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What Can You Mach? - S'is America
Keyn Amerike tzu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
kh'hob gedenkt a rov tzu vern un farlosn zikh a bord.
Kh'hob gehat tzvey sheyne peyes, vi yeder frumer yid
Tzum sof onshtot a bord hob ikh di peyes oykhet nit.
Vet ir mir fregn: S'taytsh? Vi ken dos zayn?
Der terets derfun iz, libe fraynt mayn':
Vot ken you makh? Es iz Amerike!
Do in land do putzt men zikh azoy.
Vot ken you makh? Es iz Amerike!
Afile der yid hot dem ponim mitn goy.
Az fun peyes do zet men bay keynem nit keyn shpor,
Do trogn zikh di peyelech ale meydlekh gor.
Vot ken you mach? Es iz Amerike,
S'iz Amerike, un vot ken you makh?
Az do in Amerike iz altzding farkert,
Di mener - zey sheyvn zikh, un bay di vayber shprotzn berd.
Vot ken you mach? Es iz Amerike!
Oy, Amerike, un bol'she nye tchevo!
In Yurop makht men khasene yunge meydlekh gor,
Un nakher hobn zey kinder, vi es firt zikh punkt tzum yor,
In Amerike iz gor andersh, me nemt zikh zayt on shir
Me hot khassene do shpeter, nor di kinder hot men frier
Vet ir mir fregn: S'taytsh? Vi ken dos zayn?
Der terets derfun iz, libe fraynt mayn'
Vot ken you mach? Es iz Amerike.
Do ken pasirn altz, zog ikh aykh ,
Vot ken you mach? Es iz Amerike,
Az do aylt men zikh dokh mit a yeder zakh.
Do zukht men tzu seyvn ekspenses af gevis,
Derfar makht men di khassene tzuzamen mitn bris!
Vot ken you mach? Es iz Amerike!
S'iz Amerike un vot ken you mach!
Az khosn-kale fun der khupe aheym nor me geyt
Iz shoyn dortn a vigele mit a kind oykh ongegreyt!
Vot ken you makh? Es iz Amerike!
Oy, s'iz Amerike aleyn un 'dets ol'
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jsanders14 , 2018-02-16
jsanders14 , 2018-02-16Fordítás
What Can You Do? It's America
It wasn't hard for me to come to America
I thought I'd become a rabbi and grow out my beard.
I had two pretty peyes, like any pious Jew,
But in the end, I didn't have the beard or the peyes.
If you ask me, what's the meaning of this? How can it be?
Here's the answer, my dear friend:
What can you do? It's America!
That's how they do things here.
What can you do? It's America!
Even a Jew has a [shaved] face like goy.
You won't see any traces of peyes here,
It's the young women who have the peyes!
What can you do? It's America!
It's America! What can you do?
Here in America, everything is upside-down,
The men shave and the women grow beards.
What can you do? It's America!
Oy, America, and nothing else!
In Europe, the girls get married,
And afterwards they have children, exactly a year later.
In America, it's different. People are always saving time.
One gets married later, but has the children sooner.
If you ask me, what's the meaning of this? How can it be?
Here's the answer, my dear friend:
What can you do? It's America!
Anything can happen here, I gotta tell you.
What can you do? It's America!
Morals and money don't go together.
Here, people are certainly trying to save expenses
That's why they have a wedding at the same time as the bris!
What can you do? It's America
It's America! What can you do?
So when the bride and groom come home from the wedding,
Well, there's a cradle, and in it - a baby, already prepared!
What can you do? It's America
Oy, America, and that's all!
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| 2. | Immigrants & Refugees Mix |
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Hozzászólások
Transliteration of Yiddish (and a couple of Russian words)