Ich bin a balagole Matches base text
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
I. Ich bin a balagole un for mi on an ek, ich shpil mir op maïn klaïne role un ich for awek. Awekgeforn, awekgeforn a fule boït ganowim, aïner shraït: for shoïn gicher, men wet uns oniogn, der zwaïter shraït: for shoïn gicher, s’heïbt shoïn an zu togn. II. Ich bin a balagole un for mi on an ek, ich shpil mir op maïn klaïne role un ich for awek. Awekgeforn, awekgeforn a fule boït mit waïber, un seï gregern, un seï gregern, a klog zu seïre laïber, Wio !
Composition:
- Set to music by Szymon Laks (1901 - 1983), "Ich bin a balagole", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Jewish Folk Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet
Text Authorship:
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 88