Re: Lyrics for "Du Du"

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

BTW again, would someone please address the grammar issues I raise 
below?  I would like to know what is correct.  Reyzl?  Anyone?
Lorele

Lionel Mrocki wrote:

>A sheynem dank Lorele.
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>BTW, this list rocks
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>Vareme grusn,
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>Leybl.
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>Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
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>>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:
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>>Du, du, du,
>>Fun ale tsarte blumen,
>>Du, du, du, du,
>>Fun ale mayne troymen,
>>Du, du, du.
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>>Just a different amount of du-du.  ;-)
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>>In the second verse it says "klapt op baym breg" rather than "klapt on"
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>>In the third, "getlikhn" as opposed to "getlekhn", and "ferlang" instead
>>of "farlang"
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>>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.
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>>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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