Hirsh Dovid
Text - Moishe Broderson; Music - David Beigelman
See Lecture: "Ashkenazi Food"
| - A gut-morgn dir, Hirsh-Dovid! | - Good morning, Hirsh-Dovid! |
| - A gut-morgn, Borekh! | - Good morning, Baruch! |
| Kh'hob gehert, du host mit mazl | I heard that you sold out |
| Oysfarkoyft dem tsvorekh. | your pot cheese. |
| - Nisht dem tsvorekh, nor dos milkhiks | - Not only the pot cheese |
| Oysfarkoyft in gantsn, | but all the dairy food! |
| Abi dos gelt iz do in baytl, | As long as the money is in the purse |
| Vilt zikh take tantsn. | I'd like to dance. |
| - O, Hirsh-Dovid, vos makht dayn vaybl, | - Oh, Hirsh-Dovid, how's your wife? |
| Kh'meyn dayn Sore-Khaye? | I mean Sara Chaya? |
| - Ot di kobile zi shert zikh | - The old bag has bobbed her hair |
| Loyt di modes naye. | in the latest style. |
| Oysgeton fun zikh dos shaytl, | She's taken off her wig |
| Yidishkeyt in gantsn, | and dropped all her Jewish ways. |
| Iber koymens, iber dekher, | Over the chimenys, over the roofs, |
| Geyen sheydim tantsn. | the demons are going dancing. |
| - Kh'hob a moyd, a kosher kelbl, | - I have a daughter, a "kosher calf", |
| Du a zun, Efroyim, | You've a son, Ephraim, |
| M'vet zey makhn a gevelbl, | Let's buy a little store for them, |
| Lomir shraybn tnoyim. | Let's betroth them. |
| - Kha-kha-kha, tsvey meyes zilber | - Ha, ha, ha, 200 silver coins |
| Gib ikh zey in gantsn, | is what I'll give them, |
| Iber felder, iber velder, | Through the fields, through the woods |
| Veln yidn tantsn. | the Jews will go dancing! |
Source: Songs of Generations, by Eleanor and Joseph Mlotek. New York, Workmen's Circle, p.108
