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.