RE: Recording Artisi Isa Kremer.

[Dick Rosenberg <drosenberg...>]

How about an English translation? I personally can figure out what I
think is the meaning but only to maybe 75% of it, and I don't have a
great degree of confidence in that.

Also, I have heard the line that goes

un dayn shvester ... Tidi-didi-dam ...

sung as

un dayn shvester, geyt mit a soldat

which I translate as either:

And your sister...

1 - goes with a soldier

2 - hangs around with soldiers

3 - is a whore

all of which were probably considered equally as bad in the communities
where this song was sung :-)

Dick Rosenberg


>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Monika Feil [SMTP:monika(dot)feil (at) rzmail(dot)uni-erlangen(dot)de]
>Sent:  Wednesday, September 22, 1999 9:25 AM
>To:    World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:       Re: Recording Artisi Isa Kremer.
>
>Hi Josh,
>
>I happen to have the words of that song in my computer - I´m sorry, I have
>it already a long time and don´t know the source. I know that there are
>some a little different versions. I give you also the German translation as
>I know that you will understand it. ... Monika
>
>
>Dem Ganef´s Yikhes
>
>Vos-zhe bistu, ketsele broyges,
>vos geystu aropgelozt di noz?
>Oy efsher vilstu visn dayn yikhes,
>ken ikh dir zogn ver un vos ...
>
>Dayn tate iz a shmarovoznik,
>dayn mame ganvet fish in mark,
>un dayn bruder iz a kartyozhnik,
>un dayn shvester ... Tidi-didi-dam ...
>
>Dayn feter iz geshtanen oyf di rogn,
>dayn mume - a hendlerke in mark,
>un dayn bruder zitst in di ostrogn,
>un dayn shvester - tidi-didi-dam ...
>
>Dayn zeyde iz geven a shoykhet,
>dayn bobe - a tukerin in bod,
>un aleyn bistu, oy, a mamzer,
>un genumen bistu fun priut ...
>
>
>Der Stammbaum des Diebes
>
>Was bist du böse, mein Kätzchen?
>Was machst du ein langes Gesicht?
>Oh, vielleicht willst du deinen Stammbaum wissen,
>soll ich dir sagen, wer und was ... ...
>
>Dein Vater war ein Schmierer,
>deine Mutter klaut Fisch auf dem Markt,
>dein Bruder ist ein Kartenspieler,
>und deine Schwester ... tidi-didi-dam ...
>
>Dein Onkel stand an den Straßenecken,
>deine Tante - eine Händlerin auf dem Markt,
>dein Bruder sitzt im Gefängnis,
>und deine Schwester ... tidi-didi-dam ...
>
>Dein Großvater war ein Metzger,
>deine Großmutter - eine Wärterin im Bad,
>und du selbst bist ein Bastard
>und stammst aus dem Waisenhaus ...
>
>
>
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