CD015-01

Title of Collector

Ikh un di velt

Title

Ikh un di velt

First Line

Ven di gantse velt volt laydn

Performer

Sidor Belarsky

Instrumentation

vocal (male), piano

Composer

probably Sidor Belarsky

Author

Avrom Reisen

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 geven volt gliklekh,
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…  :||

Duration

3:07 min

Comment

recording does not start at the beginning

Sources

probably from the album: Sidor Belarsky in a Yiddish Song Recital