KCB - FREYLEKH ZAYN! (Be happy!)

The Klezmer Conservatory Band performing "Be Happy!" (Lyrics: Max Vilner)
Track 8, from the Album "Dance me to the end of love"

I'll sing you a song
that gives me great pleasure,
the tune is old but the words are new.
Our grandmothers and grandfathers used to sing it,
and father used to sing it after having his Shabbath kugel.

Listen to this lovely story
about something that really happened.
My neighbour told me
that his wife ran aweay
with his best friend,Yukl,
late last night,
and early this morning
he brought her back.

A blind beggar stands on the street
begging for a penny or two.
"I'm the father of nine and I must support them".
I ask, "Pray tell, how do you come to have so many children?"
He answers, "Can I see what I'm doing?...I'm blind".

My neighbour has a daughter and she is dating a boy.
Her mother asks, "Tell me, why are you so worked up?
What good will ever come of this?
He'll treat you to a nickel soda,
and then he'll rip your undergarment."

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• world-music
• jewish
• klezmer
• yiddish