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Original lyrics
shpilt, klazmurimllakh, shpil-zhe mir a lidele, shpil-zhe mir a lidele tsum tak, [tog] hingerik un shleyferik un naket un burves, In keshinu nit du ken pyetak. de raykhe esen en zey trinken iz bay zey de mugen shver kenen zey nit tantzen tsum tak nit ikh ess un nit ikh trink iz bay mir de mugen gring dafar ken ikh tantzen tsim tak.
Translated lyrics
Play, little musicians, play me a little song, play a little song til dawn I'm hungry and sleepy and naked and barefoot And not a nickel in my pocket. [Evidently, not completely naked] The rich people eat and they drink, Their stomachs are heavy. They can't dance 'til dawn. I don't eat and I don't drink Therefore I can dance 'til dawn.
Notes
My mother sang it to me. She had to learn it in the 1890s in Vladimir Voly
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