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. Kinder libe fargest nit keynder s'krikht arayn biz in di beynder Ot dos flegt mayn mame zogn mir Ir ponim flegt zayn fil mit freydn Ven zi flegt on heybn redn fun yene tsayt vos s'iz geven mit dir In ire oygn hot men bald derkent Demfink vos hot bay ir in harts gebrent Oy.... Zi flegt makhn aza mine vi s'volt oyf ir gerut di shkhine G'ven iz zi dan gliklekh on a shir Dayne verter klingen gut on shir Kh'bet di zog zi nokh amol tsu mir Refrain Oy, s'iz gut! Aleyn tsu zitsn mit a meydl (yingl) Oy s'iz gut! Der kop fardreyt vi a redl (Krign a kedishn ringl) Oy s'iz gut! Ven me ken a meydl (yingl) zogn kh'hob dikh lib Oy s'iz gut! Flegt mayn mame shtendik zogn Oy, s'iz gut! A sod in hartsn umtsutrogn Oy, s'iz gut! Tsu zayn a balebos bay zikh aleyn in shtub Oy.... kh'hob shoyn dem bestn simen as du bist erlekh fayn Oy...zayt du bist ongekumen bistu mir glaykh arayn in di beyner Oy s'iz gut! Ven men ken di verter hern Oy, s'iz gut! Ven s'iz nishto ver zol shtern di minut Tyokhket do bay mir in hartsn 2. Dayne sheyne beklekh flamen du dermonst mikh in dayn mamen Venzi iz a meydl nokh geven Host ir gutskayt un simonim Fun ir likhtik zisn ponem vos iz fil mit yid'shn kheyn Yedes mol vos kh'gib oyf dir a kuk Der mont dos mir in mayn farloyrn glik Vayl du host dayn mames oygn vos shaynen vi a regn boygn Shenere hob ikh keyn mol gezen Dayne verter klingen gut on shir Kh'bet dir zog zi nokh a mol tsu mir
Translated lyrics
How good it is to be with your loved one! How marvelous, when your head starts to spin! How good it is to say, "I love you"
Notes
clip here from the Klezmer Conservatory Band's great CD Dancing in the Aisles
Your Name
We won't show this to anyone.
Your Email
This is private too.
