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Vaudeville
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lomir zingen dos sheyne lid, haydl, didl, dam, vi di goldene pave flit ibern shvarts yam. un trogt a libes-brivele, a sheynem libes-brivele, far dem rabeynu tam. ver hot geshribn dos brivele? haydl, didl, day geshribn hot dos brivele di malke fun terkay. geshribn es mit roytn tint un far|khasm|et es geshvind mit heyse trern dray. vos shteyt geshribn in brivele? haydl, didl, du rabeynu tam ikh libe dikh, vos-zhe shvaygstu, nu? ikh ese nisht, ikh trinke nisht, ikh ver tsezetst fun benkenish, ikh habe nisht keyn ru. vos-zhe tut rabeynu tam? haydl, didl, deh er glet di peye un di bord un makht dray mol fe ... un dos tsigele in shtal, un dos vayse tsigele helft im unter meh. nu, un zi, di rebitsin? haydl, didl, doy zi klapt im mitn valgerholts un zogt tsu im azoy: shikses lign dir in zin, nu un yakh un yakh vu bin, dayn heys-gelibte froy? treft, ver s'hot dos lid gemakht? haydl, didl, dam a shnayder-yung hot es gemakht l|koved rabeynu tam. un shabes tsvishn tog un nakht hot a lets arayngelakht akurat tsum gram.
Translated lyrics
lomir zingen dos sheyne lid, haydl, didl, dam, vi di goldene pave flit ibern shvarts yam. un trogt a libes-brivele, a sheynem libes-brivele, far dem rabeynu tam. ver hot geshribn dos brivele? haydl, didl, day geshribn hot dos brivele di malke fun terkay. geshribn es mit roytn tint un far|khasm|et es geshvind mit heyse trern dray. vos shteyt geshribn in brivele? haydl, didl, du rabeynu tam ikh libe dikh, vos-zhe shvaygstu, nu? ikh ese nisht, ikh trinke nisht, ikh ver tsezetst fun benkenish, ikh habe nisht keyn ru. vos-zhe tut rabeynu tam? haydl, didl, deh er glet di peye un di bord un makht dray mol fe ... un dos tsigele in shtal, un dos vayse tsigele helft im unter meh. nu, un zi, di rebitsin? haydl, didl, doy zi klapt im mitn valgerholts un zogt tsu im azoy: shikses lign dir in zin, nu un yakh un yakh vu bin, dayn heys-gelibte froy? treft, ver s'hot dos lid gemakht? haydl, didl, dam a shnayder-yung hot es gemakht l|koved rabeynu tam. un shabes tsvishn tog un nakht hot a lets arayngelakht akurat tsum gram.
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