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Shvartz Kershelekh

from Space Klezmer by YID!

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Shvartse Kershelekh – Di hekhtse libe –

Shvartse kershelekh rayst men
Un grine lozt men shteyn
Sheyne meydelekh nemt men
Un miese lozt men geyn

Oy vey iz (tsi miyo) tsu mir
Un vey tsi (marne pur yu-oh) mayne por yor
A libe hob ikh (gefiyot) gefirt
Felike (drah fertl yu-oh) dray fertl yor

Vos toyg mir di polke mazurka
Az tantsn tants ikh zi nit
Vos toyg mir dos meydele fun Vurke
Az libn, libt zi mikh nit

Vos toyg mir der nayer valets
Az tantsn tants ikh im nit
Vos toyg mir dos meydele fun Shilets
Az libn, libt zi mikh nit

Di hekhtse libe

BLACK CHERRIES Shvartse Kershelekh – Di hekhtse libe –
Verse 1:
Black cherries are picked
And green ones are left alone
Pretty girls are taken
And ugly ones are let go.

Chorus:
Oh woe is me,
And woe to my quite-a-few years
I had a love affair
For three-quarters of a year.

Verse 2:
What use to me is the polka-mazurka
If I don’t dance it?
What use to me is that girl from Vurka
If she doesn’t love me?

Chorus:
Oh woe is me,
And woe to my quite-a-few years
I had a love affair
For three-quarters of a year.

Verse 3:
What use to me is the new waltz
If I don’t dance it?
What use to me is that girl from shilets
If she doesn’t love me?

Chorus:
Oh woe is me,
And woe to my quite-a-few years
I had a love affair
For three-quarters of a year.

A love supreme

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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.
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