Unter a Kleyn Beymele

Margulies, Tsvi Hirsh (1888-1944)

Margulies, Tsvi Hirsh (1888-1944)

Yiddish Lyrics

Refrain:
Unter a kleyn beymele
Zitzn inglekh tzvey.
Zey reydn fun a meydele,
Keyn zakh kimert zey.

1.
Derzelt eyner di nisimlekh,
Vos er hot gehat,
Khapt der anderer aroys
Dertzelt es akurat.

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2.
Er flegt, zogt er, gantze teg.
Umgeyn umgegesn;
Dortn, vu zi hot gevoynt,
Shoen opgezesn.

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3.
Shturem-vintn, regn, shney,
Keyn zakh nit geshrokn,
Un di mame inderheym
Gevart hot mit a flokn.

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4.
Un der tate tzudertsu
Mit dem pas dem groysn
Oysgeklapt di beyndelekh,
Aroysgeyogt in droysn.

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Translation

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Under a little tree, two boys sit and talk about a girl.
They do not care about anything else.

1.
One of the boys describes the miraculous things that
happened to him.
The other boy interrupts him to describe similar things
that happened to him in exactly the same way.

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2.
He used to spend whle days running around her house.
He would spend there hours at a tme, forgetting about meals

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3.
Stormy winds, rain, snow - nothing frigtened them,
not even mother who waited for them at home with a stick
to beat them.

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4.
Then father came with a big belt, with which he counted
their bones,
and drove them away.

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This song is a touching, humorous story of three boys sitting under a small tree, talking about a girl. Their ardourly conquests grow greater and greater as they talk -- that is until father comes with a belt... The clip featured here is from "Yiddish Folksongs", a recording by various artists. Click here to find out more about the CD (the sample tracks sound really good!) This song is a touching, humorous story of boys sitting under a small tree,

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Added February 5th, 2020