CD006-09
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Contents
Title of Collector
Tum balalayke
Title
Tum balalayke
First Line
Shteyt a bokher, un er trakht...
Performer
Instrumentation
vocal (male), guitar
Genre
Yiddish Song - folk
Language
Yiddish
Song Text
Shteyt a bokher un er trakht,
Trakht un trakht a gantse nakht:
Vemen tsu nemen un nor nit farshemen?
Vemen tsu nemen, nit tsu farshemen?
Tumbala, tumbala, tum balalayka
Tumbala, tumbala, tum balalayka
Tum balalayka, shpil balalayka!
Tum balalayka, freylakh zol zayn!
Meydl, meydl, kh’vel ba dir fregn:
Vos ken vaksn, vaksn on regn?
Vos ken brenen un nit oyfhern,
Vos ken benken, veynen on trern?
Tumbala, tumbala, tum balalayka
Tumbala, tumbala, tum balalayka
Tum balalayka, shpil balalayka!
Tum balalayka, freylakh zol zayn!
Narisher bokher, vos darfstu fregn?
A shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn on regn;
A libe ken brenen un nit oyfhern;
A harts ken benken,veynen on trern…
Tumbala, tumbala, tum balalayka
Tumbala, tumbala, tum balalayka
Tum balalayka, shpil balalayka!
Tum balalayka, freylekh zol zayn!
Übersetzung / Translation
Duration
2:01 min
Year
1954 Folkways Records /
2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Comment
Comment by David Kohan
Sources
Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs (Vol. 2)
Folkways Records FW 6827
