English Lyrics

zingt a shabes zemer
a teler ful mit yoykh
fir un tsvantsig rebes
fuln on di boykh

ven men teylt di shrayem
tut zikh oyf tish un benk
kodoysh kodoysh shrayt a yeder
baym litvak iz a krenk

di rebes zogn toyre
farshteyt men den a vort?
der litvak art a kashe
iz den do dos ort?

di rebetsen tseflamt zikh
mit gor groys kavone
der gabe shteyt un halt ir inter
zey zenen mekhadesh der levone

Translation

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Sing a Shabbes song
A plate full of broth
Twenty-four rabbis
With full bellies

When one (?)
They do on the table and bless
"Holy holy!" screams a (?)
By the Litvak is a crank.

The rabbis speak of Torah
Then does one understand a word?
The Litvak eats a kashe
Is there then any room?

The rebbetzin burned herself
Entirely with great fervour
The gabbai (?)
They are from the the new moon