SINGALONGAKATSHA’NES
FREG KAYN KATSHANES
Freg nit kayn katsha’nes
Es iz england
Vos toyg mir di ta’nes.
Es iz england
A medinele a smatinke
Oy vey zise tatinke
Ales iz kapoyer do geshtelt.
A medinele mit minhagimlekh
Un moderne menshelekh
Bekitser, bekitser
s’iz a lebedike velt
Don’t ask silly questions. This is England. What’s the point in complaining. This is England. It’s a raggedy nation where everything is upside down. A nation with little customs and modern people. It’s a lively world.
BRIVELEKH FUN RUSLAND
Oy di brivelekh fun rusland
Zaynen fil mit laydn, fil mit shmerts
Az me nemt a brivele in di hent
Oyf shtiker vert tsurisn dos herts.
Fil mit veynen, fil mit trern
Ka freylekh vort vet ir nit hern
In di brivelekh fun rusland.
Oh the letters from Russia re full of suffering and pain. When you take a letter in your hands, it’s of little worth, but tears your heart. Full of crying and tears, no joyful word to be heard in the letters from Russia.
AZOY GEYT DOS GELT AVEK
un azoy geyt dos gelt avek
un dernokh dreyt zikh der moyekh
azoy geyt dos gelt avek
vayl me lebt groys ibern koyekh
men fort in Crystal Palace shpatsirn
men hulyet az es iz a shrek
men lebt zikh gants fayn
un oykh nit alayn
azoy geyt dos gelt avek
And so the money disappears and your head is spinning. The money goes because you live beyond your means. You go and live it up in Crystal Palace, and not alone. And so the money goes.
FREG KAYN KATSHANES
Freg nit kayn katsha’nes
Es iz england
Vos toyg mir di ta’nes.
Es iz england
A medinele a smatinke
Oy vey zise tatinke
Ales iz kapoyer do geshtelt.
A medinele mit minhagimlekh
Un moderne menshelekh
Bekitser, bekitser
s’iz a lebedike velt
Don’t ask silly questions. This is England. What’s the point in complaining. This is England. It’s a raggedy nation where everything is upside down. A nation with little customs and modern people. It’s a lively world.
BRIVELEKH FUN RUSLAND
Oy di brivelekh fun rusland
Zaynen fil mit laydn, fil mit shmerts
Az me nemt a brivele in di hent
Oyf shtiker vert tsurisn dos herts.
Fil mit veynen, fil mit trern
Ka freylekh vort vet ir nit hern
In di brivelekh fun rusland.
Oh the letters from Russia re full of suffering and pain. When you take a letter in your hands, it’s of little worth, but tears your heart. Full of crying and tears, no joyful word to be heard in the letters from Russia.
AZOY GEYT DOS GELT AVEK
un azoy geyt dos gelt avek
un dernokh dreyt zikh der moyekh
azoy geyt dos gelt avek
vayl me lebt groys ibern koyekh
men fort in Crystal Palace shpatsirn
men hulyet az es iz a shrek
men lebt zikh gants fayn
un oykh nit alayn
azoy geyt dos gelt avek
And so the money disappears and your head is spinning. The money goes because you live beyond your means. You go and live it up in Crystal Palace, and not alone. And so the money goes.
