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Thread #15952 Message #2043659
Posted By: DADGBE
04-May-07 - 11:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Yiddish songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yiddish songs
Hi Mark and all,
Gilbert and Sulivan in Yiddish is some of the most hilarious stuff I've ever heard. I don't know about your translations, Mark, but when I was a kid I heard a version of Little Buttercup sung in Yiddish. I laughed for days over -
Zey ruft mir claner putter shissel,
Claner, shaner puter shissel...
Which translates roughly as -
They call me little tub o' butter,
Pretty, little tub o' butter.
Yikes!
Best to all,
Ray