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Gib Mir a Heym (Give Me a Home)

from Sweeter and Hotter by Tzimmes

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Gib Mir a Heym (Give Me a Home)

pronounced: as written Language: Yiddish
Music: the tune of 'Home On the Range' Arrangement: Tzimmes
Yiddish Translation: from 'Gut Yuntif Gut Yohr' by Marie Jaffe
Used by permission of Carol Publishing.

We always thought Tzimmes belonged in 'Nosh'-ville. :-)

lyrics

(Yiddish Lyrics by Marie Jaffe)

Oy gib mir a heym vu di bufloksen geyn,
Vu di hirshelekh shpiln oyfn land;
Keynmol hert men dort a fartumulten vort
Un der himl iz bloy nokhanand.

refrain:
Oy gib mir a heym,
Vu di hirshelekh shpiln oyfn land;
Keynmol hert men dort a fartumulten vort
Un der himl iz bloy nokhanand.

Di luft iz dort reyn un di vinterlekh fayn
Un s'iz pushet mekhaye fun got,
Ikh bayt keynmol oys mayn land un mayn hoys
Far ale metsies in shtot. - (refrain)

Vi oftmol baynakht iz der himl mit prakht
Fun di shtern vos glantsn vi gold,
Ikh shtey dort antoysht, un in kop maynem roysht,
Az di velt iz mit vunder batsolt. - (refrain)

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(General translation from the original lyrics)

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

refrain:
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.

Where the air is so pure, and the zephyrs so free,
The breezes so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home on the range,
For all of the cities so bright. - (refrain)

How often at night when the heavens are bright,
With the light from the glittering stars,
Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed,
If their glory exceeds that of ours. - (refrain)

credits

from Sweeter and Hotter, released July 6, 2022
Myrna Rabinowitz - lead vocal;
Moshe Denburg - backup vocal, rhythm guitar;
Yona Bar-Sever - lead guitar;
Julian Siegel - accordion, synth accordion, synth bass.

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Moshe Denburg/Tzimmes Vancouver, British Columbia

Tzimmes, Vancouver’s beloved Jewish Music Ensemble turns 35 in 2021. Founded in Victoria, BC, in 1986 by musical director Moshe Denburg, its musical mandate has always been to include the many strands of Jewish musical tradition, everything from the Ashkenazi (Yiddish and Klezmer), to the Sephardi (Ladino and Mediterranean), to Mizrahi (Near Eastern), to more contemporary and secular expression. ... more

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