Song Lyrics
already a handsome bridegroom
Lie near me in the cot, bit vanen s vet mentsh aroys fun dir
Kvelt un hert im tsu, shouldn t he let his mother rest at night
a young boy who s growing up to be a man of learning
lie near me in the cot
Many tears will mother shed, dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir
A young boy growing up to be a man of learning, lie near me in the cot yankele, bit vanen s vet mentsh aroys fun dir
A yingele vos vakst a talmid kokhem, or shteyt der tate
Bit vanen s vet mentsh aroys fun dir, nu shlof zhe mir, or shteyt der tate
go to sleep now
A young boy who s growing up to be a man of learning, dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir, and yet he s as wet as a stream
a kluger khosn bokher
Yankele mayn sheyner, zol veynen ven di mame vigt im ayn Alberstein, dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir
Dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir, bit vanen s vet mentsh aroys fun dir
my little one
di eygelekh di shvartsinke
Yet he cries when his mother rocks him to sleep, a little boy who s got all his teeth, a kluger khosn bokher
zol lign azoy nas vi in taykh
Already a handsome bridegroom, a yingele vos vakst a talmid kokhem Alberstein, un vet mit mazl bald in kheyder geyn
Yet his mother still has to sing ayluli to him, un lernen vet er khumesh un gemore
Lie near me in the cot, a yingele vos vakst a talmid khokhem
zol lign azoy nas vi in taykh
Di eygelekh di shvartsinke, un lernen vet er khumesh un gemore
Many tears will mother shed, close your little dark eyes, bit vanen s vet mentsh aroys fun dir
already a handsome bridegroom
zol veynen ven di mame vigt im ayn
Yet he cries when his mother rocks him to sleep, di eygelekh di shvartsinke, a kluger khosn bokher
Un vet mit mazl bald in kheyder geyn, a yingele vos vakst a talmid kokhem
Shlof zhe mir shoyn, a young boy growing up to be a man of learning Chava, yankele mayn sheyner
My little one, muz nokh di mame zingen ayliuliu, zol lign azoy nas vi in taykh
Yet his mother still has to sing ayluli to him, lozt gantse nekht di mame nisht tsu ru, un lernen vet er khumesh un gemore
A yingele vos hot shoyn ale tseyndlekh, and he ll study the bible and the talmud