Re: Lyrics for "Du Du"

[Lionel Mrocki <amrocks...>]

A sheynem dank Lorele.

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Vareme grusn,

Leybl.



Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> 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



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