Klip‑klap!
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
—Klip-klap! Efn mir! Shlofstu, to zog zhe mir! —Shlofn shlof ikh afile nit, Nor efenen vel ikh avade nit! —Klip-klap in goldn tir, Mayne libe, efn mir! —Klapn, klapn zolstu nit, Efenen vel ikh dir nit! —Sara vint es vey’t, sara regn es geyt, Kh’vel aynnetsn mayn zaydn kleyd! —Dos zaydene kleyd vestu ufheybn, Untern beymele avekleygn. —Mit vos zol ikh zikh tsudekn? Un ver vet mikh dokh ufvekn? —Dos beymele vet dikh tsudekn, Dos feygele vet dikh ufvekn.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927), "Klip-klap!", 1912 [ chorus ], from Yidishe folkslider, arr. Tyrone Landau [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 79