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. Oy dortn dortn ibern vaserl Oy dortn dortn ibern brik Fartribn hot men mikh in di vaytene lender Un benken benk ikh nokh dir tzurik. 2. O, helf mir, gotenyu, o Got in himl, O, helf mir, gotenyu, s'iz mir nisht gut, Shoyn zayt dray yorelekh, vi mir shpiln libe, Oy oys shpiln di libe konen mir nit. 3. Oy dayne oygelekh, vi di shvartze karshelekh Un dayne lipelekh - vi rozeve papir. Un dayne fingerlekh - vi tint un feder Un shraybn zolstu ofte briv tzu mir.
Translated lyrics
1. Far away across the water, far away across the bridge, I have been away to the far-off land, and I am crying my heart out for you alone. 2. Help me, God, Great God in Heaven, help me! We've been playing at love for three years, and we are still at it, and there's no end to it. 3. Your eyes are like black cherries. Your lips are like pink paper. Your fingers are like ink and quill. Write to me often...
Notes
Far away across the water, across the bridge, I have been driven away to th
Your Name
We won't show this to anyone.
Your Email
This is private too.
