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06 Jul 00 - 10:17 AM (#252837) Subject: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Allan S. Does any one know a song sung in English with a fake Yiddish accent? Only words known as follows Vunce I hed a cendy store. Business vas so bed, I esked my vife vat to do, end dis is vat she sed: Take a liddle gesoline, put it on de floor. Take a metch, give a scretch, no more cendy store. I heard this back in the 1950's. Also, a song with the lines: If you don't know what you're talking about, Ask the soda jerker, He knows what he's talking about From reading the Daily worker. I guess these are from the New York area. Any ideas? |
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14 Aug 04 - 07:17 PM (#1247770) Subject: RE: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Wolfeny@webtv.net Sorry, I can't help you out with "take a match give a scratch," but I can add a little Yiddish humor to your life. Order,"Are Yentas, Kibitzers, & Tummlers Weapons of Mass Instruction? Yiddish Trivia" by Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe Malka Publications 19 Market Dr. Syosset, NY 11791 $12 (plus $3 shipping and handling) |
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14 Aug 04 - 10:58 PM (#1247836) Subject: RE: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: Sorcha Where is Dr. Mark when we need him? The only Google links that came up were back to here. Sorry. |
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15 Aug 04 - 12:37 AM (#1247861) Subject: ADD: The Daily Worker From: Joe Offer Well, the good old Socialist Songbook takes care of the second request: THE DAILY WORKER (Tune: Monkey Chased the Weasel) Oh, all around our Union Square is the land of the Daily Worker, You'll see them standing everywhere, reading the Daily Worker. You go in the door of a soda store, and talk to the soda jerker, He knows the truth about the war by reading the Daily Worker. You go to a dance to look for romance at waltzing or mazurka, You have a chance to catch their glance — by reading the Daily Worker. The Eskimo, the Hottentot, the Chinaman, and the Turka, They know exactly what is what — by reading the Daily Worker. United Front was quite a stunt; it took in many a sucker, And many a dame with a Mayflower name is rid-ding the Daily Wuh-ker. Uncle Joe, as you might know, with many a grin and smirker Sees the line go over fine by reading the Daily Worker. |
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15 Aug 04 - 01:06 AM (#1247864) Subject: I Had a Little Candy Store - Poof!! From: Joe Offer As for the first one, maybe that's all there is to it I found another version at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/ academic/languages/yiddish/mendele/vol2.111 I had a little candy store, Business was so bad, I asked mine mama what to do, This is what she said. Take a little gasoline, Put it on the floor. Take a match, Give a scratch, Poof, no candy store. |
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30 Oct 04 - 11:51 PM (#1311913) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Cleo I sang this as a child in the 1950's to the tune of the Hatikva: Vunce I hed a cendy store Bizness vas so bed I ask my musser vas to do Dis is vat she sed Tek a lil' gesoline Shrpitz it on da floor Take a metch Give a scretch Boom--no cendy store. |
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24 Jun 16 - 03:51 PM (#3797475) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Guest, Eileen When I was between 2-3 years old, my grandfather taught me this song. My mother said he would phone me every day at lunch to hear me sing it. (perhaps singsong it?) That was in the late 1940s. Abbie had a candy store, business was so bad, asked his wife what to do and this is what she said, take a little paper, put it on the floor, take a match make a scratch, no more candy store! I didn't realize until I was an adult that the song was about arson!! |
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04 Dec 16 - 07:18 PM (#3824499) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Jake My cousin taught me this song back in the early 90's and we were both around 8. So it's still around! Though he had a little added jig at the end "smear it on the floor, take a match , make a scratch! no more candy store" then added a little quick happy dance at the end, just repeating joyously "No more candy store!! NO more candy stoooooreeee!! Take a match, Make a Scratch! No more candy store :) |
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28 May 17 - 12:04 AM (#3857490) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST I learned a version from a fellow musician friend of mine in the late 70's while we were care=taking a mansion originally owned Horowitz Margareten family and it was sung to the melody of Hatikva, often at parties:
I esked mine vife, vat to do, dis is vat she sed: take a ken mit kerosene, shpill it on de floor, take a metch, give a scretch..Poof ! No more kendy shtor ai ai ai ai no more kendy shtor..ai ai ai ai No more kendi shtor take a metch..give a scretch..OY! (big ending) NO MORE KENDY SHTOR!!! |
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13 Jan 18 - 11:26 AM (#3899337) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Knuckles491 Moishe had a candy store, business was so bad. Ask his wife what to do, this is what she said. Get a little kerosene, spritz it on the floor. Get a match, make a scratch...Poof! No more candy store. |
