Re: Lyrics for "Du Du"

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Lionel,  I'm looking at the original Greenblatt publication and in the 
1st verse, 4th line it says "der tsoyber" not "dem".  In the notated 
chorus the accompanying lyrics say:

Du, du, du,
Fun ale tsarte blumen,
Du, du, du, du,
Fun ale mayne troymen,
Du, du, du.

Just a different amount of du-du.  ;-)

In the second verse it says "klapt op baym breg" rather than "klapt on"

In the third, "getlikhn" as opposed to "getlekhn", and "ferlang" instead 
of "farlang"

In the next to last line of the song, the word "az" is repeated twice, 
but I don't know whether this is (or any other instance) is a typo or a 
poetic repetition.

Would someone care to comment on these slight differences?  Grammar, 
prepositions and prefixes are not my strong points in Yiddish.
Lorele


Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> Tayer Lionel,
>
> Di verter zind fun Pearls of Yiddish Song, p. 32.  Originally in Aliza 
> Greenblatt's Tsen Lider and written in 1933..
>
> Kh'gey arum baym breg fun yam,
> Un zukh dikh alts arum,
> A shtile khvalye murmit koym
> Dem tsoyber fun dayn shtim.
>
> refran:
> Du, du,
> Fun ale tsarte blumen,
> Du, du, du, du,
> Fun ale mayne troymen,
> Du, du.
>
> Shpreytn zikh di himlen oys,
> Het gants vayt avek,
> Kumt a vintele tsu geyn
> Un klapt on baym breg.
>
> Soyden zikh di vintlekh shtil
> Mit getlekhn gezang,
> Un in hartsn tif bay mir,
> Flatert a farlang.
>
> Nemt mayn benkshaft, vintlekh, oyf
> Un trogt avek a grus,
> Zogt im az ikh benk azoy,
> Kh'gey fun benkshaft oys.
>
> Lionel, if you are the one singing this, perhaps you might want to 
> change the "im" in the next to the last line to "zi".
>
> Good luck in your gig,
> Lorele
>
>
>
> Lionel Mrocki wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> With only days to go, I have been asked to prepare the yiddish
>> song "Du, Du" (first line; "Gey ikh mir baym breg fun yam,")
>>
>> The lyrics I have from two (non-published) sources vary and I
>> request an authourative source.  Zemerl hasn't got it.
>>
>> The chosen who has requested the song is an extremely proficient
>> Yiddish speaker and ardent yiddishist.  I don't want to embarrass
>> myself here.
>>
>> TIA
>>
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>>
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