CD007-14

Title of Collector

Oyf dem pripitshek

Title

Oyfn pripetshik

First Line

Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl

Instrumentation

Choir, keyboard/synthesizer..., violin

Composer

Mark Warshavsky,

Author

Mark Warshavsky,

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl,
In in shtib iz heys,
||: In der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlakh
Dem alef-beys. :||

Zugt-zhe, kinderlakh,
Gedenkt-zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt du!
||: Zugt-zhe nokh amul in take nokh amul:
Komets alef – o. :||

Kum nor aher, mayn tayer yingele:
In gib nor a kik in di kleyne oysyelekh!
Tayere oysyelakh! Gildene oysyelakh!
Gikher! Gikher! Kum aher!
Hob kayn moyre nit!
Ikh shrek zikh nit!
Kum nor aher noenter tsu mir!
In zug azey, mayn tayer yingele:

Kumets-alef: o.
Kumets-beys: bo.
Kumets-gimel: go.
Kumets-dalet: do.

Pasekh-alef: a.
Pasekh-beys: ba.
Pasekh-gimel: ga.
Pasekh-daled: da.

Ir vet, kinderlekh, elter vern,
Vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
||: Vifil in di oysyes lign trern
In vifil geveyn. :||

Duration

2:50 min

Comment

mix of two songs: some stanzas of the known Warshavsky "Oyfn pripetshik" and ...