| MY YIDDISHE MAMEH |
| א יידישע מאמע |
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Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn,
Entfert ver ez ken.
Mit velkhn tayern farmegn
Bentsht g´tt alemen ?
Men koyft dos nisht far keyn shum gelt,
Dos krigt men nor umzist.
Un dokh az men farlirt dos
Vifl trern men fargist
Men hert nisht kain geveyn
O, der vos hot farloyrn
Der ken dos farshteyn.
Chorus:
A yidishe mame,
Es gibt kayn besers oyf der velt.
A yidishe mame, oy vey,
vi biter ven zi felt.
Vi likhtik, sheyn in hoyz,
Ven di mame iz do,
Vi finster umetik,
Ven got nemt ir oyf oylem habo.
In vasser, in fayer,
Volt zi gelofn far ir kind,
Nisht haltn zich tayer,
Dos iz geven di greste zind.
Oy, vi gliklekh un raykh,
Iz der mentsh, vos hot
Aza tayre mame,
Gebentsht fun got ,
Azan altitshke, tayre mame,
Yidishe mame mayn.
Chorus:
A yidishe mame,
Es gibt kayn besers oyf der velt.
A yidishe mame, oy vey,
vi biter ven zi felt.
Vi likhtik, sheyn in hoyz,
Ven di mame iz do,
Vi finster umetik,
Ven got nemt ir oyf oylem habo.
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| Yiddish - MY JEWISH MOTHER |
| MAYN YIDDISHEH MAMEH |
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Of things I should be thankful for
I've had a goodly share,
And as I sit here in the comfort
of my cosy chair
My fancy takes me to a humble
eastside tenement
three flights up in the rear
to where my childhood days were spent
It wasn't much like Paradise
but 'mid the dirt and all
There sat the sweetest angel,
one that I fondly call -
Chorus:
My yiddishe mameh,
I need her more then ever now
My yiddishe mameh,
I'd like to kiss that wrinkled brow
I long to hold her hands once more
as in days gone by
and ask her to forgive me
for things I did that made her cry
How few were her pleasures,
she never cared for fashion's styles
Her jewels and her treasures
she found them in her baby's smiles
oh I know that I owe
what I am today
to that dear little lady
so old and gray
to that wonderful yiddishe mameh
of mine.
Chorus:
My yiddishe mameh,
I need her more then ever now
My yiddishe mameh
I'd like to kiss that wrinkled brow
I long to hold her hands once more
as in days gone by
and ask her to forgive me for things
I did that made her cry.
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Tom Jones + John Farnham Live
