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S'a Mekhaye

from Space Klezmer by YID!

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S’A MEKHAYE

1. Der melekh shtayt in di gatkes baym ofenem fentster un trakht
Azoy fil likhtike shtern farmogt di zumer nakht
Ay ya yay a yayayayayayayayayaya ay…….

S’a mekhaye sa mekhaye
Tsu lebn oyf der erd
Tsu trinken vayn un tsu huleven
Fokhen mit der shverd
Ay ay

2. Vos volt geven a shteyger
Ven der m’shigener yinger man
Volt mikh oyf toyt derharget
Oy vos volt gevezn dan ay ay ay ay

3. Ikh volt atsind gelegn
Nayn eyln tif in drerd
Un volt nisht gezen di shtern
Di feygl nisht gehert
Ayayayayayayayayayayayayayayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

S’a mekhaye a mekhaye
Tsu lebn oyf der erd
Tsu trinken vayn un tsu huleven
Fokhen mit der shverd
Ay ay

4. Mayn Ester volt gegangen
A yor in troyer gehilt
Un efsher nisht oyf teykhef
Mit a tsveytn a libe geshpilt ay ay ay ay

5. Tsu mir volt gekumen Vashti
S’kotsl kumt mayn man
Vos makht epes mayn kanarikl
Un ver shpilt oyf mayn fortepyan?
Ay yay yay aya ayayayayayayayayaya


Verse 1:
The king stands in his undies by the open window and thinks
“The summer night provides so many radiant stars!”
Ay-ya-yay-a-ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ay…..

Chorus:
It’s a pleasure, it’s a pleasure
To live on this earth
To drink wine and to make merry
To wave the sword around
Ay ay

Verse 2:
What would have happened, for example,
If that crazy young man
Would have killed me dead,
Oy what would have happened then?
Ay ay

Verse 3:
I would soon have been lying
Nine cubits deep in the earth
And wouldn’t have seen the stars
Wouldn’t have heard the birds

Ay-ya-yay-a-ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ay…..

Chorus:
It’s a pleasure, it’s a pleasure
To live on this earth
To drink wine and to make merry
To wave the sword around
Ay ay

Verse 4:
My Esther would have been decked out
In mourning clothes for a year
And maybe not, maybe she would immediately
Have had a love affair with another,
Ay ay!
Verse 5:
Vashti would come to me;
“Here comes the cat, my husband
How is my canary doing
And who’s playing on my piano?”

Ay-ya-yay-a-ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ay…..

Chorus:
It’s a pleasure, it’s a pleasure
To live on this earth
To drink wine and to make merry
To wave the sword around
Ay ay

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from Space Klezmer, released April 5, 2018

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YID! Melbourne, Australia

This wild ensemble infuses traditional Yiddish tunes with new takes from across genres, including elements of EDM, Weimar Republic Cabaret, Free Jazz, Indie-pop and Big Band influences.Add late ‘70s funk to drive the bus well over the edge.
Daring Unique Hipsters, grandparents, children, everyone in between; all people find something to dance, cry and laugh to during a YID! performance. ... more

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