CD020-14

Title of Collector

Lakh un zay freylekh

Title

Lakh un zay freylekh [Lach un zai freilech]

First Line

Lakh un zay freylekh, dos gantse lebn lang – Her nisht oyf tsu lakhn!

Performer

Leo Fuchs?

Instrumentation

vocal (male), orchestra

Composer

Sholom Secunda

Author

Jacob Jacobs

Genre

Yiddish Song

Language

Yiddish

Song Text

Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!

Ven a meydl hot dikh lib,
Ken zi dikh makhn dil
Ven zi zugt, zi vil nisht,
Zolsti visn, az zi vil.
Eyner libt a glezl vayn,
Der tsveyter libt a bukh.
Eyner nemt a meydl
In a shviger shlept zikh nukh

Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!

Gebet twenty to one
Hob ikh a ferdl, her zikh tsi:
Arayngekimen iz dus ferd a quarter after three…
Betn gelt oyf races
Iz kayn biznes,
S’hot kayn vert –
Vi ken di biznes toygn
Az me farlozt zikh of a ferd!

Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!

Eyner libt milkhumes,
Vayl s’iz laykht tsu makhn gelt
In ikh hob lib tsu hern
Az s’iz shulem of der velt
Tsvey medines hob ikh lib,
Ikh bentsh/benk zey ale mul
Eyne iz de USA
Di tsveyte iz Yisruel.

Lakh in zay freylekh
Dus gantse leybn lang –
Her nisht of tsu lakhn!
Lakh in zay freylekh,
Vayl lakhn iz gezint!
Folg mikh, fraynt
Her of trakhtn fin dem morgn
Leb git haynt -
Zol far morgn G’t zikh zorgn!
Lakh in zay freylekh:
Dus vintsh ikh aykh atsind!

Duration

3:17 min