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(lyrics here in German-style transliteration) Schpil ssche mir a tango ojss in jidisch, Sol doss sajn missnagdisch oder chassidisch. As di bobele alejn sol kenen doss farschtejn Un take a tenzele gejn. Schpil ssche mir a tango ojss fun plejtim, Fun dem folk zesejtn un zeschprejtn, As kinder, grojss un klejn, soln kenen doss farschtejn un take a tenzele gejn! Schpil, schpil, klesmerl, schpil - Wi a jidisch harz hot gefil, Schpil mir a tenzele, oj schpil, Schpil, ich bet dich, mit neschome, mit gefil. Schpil ssche mir a tango, nor nit arisch, Sol doss sajn nit arisch, nit barbarisch, As di ssonim soln sen, as ich noch tanzn ken Un take a tenzele mit bren ! Schpil ssche mir a tango ojss fun scholem, Sol doss sajn a scholem nit kejn cholem, As hitler mit sajn rajch oj di kapore glajch... Oj wet doss sajn a tenzele far ajch ! Schpil, schpil, klesmerl, schpil ...
Translated lyrics
Play me a tango in Yiddish - the tango of an expelled and scattered people - to which grandmother can dance as well as the kids. Play me a tango thats neither Aryan nor barbarian, so my enemies can see that I still dance. Play me a tango of peace, and dont let it be a dream, let Hitler and his Reich drop dead. Oh, thatll be a dance for you!
Notes
from Aufwind's klezmer band's page: ...this song is found in Lider fun getos un lagern, a collection made by Shmerke Kaczerginski, published in 1948 in New York City. The melody became more popular with different words and the title Shpil zhe mir a lidele in yidish.
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