Hot a yid a vaybele
[A Jew had a little wife]
See Lecture: "Ashkenazi Food"
| Refren: | Refrain: |
| Hot a yid a vaybele, hot a yid a vaybele, | A Jew has a little wife, |
| Hot a yid a vayb, a vayb, a vaybele. | A Jew has a little wife. |
| Fun montik in der fri biz fraytik in farnakht | From Monday morning to Friday eve |
| Hot Sorele zayn vayb dem kugl gemakht. | His wife Sorele made the pudding. |
| Vi es iz gekumen shabes tsum esn | When it was time for the Shabbat meal |
| Hot zi dem kugl in oyvn fargesn. | She forgot the kugl in the oven. |
| Hot er genumen dem grobn shtekn | He took the thick stick |
| Un hot ongehoybn dos vaybl tsu dekn. | And began to beat his wife. |
| Hot zi genumen di alte shkrabes | So she grabbed her old rags |
| Un iz antlofn tsum tatn oyf shabes. | And ran away to her father for Shabbat. |
| Hot er genumen di shkheynim spekulirn | He urged his neighbours to figure out |
| Me zol zayn vaybl brengen tsu firn. | How to bring his wife back. |
| Hot men shoyn dos vaybl gebrakht | They brought her back to him |
| Fun montik in der fri biz fraytik in farnakht. | From Monday morning to Friday eve. |
| Refren: Hot a yid a vaybele ... | Refrain: A Jew has a wife ... |