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Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos ze ikh shoyn ak Ba mir in hartsn zit es vi a galizianer borsht Es shnindt in di oygn, der kop vert mir azoi dil Un mayn lung un leber tanzn a kadril Zi is vi a feygele vos flit Zi is vi a blimele vos blit Refrain Oy - I like she - Oy, oy, oy, I like she Zi is mayn glik, zi iz mayn shterbn Ohn ir ken ikh dokh nit lebn-in hartzn burtchet ale mol Ir figur un ire lokn, I tell you people is no use talkin I like she and dats all. Ikh geh arum a blaser un hob shtendig nor di blues Trink ikh a gloz vaser ze ikh ir in gloz Before ikh leg mir shlof, tu ikh oys mayn suit Nem ikh mir a vane, hob ikh zi in bod- Tseit ikh hob zi derzen yene nakht, hot zi a revoluzie do gemakht. Refrain Leyg ikh mir zikh shlofn azoi kholem ikh fun ir Un mir dakht zi zitzt shoyn noent lebn mir Ikh nem zi halzn, kushn, I''ll ruf zi liber shatz Ikh khap zikh oyf derze ikh as ikh kush di shvarze katz Vi a sheyn feygele zi flit, vi a sheyn blimele zi blit.
Translated lyrics
refrain is also; Ire fees un ire zokn,I tell you people it's no use talkin I like she and I like she and dots all. It should be sheyndt not shnindt[?]
Notes
taken from a songbook prepared by Malke Gottlieb for a Friends of Yiddish annual weekend held in 1994 at Solway House
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