Stanford Klezmer Band -- Papirosn

June 9, 2010
@ the CoHo

A kalte nakht, a nepldike, fintster umetum,
Shteyt a yingele fartroyert un kukt zikh arum,
Fun regn shitst im nor a vant,
A koshikl halt er in hant
un zayne oygn betn yedn shtum:
Ikh hob shoyn nit kin koyekh mer arumtsugeyn in gas,
Hungerik un opgerisn, fun dem regn nas,
Ikh shlep arum zikh fun baginen,
Keyner git nit tsu fardinen -
Ale lakhn makhn fun mir shpas. Refrain: Kupitye, koyft zhe, koyft zhe papirosn, Trukene fun regn nit fargosn, Koyft zhe, bilik benemones, Koyft in hot af mir rakhmones, Ratevet fun hunger mikh atsind. Kupitye koyft zhe, shvebelekh antikn, Dermit vet ir a yoseml derkvikn, Umzist mayn shrayen un mayn loyfn, Keyner vil ba mir nit koyfn - Oysgeyn vel ikh muzn vi a hunt.

Mayn tate in milkhome hot farloyrn zayne hent,
Mayn mame hot di tsores mer oyshaltn nit gekent.
Yung in keyver zi getribn,
Bin ikh af der velt farblibn
Umgliklekh un elnt vi a shteyn.
Breklekh klayb ikh uf tsum esn af dem altn mark,
A harte bank iz mayn geleger in dem kaltn park.
In dertsu di politsyantn
Shlogn mikh mit shverdn, kantn,
S'helft nit mayn shrayen, mayn geveyn.

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Music

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• papirosn
• stanford klezmer band
• coho

[shimke43]

Very funny - a kid is dying of hunger during the war. A real blast! I was also a Stanford student. I know what Stanford life is like. I hope as you drive around in your Porsches and Priuses you get a good laugh - the Holocaust is history, but there's still so much to laught about: children starving in Somalia, prisoners being tortured in China, hundreds shot in cold blood on the streets of Syria. Go, lakh gezunterheyt! A pity - such wasted talent. I hope some day you grow up.

[bobbyzz94]

You are great - all together

great singing! gives a real mood to the song

keep it on :-)

[Robertkroll60]

The band sucks but who's the yiddisher goddess in the white sweater with the golden voice? She's going to go places!

[mydogtchotchke]

Love Klezmer, and this band is fantastic. This song is very sad, and yet enjoyable.