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On Monday Joan Frankel sang...

DI ZAPOSHKELEKH (Yiddish)
Traditional

Farkoyfn di zaposhkelekh
un forn oyf di droshkelekh,
abi mit dir in eynem tsu zayn.
Oy ikh on dir un du on mir,
vi a klyamke on a tir,
ketsele feygele mayn.

Oy forn oyf di vagzolekhlekh,
un farkoyfn fremde sholekhlekh,
abi mit dir in eynem tsu zayn.
Oy, ikh on dir un du on mir,
vi a klyamke on a tir,
ketsele feygele mayn.

Oy ezn on a tishele,
un shlofn on a kishele,
abi mit dir in eynem tsu zayn.
Oy, ikh on dir un du on mir,
vi a klyamke on a tir,
ketsele feygele mayn.

Oy shlofn oyf di vagzolekhlekh
un vashn fremde polekhlekh,
abi mit dir in eynem tsu zayn.
Oy, ikh on dir un du on mir,
vi a klyamke on a tir,
ketsele feygele mayn.
THE BOOTS


I would sell my boots
And go on cabs
Just to be with you
Because I without you and you without me,
(Are) like a handle without a door,
My kitten, my little bird.

I would go to the railroad station
And sell scarves to strangers
Just to be with you
Because I without you and you without me,
(Are) like a handle without a door,
My kitten, my little bird.

I would eat without a table,
And sleep without a pillow
Just to be with you
Because I without you and you without me,
(Are) like a handle without a door,
My kitten, my little bird.

I would sleep at the railroad station
And wash strangers' floor
Just to be with you
Because I without you and you without me,
(Are) like a handle without a door,
My kitten, my little bird.
YIDDISH

די זאַפּאָשקעלעך

פֿאַרקױפֿן די זאַפּאָשקעלעך
און פֿאָרן אױף דידראָשקעלעך
אַבי מיט דיר אין אײנעם צו זײַן
אױ, איך אָן דיר און די אָן מיר
װי אַ קליאַמקע אָן אַ טיר
קעצעלע, פֿײגעלע מײַן

אױ, פֿײַן אױף די װאַגזאָלעכלעך
און פֿאַרקױפֿן פֿרעמדע שאָלעכלעך
אַבי מיט דיר אין אײנעם צו זײַן
אױ, איך אָן דיר און די אָן מיר
װי אַ קליאַמקע אָן אַ טיר
קעצעלע, פֿײגעלע מײַן

אױ, שלאָפֿן אָן אַ קישעלע
און עסן אָן אַ טישעלע
אַבי מיט דיר אין אײנעם צו זײַן
אױ, איך אָן דיר און די אָן מיר
װי אַ קליאַמקע אָן אַ טיר
קעצעלע, פֿײגעלע מײַן

אױ, שלאָפֿן אױף די װאַגזאָלעכלעך
און װאַשן פֿרעמדע פּאָלעכלעך
אַבי מיט דיר אין אײנעם צו זײַן
אױ, איך אָן דיר און די אָן מיר
װי אַ קליאַמקע אָן אַ טיר
קעצעלע, פֿײגעלע מײַן



Sheet music

Recording by The Klezmatics
Recording by The Klezmer Conservatory Band
Recording by Brave Old World
Live rendition by Bronya Sakina + The Junior Klezmer Orchestra (with Maxwell Street Klezmer Band)

Sheet music


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