An Afternoon of
Yiddish Music
A Concert in Celebration of
the Gift of the
Robert and Molly
Freedman Jewish Music Archive
September 21, 1997
Houston Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Oy, Dortn Dortn
Adrienne Cooper, voice
Zalmen Mlotek, piano
oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl,
oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik!
fartribn hostu mikh in di vaytene lender,
un benken benk ikh nokh dir tsurik!
oy, vifl ovntn tsuzamen gezesn,
oy, vifl ovntn shpet in der nakht!
un vifl trerelekh mir hobn beyde fargosn
eyder mir hobn di libe tsuzamengebrakht!
oy, helf mir, gotenyu, oy, got in himl,
helf mir, gotenyu, s'iz mir nit gut!
shoyn tsayt dray yorelekh, vi mir shpiln a libe,
un oysshpiln di libe konen mir nit!
oy, dayne eygelekh, azoy vi di karshelekh,
un dayne lipelekh, vi rozeve papir;
un dayne fingerlekh, vi tint un vi feder--
oy, shraybn zolstu ofte briv tsu mir!
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