Re: Looking for a song in Yiddish

[Paul A. Unger <unger...>]

> Anybody out there know this song??
> Simon
>
> << I don't know the name, but
> phonetically, it starts out "Ayle lu le, Mein Gedule,
> Schlof ze eigalzch tzu."
>  >>

You can find similar snippets in many Yiddish lullabies. For example, see
the following lyrics:

Ayle lyule faygele,
makh shoyn tsu dayn aygele,
shluf shoyn, shluf shluf,
ayle lyule lyu

Ayle lyule tsunenyu,
dikh vigt dayn mame tsunenyu,
shluf shoyn, shluf shluf,
ayle lyule lyu

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Ale lyula lyula,
shluf-zhe ayn mayn gedile,
makh-zhe tsi dayne
aigelekh di fayne
shtay oyf vider
mit gezinte glider
mayn lib zis kind
gikh in geshvind

In markt vel ikh loyfen
baygelekh vel ikh koyfen,
mit piter vel ikh shmirn
tsi der hipe vel ikh dikh firn
vest oysvaksn a groyzinker
vest di zayn a tane
vel dokh ale
zayn mir mekhane.

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or the following one by Sholem Alekhem:

Shluf mayn kind mayn trayst mayn sheyner,
shluf-zhe tsunenyu,
shluf mayn kroyn mayn kadish ayner
shluf-zhe shluf, lyulyu.
Bay dayn vige zitst dayn mame
zingt a lid un vaynt
vest amol farstayn mistome
vos zi hot gemaynt.


Regards

      Paul Unger




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