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Posted By: Felipa
17-Mar-22 - 05:56 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hop! Mayne homentashn
Subject: Lyr Add: Hop! Mayne homentashn (song for Purim)
This year the Jewish holiday of Purim coincides with St. Patrick's Day. As a friend of mine says, we have double the excuses to drink. Hamentashn are pastries traditionally baked for and eaten at Purim.

HOP! MAYNE HAMENTASHN
Lyrics: Yitzhak Pirozshnikov (1859 - 1933) – He was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the US.
Tune: Ukrainian humorous folk song "Pishla maty na selo" (Mother Went to the Village)

Transliteration of Yiddish Text:

Yachne Dvoshe fort in shtot,[orfort in mark]
Zi halt zikh in eyn pakn,
Zi darf af Purim koyfn mel,
Homentashn bakn.

Refrain:
Hop! Mayne homentashn
Hop, mayne vayse
Hop, mit mayne homentashn
Hot/glod pasirt a mayse!

S'geyt a regn, s'geyt [s'falt] a shney,
S'kapet fun di dekher
Yakhne trogt shoyn korn-mel,
In a zak mit lekher.

(Refrain)

Nisht kayn honig, nisht kayn mon, [nit kin honik]
Un fargesn heyvn,
Yachne macht shoyn homentashn,
Es bakt zich shoyn in oyvn.

(Refrain)

Yakhne trogt shoyn shalachmones
Tsu der mume Yente,
Tsvey dray shvartse homentashn,
Halb roy, halb farbrente!

Translation:

Yachne Dvoshe likes to bake
Stuff that's good for noshin'
Her favorite thing she likes to make
Is Purim Hamantaschen!

refrain:
Oh, my little hamantaschen,
Oh my little white ones!
Oh, with little my little hamanataschen,
Comes a little story!

Yachne goes out to the store
To buy some flour for baking,
The sack has holes, it starts to rain
Oh what a mess it's making!

refrain:

She bought no honey, no poppy seed,
And quite forgot the yeast,
But Yachne's making hamentaschen
They're in the oven at least.

refrain:

Yachne's bringing shalach mones [Purim gifts]
To her next door neighbor
Half raw, half burned hamantaschen
Without any flavor!

You can find the Yiddish in Hebrew letters and a slightly different translation at https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=5519&c=74
Also a translation by Karen Daniel at https://zemerl.org/song/389

Some recordings on youtube:
David Mordechai

Talila and Ben Zimet

Joannie Calem

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