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Refrain: Hot a yid a vaybele, hot a vayb a yidele. Hot a yid a vayb, a vayb a yid a vaybele. Verses: 1. Ven men hot mir nor khasene gemakht, hot men shoyn fun mir geshpast und gelakht. 2. Sorenu mayn vayb hot dem kugel gemakht, fun montik in der fri biz fraytik oyf der nakht. Oy! 3. Ven iz gekumen shabes tsu dem esn, hot Sorenu dem kugel in oyvnfargesn. We sing it here in Prague like this: Hot a yid a vaybele, hot a vayb a yidele hot a yid a hot a yid a yid a vaybele Verses: 1. Sureni mayn vayb hot a kigl gemacht in mitwoch in der frid bis fraytig of der nacht 2. Hot getimen den kigl oyf tzur gebn bis ehghen blibn mit et hot tzi det lebn 3. Oy oy oy, der shabes ish oyn du der shoulet ist gebrent, gevorn in der shuf hot a yid a vaybele hot er mit wir tzores hab zind un bam gergele und shurkh mit kapores
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Sheet music with lyrics to this song is available in The Kammen Folio of Famous Jewish Theatre Songs, volume 1.
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