The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30547 Message #1134365
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Mar-04 - 09:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Yes My Darling Daughter
Subject: ADD: Yo, Mayn Libe Tokhter
I still contend that this must be a Yiddish song originally, but I have been proved wrong on occasion. Some Yiddish songs are surprisingly recent translations of songs from all over. Zemerl now has the lyrics here (click). -Joe Offer-
Yo, Mayn Libe Tokhter
-Mame, meg ikh gey shpatsirn? -Yo, mayn libe tokhter!
-Mame, meg ikh romantsirn? -Yo, mayn libe tokhter!
-Ober, zogt er mir, mame mayne, er iz in mir a farkokhter... Mame, vos zol zayn mayn entfer? -Yo, mayn libe tokhter!
-Mame, kh'lib a sheynem yingl!
-Yo, mayn libe tokhter!
-Me vet mir gebm kleyn shulringl! -Yo, mayn libe tokhter!
-Er iz sheyn un oykh, zeyer a kluger, ikh balib mayn tayere shviger! Mame, vos zol zayn mayn entfer? -Yo, mayn libe tokhter!
-Er zogt, az er iz farlibt in mir, un ikh hob im lib gor on a shir, oy, mamenyu, gib an entfer mir!... -Mazl Tov dir, tayere tokhter!
-Mame, mamenyu mayne, Fir tsu der khupe di tokhter dayne!
La-la-la-la-la..
-Mazl Tov dir, tokhter!
song is also called "Yuh, Mein Libe Tokhter" ("Yes, My Darling Daughter"), issued on LP "At Home With The Barry Sisters"/1961