Re: My Yiddische Mama lyrics...

[Steven Singer <ssinger...>]

At 01:27 AM 8/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Please forward copy of lyrics to me too!  Thank you.
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MY YIDDISHE MAMA (Yellin and Pollack)

My Yidishe Ma-me, I need her more than ever now
MY Yidishe ma-me 'd like to kiss her wrinkled brow
I long to hold her hand once more as in days gone by
And ask her to forgive me for things I did that made her cry.

How few were her pleasures, she never cared for fashions style
 Her Jewels and her treasures she found in her baby's smile

Oh I know that I owe what I am today
To that dear little lady so old and gray
To that wonderful Yidishe ma-me
Ma-me mine.


A yidishe mame, zi iz di shenste in der velt
AYM, oy vey vi biter ven zi fehlt
Vi sheyn un gliklakh iz in shtub ven a mame iz do
Vi troyerik, finster vert ven got shikt ir af olom habo
In vaser un fayer volt zi gelofn far ir kind
Nit haltn ir tayer, doz iz gevis di greste zind,
Oy oy vi likhtik un raykh iz der mentsh vos hot
Aza sheyne matone geshenkt fun got
Nor an altitshke yidishe mame, mame mayn