CD003-19

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Title of Collector

Dos hot mir der dokter farbotn

Title

Alts hot der doktor farbotn

First Line

A yeder mentsh ken esn un ken trinken, vos er vil

Performer

Israel Itskhaki?, Alex Weiss and his orchestra?

Instrumentation

vocal (male), orchestra

Composer

Author

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

(to be edited)

A yeder mentsh ken esn in ken trinken, vus er vil.
Vil er, est er vaynik, shmekt im mer, est er fil.
Nor ikh muz esn Zwieback un dertsi tsitrinken tey
Ven ale esn (? Gendl?),
Tut mir dos harts mir azoy vey


Vayl dus hot mir der doktor farbotn
In er vays, vus iz beser far mir
Ikh muz leybn af diete, nisht tsu muger, nisht tsu fet,
In ikh zol mekh nit baveygn, shtendik lign shtil in bet.


Ales hot mir der dokter farbotn,
In er maynt, az ikh bin a fakir.
Iz dus a farkerte velt,
kh’hob dus esn u’geshtelt:


In der dokter gayt fresn far mayn gelt.
Far mayn gelt
Far mayn gelt
In der dokter gayt fresn far mayn gelt.


Mayn shitef hot gehat mit mir tsizamen a fabrik,
Ikh hob farkoyft mayn khaylek, in fin zaynem oukh a shtik.
Er hot gemakht mer a protses, dos hot mikh nisht geshtert
Nor ven gekimen es tsum shvern, hob ikh nisht geshvert -


Vayl dus hot mir der doktor farbotn,
In er vays, vus iz beser far mir.
Mayn advokat, lang zol er leybn, hot an aytse mir gegeybn,
Tomer red ikh emes gur
- Heng ikh shoyn in tsvontsik yur…


In dus hot mir der doktor farbotn.
Tomer zent ir nisht maskim mit mir,
Kent ir makhn, vus ir vilt,
Kh’hob dus shvern u’geshtelt:


Zol der dokter gayn shvern far mayn gelt.
Far mayn gelt
Far mayn gelt
Zolt der dokter gayn shvern far mayn gelt.


Mayn vayb hot lib tsu lign in pizhama of (…? Sa va?)
Zi redt zikh ayn, ikh leb/red fin ir,
Zi iz (Hedi Damar?)
…? (?zi rift mikh Gary Cooper?)
Come and kiss the little boy
Nor ven ikh ze di hundert kilo,
Zug ikh ir azoy:


Oy, dos hot mir der doktor farbotn,
In er vays, vus iz beser far mir.
Ikh miz leybn of diet, in di bist a bisl fet.
In ikh zol mikh nisht baveygn, shtendik lign shtil in bet


Ales hot mir der doktor farbotn,
Nor tomer iz dus zeyer vikhtik far dir:
Nayn, ikh vil nit zayn ka held,
Kh’ ho’ (?di kum??) shoyn u’geshtelt…


Zol der doktor dus makhn far mayn gelt
Far mayn gelt
Far mayn gelt
Zol der doktor dus makhn far mayn gelt
Zol der doktor zikh mitshen far mayn gelt!


Übersetzung / Translation

Duration

Year

Comment

Comment by David Kohan

Sources

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