Re: di rebetsin

[Sandra Layman <sandralayman...>]

Lorele,

Through a Google search, I found a thread on Mendele.
It starts here:
ftp://ftp.mendele.trincoll.edu/pub/mendele/files/vol01/vol01.120

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<!--StartFragment-->Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 1 no. 120
December 3, 1991
 
1) "Sha, sha, der rebbe geyt" (Bob Rothstein)

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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 91 23:22:05 -0500
From: ROBERT(dot)ROTHSTEIN (at) SLAVIC(dot)umass(dot)edu
Subject: Reply to Mendele Vol 1.118

The song that Hershel Bershady asked about was written by
Adolf King (words and music) around 1922.  It has two
titles:  "Sha, sha, der rebe geyt" and "Oy iz dos a
rebetsn".  The text, as published in sheet music from 1924,
is as follows: Sha, sha, es iz shoyn shpeyt, Oy, oy, der
rebe geyt, Sha, sha, der rebe iz do In a guter sho.
[entire verse repeats]

             Oy, di rebetsn,
             Oy iz dos a rebetsn,
             Vi zi geyt azoy breyt
             Fun der shul aheym.
             Khasidimlekh, talmidimlekh,
             Oy tantsn, zingen antkegn ir.
             Oy iz dos a rebetsn,
             Aza yor oyf mir.              [last four lines repeat]

          Sha, sha, es iz shoyn nakht,
          Oy, oy, der rebe makht
          A gants nay zemerl
          Un di rebetsn zingt im tsu.

          Sha, sha, der rebe denkt,
          Oy, oy, der rebe denkt,
          Sha, sha, baym rebn hengt
          Der zeyger oyf der vant.

          Sha, sha, es iz shoyn shpeyt,
          Oy, oy, khasidim, zeyt,
          Sha, sha, baym rebn shteyt
          Der gabe bay der tir.

                                                Bob

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For a continuation of the thread, see the listings at 
http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/toc01.htm . The subject lines change.

Hope this helps,
Sandra

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lori Cahan-Simon 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:08 AM
  Subject: Re: di rebetsin


  Lori, I didn't find it in the index to the W.C. songbooks, as you suggest.  
Is there another name it goes under or didn't I look carefully enough?
  Lorele