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29 Nov 18 - 04:10 PM (#3963925) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Suzeleh My uncle sang this song. I learned it from another niece, who apparently was not familiar with Hatikva. Then one day she saw some official Israeli ceremony on TV, with Hatikva playing, and called our uncle, exclaiming, "They're playing 'Moishe'!". "Oh, you poor deluded child," he said. I recently sang it while someone made a smartphone video of it. No idea where it's going to end up. Our version: Moishe hed a kendy store, bizness was so bed, He esked his wife what to do. Dis is what she said: "Moishe, take some gesoline, splesh it on de floor, Take a metch, give a scretch, no more kendy store." |
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13 Apr 20 - 02:42 AM (#4045733) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Big Apple I cant believe I happened on this. I learned a different variation of this song from my father in the 1960’s when I was young. In a Yiddish accent: Izzy had a candy store the business was so poor He took a match And made a scratch And the business was no more Shave and a haircut 10 cents Of course I taught this song to my daughter who is now teaching it to my two year old grandson. |
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03 Nov 20 - 12:55 PM (#4078103) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST My Father in Law taught this to my kids: He grew up in the Bronx in the 1950's this was his version sung to the tune of the Hatikvah with a Yiddish accent: Uncle Feivel had a store and business wasn't good He asked his Tante what to do and this is what she said oyyyyyyy Take a bottle kerosene and throw it on the floor Take a match, make a scratch, no more candy store! |
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17 Feb 21 - 08:24 PM (#4093627) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST My dad taught my sisters and I this song a long time ago: Once I owned a clothing store, Business was so bad So I asked my wife what to do, and this is what she said, oyyyy Take a can of gasoline, put it by the door. Light a match, let it catch and no more clothing store. |
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08 Aug 21 - 06:22 PM (#4115876) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST For us we had: Once there was a candy store, there business was so bad, I asked my mother what to to and this is what the said, take a bit of gasoline and shmear it on the floor, take a match, make a scratch, no more candy store! |
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08 Aug 21 - 07:55 PM (#4115882) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: Nigel Parsons "Abie, I'm so sorry to hear that your shop burnt down" "Hush, that's tomorrow!" |
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11 Nov 21 - 10:35 AM (#4125877) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST Vonce I had a candy store business was so bad, So I vent to the Rabbi and this is what he said. Take a can of gasoline put by the door Give a scratch with a match POOF NO MORE CANDY STORE!! |
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08 Feb 22 - 09:01 PM (#4135923) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,FooFoo Had a little candy store Business was so bad Asked my wife what to do and This is what she said: "Take a can a kerosene Pour it on the floor Take a match. Give a scratch. No more candy store." Oy yoy yoy yoy. No more candy store. Take a match. Give a scratch. No more candy store. |
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08 Feb 22 - 11:09 PM (#4135940) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: Joe Offer Well, I can't say we've found this ditty in Yiddish yet. Maybe we could say it's in "Yinglish"?? |
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14 Sep 22 - 08:19 AM (#4152450) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Mel The version we learned from my Russian grandma was:
Business was so bad Asked his wife for advice This is what she said Take a lot of kerosene Spritz it on the floor Take a match, give a scratch Dry goods store no more." |
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08 Jan 23 - 12:05 PM (#4161730) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Michael S Yes, I remember this from 55 years ago when I was in first grade, in a Hebrew School. It is sung to the tune of HaTikvah, the Israeli national anthem. It cracked us kiddies up. |
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08 Jan 23 - 10:31 PM (#4161805) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: BrooklynJay Arson? Nahhh.... Back in the day we used to call it Jewish Lightning! Jay |
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15 Jan 23 - 12:30 PM (#4162525) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: Mrrzy Dad used to sing these words when hearing the Israeli national anthem... |
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06 Jul 23 - 02:56 PM (#4176218) Subject: RE: ADD: yiddish? take a match give a scratch From: GUEST,Laurence Lieberman I know this song from childhood and I am eighty years old. The song may be a lot older than you think it is. |