RE: Pack it for the next gig

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <yiddish...>]

There are several errors in the text below. 

The correct words and spelling are also found at the zemerl web site


Got bentsh amerike, land vos ikh lib 
Shtey-zhe bay ir, madrikh zay ir 
Iberal laykht a shtral undz tsulib 
Fun di berg biz tsu di "prereez" 
Biz di yamen vays mit shoym 
Got bentsh Amerike, mayn zise heym
Got bentsh Amerike, mayn libe heym

Reyzl 


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From:  MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com [SMTP:MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com]
Sent:  Sunday, October 21, 2001 5:25 PM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Pack it for the next gig



Courtesy of Kimber Leigh, who brought it from her Yiddish class w/Khane-Faygl 
Turtletaub:

Gott bentsh Amerike,
Land vos ich hob lieb--
Shtey zhe bai ihr
Midrich zai ihr,
Iberal lacht a shtral undz tsu-lieb!
Fun di berg biz
tzu di â??prereesâ??
Biz di yamen
Vays mit shoym....
Gott bentsh Amerike,
Mayn zisse haym!
Gott bentsh Amerike,
Mayn liebe haym!


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