A Yiddish Meydl Darf a Yidishn Boy
Alexander Olshanetsky
Jacob Jacobs
Yiddish Lyrics
A Yiddish meydl darf a yidishn boy
S'iz sheyn in eydl
In es darf dokh azoy Zine
Nu, vus zhe toyg aykh tsures zichn
In aleyn in blotes krichhn
A yidish meydl darf a yidishn boy
**These lyrics below are only the chorus from original sheet music:
a Yidish meidel darf a Yidishen boy
Siz shein in aidl in es darf zein azoy
Vos zolt ihr zich tzures zichen
alain in blute krichen
A Yidish meidel darf a Yidishen boy
oi sis a mi-chi-a
oi sis on on-tick
far eich a velt a nei-ya
in far inz a glick
Translation
A Yiddish girl needs to have a Yiddish boy
It's beautiful and noble
And it has to be that way
Now, what need have you to look for trouble,
And end up crawling into the mud
A Yiddish girl needs to have a Yidish boy
I beleive that the first line ends with yingl, and not "boy." I am from New York (just returned from a visit there) but live in Israel now. It might be of interest to you that a large group of people meet here in Haifa, about six times a year, every other month, and with a musical accompaniment sing Yiddish songs, many of which, I, who used to listen with my parents to WEVD radio, never heard of. Unfortunately I haven't seen anyone under 40 there. I insisted that both my daughters take a course in Yiddish (given at that time at Queens college in NYC. A Yiddish actress (Miriam Kressen) gave the course, but it didn't help. I believe they still understand Yiddish to some extent; my parents spoke only Yiddish. The way things are going it is a terrible loss, but probably inevitable.As you may know, in the States many of the instructors in colleges that offer Yiddish are not Jews. theI believe that the first line ends with yingl, and not "boy." I am fr
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Added December 28th, 1999