Milkhome
[War]
A. Reisin - Lyrics; M. Gelbart - Music
See Lecture: "Ashkenazi Food"
| - Oy, mame, khvil a bisl milkh, | - Oh, mama, I want a little milk |
| Es truknt mir mayn gumen. | My mouth is dry. |
| - Mayn kind, a beyzer pastekh | - My child, a bad shepherd |
| hot di ale ki farnumen. | has taken all the cows away. |
| - Oy, gib mir, mame, broyt a bis, | - Oh, give me, mama, bread, a bite |
| Dem hunger mir tsu shtiln. | My hunger to still. |
| - Nishto, mayn kind. A vaser | - There is none, my child. A water |
| hot farzunken ale miln. | has drowned all the mills. |
A vaser vild, a vaser royt, | A water wild, a water red, |
| hot zey arop getrogn, | has carried them away, |
| Un ale milner zaynen itst | And all the millers are now away |
| avek in feld zikh shlogn. | Fighting on the battlefields. |
| - To vuzhe iz der tate itst, | - So where is father now? |
| er zol undz esn krign? | He should find us something to eat. |
| - Der tate iz avek mit zey | - Daddy is away with them |
| a soyne tsu bazign. | to defeat the enemy. |
Source: "Vessel of Song: The Music of Mikhl Gelbart" - CD, performed by The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble
