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© by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955)
Translation © by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955)

In amerika
Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
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In amerika forn furn,
Barg aruf, barg arop.
Un az der bocher libt di meydl,
Leygt er far ir di kop!

In amerika bakt men beygl
Oyf a gantsn yor.
Un az der bocher libt di meydl,
Nemt er ir on a kopke gelt!

Note: adapted from a 19th century anonymous Yiddish poem.


Text Authorship:

  • by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "In amerika", first performed 2001 [soprano and piano], from A Thousand Years of Love, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Bruce Adolphe) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

In America, wagons go
Language: English  after the Yiddish (יידיש) 
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In America, wagons go
Uphill and downhill.
And when a fellow loves his girl,
He goes all out for her!

In America, they bake bagels
For the entire year.
And when a fellow loves his girl,
He marries her without a penny!

Dai dai...
And when a fellow loves his girl, Oy!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Yiddish (יידיש) by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 52

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