pronounced: ro-jin-kes mit mand-len
Language: Yiddish
Music: Traditional, ascribed to Abraham Goldfaden
Arrangement: Tzimmes
lyrics
In dem beys-hamikdash in a vinkl kheyder,
Zitst di almone Bas-Tsiyon aleyn;
Ir ben-yokhidl Yidelen vigt zi keseyder,
Un zingt im tsum shlofn
a lidele sheyn.
Unter Yideles vigele,
Shteyt a klor vays tsigele,
Dos tsigele iz geforn handlen,
Dos vet zayn dayn baruf:
Rozhinkes mit mandlen;
Shlof zhe Yidele, shlof;
Shlof zhe Yidele, shlof.
Az du vest vern raykh Yidele,
Zolstu zikh dermonen in dem lidele: Rozhinkes mit mandlen -
Dos vet zayn dayn baruf,
Yidele vet ales handlen;
Shlof zhe Yidele, shlof;
Shlof zhe Yidele, shlof.
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(translation)
In the holy temple, in a dark room
Sits the widowed daughter of Zion, alone;
Rocking her only son, her dear little Jewish boy,
She sings him to sleep with
A beautiful little melody.
Beneath Yidele's cradle
Stands a pure-white kid,
The kid has gone trading -
That will be your calling -
Raisins and almonds,
Sleep, Yidele, sleep.
Sleep, Yidele, sleep.
When you grow rich, Yidele,
May you remember this melody,
Raisins and almonds -
This will be your calling,
Yidele will trade with everything.
Sleep, Yidele, sleep!
Sleep, Yidele, sleep!
credits
from Sweeter and Hotter,
released July 6, 2022
Moshe Denburg - lead vocal, rhythm guitar;
Myrna Rabinowitz - backup vocal;
Yona Bar-Sever - lead guitar;
Julian Siegel - accordion and synth bass.
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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