1 A glesele lekhayim words: B. Bergholts ·melody: Joseph Rumshinsky (1881-1956) ·arrangement: Koch / Reich
A glesele lekhayim - ess shodt nit nehmen haynt ven me sitst bay a yontevdikn tish. A glesele lekhayim - far frayndshaft un far fraynt me sol shtendik nor munter sayn un frish. A glesele lekhayim - far alt un yung voss sitsn do, un far yedern basunder voss saynen haynt mit unds nito. A glesele lekhayim - der bekher ful mit vayn far der sun, si sol shtendik mit unds sayn
A glesele lekhayim - trinken mir atsind nor oyf simkhess bay yedern fun aykh. A glesele lekhayim - far muter un far kind, as mit nakhess di mame sol sayn raykh. A glesele lekhayim - nit opshteyn sol fun aykh di shayn, keyn shvartser tog in lebn in der mishpokhe sol nit sayn. A glesele lekhayim - is oysstrinken keday ven me set sikh mit fraynd oyf doss nay.
2 Dem seydns nign words and melody: anonym·arrangement: Koch / Reich
"Der yiddisher nign er vet eybik lebn, asoy lang vi di velt vet shteyn." Doss hot in sayn yerushe undser seyde gegebn, fargessn veln mir doss keynmol neyn. Mit trern geboygn iber der toyre flegt der seydnyu singen un betn tsum boyre:
"Hoydu la doy shem ki le oylom khassdoy. yoymar, yoymarnu yissroel: Hoydu la doy shem ki le oylom khassdoy."
Geshtorbn di bobe, geshtorbn der seyde, keyn Russland fartribn di kinder, gebrakht mit sikh gornit oysser dem nign, nor hert sikh tsu vi der nign klingt atsinder tov: "Prashay mashinka, prashay katinka, dayka potseluyemssya. Prashay mashinka, prashay katinka, dayka pomiluyemssya. Hey, hey, gore nye beda, hey, hey, ya lyublyu tebya, prashay mashinka, prashay katinka."
Doss selbe lid men singt, ober vi fremd ess klingt:
"Hoydu la doy shem ..."
´ss vandertn dem seydns kinder keyn Amerike atsinder, dem nign fun seydn singt men in freydn, ´ss hot gor an ander klang: "Sing haleluya oh baby sing haleluya and maybe brother don´t bother - tvist out to love us more. Hi haleluya, I´m singin´ pray haleluya keep prayin´: Angels in heaven vill give us seven more. Nov everyone loves to sing, so let your voices ring. Don´t be afraid of shout. Here comes the melody - sing it in harmony: Let the devil out. I tell you: sing haleluya oh baby, sing haleluya and maybe..."
´ss klingt itst freylekh oder nit ´ ss is ober nit dem seydns lid.
voss dergeysstu mir di yorn, mayne yunge sisse yorn, sog voss bisstu tsugeshtanen haynt tsu mir, sog voss bisstu tsugeshtanen haynt tsu mir? Oy ven ikh volt geven frier vissn as mayn mame vet nisht veln dikh far keyn shnur, volt ikh di lipn mit di tseyn farbissn, oy vey, un keyn libe keynmol nisht gefirt mit dir.
- tsu dayn mame hob ikh gornisht! Hosstu gornisht? - Hob ikh gornisht vayl dayn mame is nisht shuldik in dem! vayl mayn mame is nisht shuldik in dem. - Nor geyn sol si iber di hayser un farshlossn sol far ir sayn yeder tir! vayl tsu keyn libe tor men sikh nisht mishn, oy vey, oy voss hot si gehat tsu mir?
Du baleydik nisht di mamen, un her shoyn oyf asoy tsu flamen, vayl mayn mame is nisht shuldik in dem. - vayl dayn mame is nisht shuldik in dem! Un tomer meynsstu as mayn shvesster tut sikh krimen, kegn dir si hot mikh ongeredt, ikh shver. Sol ikh shoyn di poplekssye do bakumen, oy vey, un fun ort sikh nisht kenen rirn mer.
