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1. Bin ikh mir a shnayderl Leb ikh mir tog oys tog ayn Lustik, freylekh, fayn! -Zog mir, shnayderl, libinker un guter Git dir di nodl genug af broyt un puter? -Ikh makh a vokh tzey gilden mit a drayer Ikh es nor broyt vayl puter iz tsu tayer 2. Bin ikh mir a shusterl Leb ikh mir tog oys tog ayn Lustik, freylekh, fayn! -Zog mir, shusterl, hostn vos tsu kayen? Felt dir oyset krigstn vu tsu layen? -Keyner layt nisht, keyner git keyn orves, Ikh bin a shuster, gey ikh take borves. 3. Bin ikh mir a kremerl, Leb ikh mir tog oys tog ayn Lustik, freylekh, fayn! -Zog mir kremerl, host mit vos tsu handlen? Host in kreml rozhinkes mit mandlen? -Ikh hob in kreml far tzvey groshn skhoyre Ikh shlep dem tales un ikh bentsh dem Boyre.
Translated lyrics
1. I am a little dressmaker, And my day is cheerful, good, and gay Tell me, good little dressmaker, Does your needle bring you enough to buy bread and butter? -I earn two small coins and another penny It's enough to buy some bread, But butter is too expensive 2. I am a cobbler, And day after day, my life is cheerful, good , and gay! Tell me cobbler, have you anything to eat in your house? -They pay me little, just coppers. I am a cobbler, so I go barefooted. 3. I am a tradesman, Tell me, good tradesman, Do you have enough wares to trade in? Have you got raisins and almonds in your shop? -I've got a twopenny worth of goods, I wrap myself in the prayer shawl and I worship the Creator.
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Clip here from Mark Levy's <a href="/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/ydmrk10d.htm?L+s
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