CD005-20
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Contents
Title of Collector
Tumba-tumba
Title
Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl / Tumba tumba ba
First Line
Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Performer
Instrumentation
vocal (male), guitar
Genre
Yiddish Song - folk
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl,
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Un zi heft a vayse kleydl.
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Iz a bokher ongefloygn
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Un hot dem fodem upgetsoygn.
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Ay, du bokher, ay du fayer!
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
S’vet dikh kostn zeyer tayer!
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Kh’vel nit fregn dikh fun vanen
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Kh’vel nit oplozn fun danen…
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Lib …? (mich trygve ikh dir pentn??)
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Nor mit mayne vayse hentelakh
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Kh’vel dikh haldzn, kh’vel dikh libn
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Iz der bokher dort geblibn
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Oyfn oyvn zitsn beydn
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Nit zey heftn, nit zey neyen
Tumba, tumba, tumba-ba
Übersetzung / Translation
Duration
Year
1951
Comment
Comment by David Kohan
Sources
Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs (Vol. 1)
Folkways Records FW 6826