- tsu dayn shvesster hob ikh gornisht! Hosstu gornisht? - Hob ikh gornisht, vayl dayn shvesster is nisht shuldik in dem. vayl mayn shvesster is nisht shuldik in dem. - Nor in shpitul oyf a betl sol si lign un keyner sol sikh nisht tsurirn tsu ir! vayl tsu keyn libe tor men sikh nisht mishn, oy vey, oy voss hot si gehat tsu mir?
tsi gedenksstu ven mir beyde flegn yede nakht shpatsirn, un ´ss hot keyner nisht gevolt unds farshteyn, un ´ss hot keyner nisht gevolt unds farshteyn. Ober mir hobn beyde geshvoyrn sikh tsu nehmen in lebn un freyd. vayl tsu keyn libe tor men sikh nisht mishn, oy vey, oy a ssof tsu di tsoress un leyd.
8 Leybke words and melody: Mordekhay Gebirtig (1877-1942)·arrangement: Koch / Reich
Leybke mayn liber, doss vet keyn gutss nisht gebn, du brengsst mit dayn akshoness mikh fun geduld aroyss. Du must sikh lernen tantsn -ikh shver bay undser lebn- ele nisht is haynt nokh mit unds oyss. Megsst sikh sayn voss du bisst: a farbrenter tsiyenisst, a bundoyets. vemen geyt doss on? Ale isstn sayt a tsayt, un oykh di agode layt tantsn tango un sharlesston!
Kum leybke tantsn, shem sikh nisht, ikh vel dikh firn shrit bay shrit, shtel sikh mayn liber, akegn iber, un heyb tsusamen mit mir on. Nem fesst arum mikh leybke.kroyn, doss veyss ikh sikher, kennstu shoyn. Itst lomir shvbn, akh is asa lebn ven ´ss tantst a porl sharlesston.
Leybke, di mener, sey rikhtik tsu derkenen- mayn besster termometer is ven ikh tants mit sey. velkhe shoyn bavaybte un velkhe fray nokh senen doss dergey ikh shoyn baym ershtn drey. ver ess is a fayner man, ver a lump, a sharlatan- doss derken ikh ven der tants nor heybt sikh on. Un derfar, leybke-kroyn, vel ikh dir -un take shoyn- lernen tango un sharlesston.
ven ikh nem a bissele yash, bin ikh gornit der. ´kh gib a vorf di pusste flash un ikh gey a sher.
Oy, tsukersiss, halt mir bay di hent, flekhtn beygelekh di fiss, di neshome brent.
10 Unter beymer words: Moyshe Oysher (1907-1958) ·melody: Alexander Olshanetsky (1892–1946) ·arrangement: Koch / Reich
Unter beymer vakssn grosn, ay lu lu ..., un di beyse vintn blosn, shlof-sshe sunenyu. Sits mayn kind nit bay dem fensster, vayl du kennsst dem vint derfiln, un ikh vil nit, du mayn sheynsster solsst kholile sikh farkiln. Himl is shoyn khmarne shvarts - punkt asoy vi do bay mir in harts. Unter beymer vakssn grosn, ay lu lu ..., un di beyse vintn blosn, shlof-sshe sunenyu. Ay lu lu, shlof-sshe mayn kind, oy harts maynss, ay lu lu, blayb mir gesunt.
12 Gassn zinger words and melody: Peyssakhke Burstein (1896-1986)·arrangement: Koch / Reich
Ikh makh kuntsn in der gass, a yeder makht foyl sikh shpass. ven di glider tuen vey - ikh tants un lakh un shray. Mayn masl is mir shlekht, ikh vander teg un nekht eynsam elnt vi a shteyn, sog ikh tsu sikh aleyn:
A gassn zinger bin ikh, a yeder ken mikh gut, on kleyder, borvess on shikh, a yeder tsapt mayn blut. Bradyaga shrayt men oyf mir - doss harts tut vey, di shand in yeder minut ess vert fartsapt mir mayn blut fun dem geshrey.
