The Interactive Database of Jewish Song
Home
About
All Songs
Add A Song
Add Song Information
Enter in the details of the song below.
Category
---------
America
Cabaret
Celebration
Dances
Dixieland
Family
--- Children
--- Family
--- Familysongs
--- Lullabies
--- Wedding
Holiday
--- Hannukkah
--- High_Holidays
--- Holiday
--- Pesakh
--- Purim
--- Shabes
--- Shavuot
--- SimkhatTora
--- Tu_Bishvat
Holocaust
Humorous
Israeli
--- Contemporary
--- Israeli bands
--- Israeli female singers
--- Israeli male singers
--- Mizrachi
--- Old Favorites
--- Patriotic
--- Pioneer songs
--- Pop
Liturgy
Love
Marriage
Miscellaneous
--- Hassidic
--- Israeli
--- Miscellaneous
Music
Nostalgical
Novelty
Parodies
Rebbe
Socialist
Themes
--- Dancing
--- Drinking
--- Faith
--- Food
--- Singing
--- Suffering
Translated Songs
Vaudeville
Work
Yiddish Theater
Original language
Title
Composer
Lyricist
Original lyrics
1. Tzu mir is gekumen a kuzine Shein vi gold iz zi geven, di grine. Bekelach vi roite pomerantzn, Fiselach vos betn zich tzum tantzn 2. Herelech vi zaidn-veb gelokte Tzeindelech, vi perelech getokte Oigelech vi himl-bloi in friling Lipelech vi karshelech a tzviling 3. Nisht gegangen is zi, nor geshprungen, Nisht geredt hot zi nor gezungen Lebedik un freilech yede mine Ot aza geven is main kuzine! 4. Un azoi ariber zainen yorn Fun main kuzine is a tel gevorn Peydes (Hasonim) hot zi vochnlang geklibn Biz fun ir iz gornisht nit geblibn 5. Haint az ich bagegn main kuzine Un ich freg ir: "s'machstu epes, grine?" Ziftzt zi op, un ch'leien in ir mine: "Brenen zol Colombus'es medine!" an alternative verse: A "boy" hot ir oyse gefunen Un hot ba ir di peyde tsugenumen Af yedn "street" flegt er zi vatchen Yeder nakht flegt er zi patchen.
Translated lyrics
1. My green cousin came to me. She is my pretty green cousin, With cheeks like red oranges And her little feet just begging for a dance 2. Her curly hair was like silk,her white teeth - like pearls, her eyes - like the blue skies, and her lips - like cherries in the summer. 3. What a beauty my cousin used to be. Many years passed. Her judgment of young men was too strict And she remained single 4. Today, I meet my cousin and ask her, "How are you doing, my green cousin?" She only sighs, and replies, "Let this Columbus's land burn!"
Notes
I'VE ADDED A FEW VERSES FROM THE VERSION I WAS TAUGHT, MANY DECADES AGO. MY EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DENOTED BY THE SYMBOL ** ----- ** The same modifications could (should?) be applied to the other two versions in your remarkable Zemerl catalogue. Sholom Pearlman ShoPea@msn,com 9/20/02 1. My cousin came to me, she was as beautiful as gold, the greenhorn. Wi
Your Name
We won't show this to anyone.
Your Email
This is private too.
