The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22616   Message #249953
Posted By: Jacob B
30-Jun-00 - 04:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Yiddish Is the Kvelling Tongue
Subject: Lyr Add: OY, I WISH THEY'D DO IT NOW! (parody)
I promised you my version of I Wish They'd Do It Now. Here it is.

I didn't deliberately set out to write this. It's just that, whenever I try singing in an accent, it comes out in my accent. I finally figured, why fight it?
^^

OY, I WISH THEY'D DO IT NOW! (parody)

I was born of Yiddish parents, one day when I was young
That's how the mameloshn became my mother tongue
That I was a shane boychik, my mama did allow
All the maydels ran to kiss me
Oy, I wish they'd do it now!

(chorus)
Oy, I wish they'd do it now!
Oy, I wish they'd do it now!
I've got shpilkes in my gottkes
And I wish they'd do it now!

It's awfully lonely for a lad to lead a single life
I think I'll go to the contra dance and find myself a wife
I have got two brindle calves, likewise a big fat cow
There'll be plenty love and beef-fry for the girl who'll have me now


mameloshn = mother tongue (i.e., Yiddish)
shane boychik = beautiful boy [shane is pronounced shay-neh]
maydels = girls
shpilkes in my gottkes = splinters in my underwear (i.e., ants in my pants)
beef-fry = fried beef (you were expecting maybe bacon? Not in my kitchen.)