
