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Yossel Yossel

from Sweeter and Hotter by Tzimmes

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Yossel Yossel

pronounced: yo-s'l yo-s'l
Language: Yiddish
Music: Samuel Steinberg Words: Nellie Casman

A real hooked-on-love song, Yiddish style: "Oh, Yossel, I'm out of my mind over you"!

lyrics

Mayn khayes geyt mir oys,
Ikh fil ikh halt nit oys,
Mayn harts tut mir vey gor on a shir;
Es iz mir heys un kalt,
Un ikh ver groy un alt,
Un veyst ir mentshn vos es kvelt mir;
Di libe brent a shrek,
Ikh fil ikh shtarb avek,
Nokh mayn Yosln, mayn darling, mayn dir;
A bokher, a sheyner,
Mir zol zayn far zayne beyner,
Yosl, ikh gey oys far dir.

Refrain:
Oy oy oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Mayn khayes geyt mir azhe oys nokh dir,
Oy oy oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Dayn malke zitst nokh alts un vart oyf dir,
Oy oy oy, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl, Yosl,
Ikh kholem yeder nakht nor fun dir,
Un git der yeytser hore nokh a mol a tore,
Yosl, ikh gey oys far dir.

Geret a shidekh mir,
A glik gor on a shir,
A sheynem bokher mit a bombe gelt;
Es iz keyn gringe zakh,
Geshtelt a khupe glakh,
Un veyst ir mentshn vos es kvelt mir;
Di libe brent a shrek,
Ikh fil ikh shtarb avek,
Nokh mayn Yosln, mayn darling, mayn dear,
Baym trinken, baym esn,
Ken ikh im keyn mol fargesn,
Yosl, ikh gey oys far dir.

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(Translation)

My strength is slipping away,
I feel I can’t go on any longer
My heart aches without end
I get hot, I get cold,
And I’m getting grey and old,
And do you know what’s gotten to me?
Love is burning like crazy,
I feel I am wasting away
For my Yosl, my darling, my dear
A boy, a handsome one,
May he be well,
Yosl I’m dying for you.


Oh, oh, Yosl Yosl Yosl,
My life is slipping away without you
Oh, oh, Yosl Yosl Yosl,
Your queen still sits and waits for you
Oh, oh, Yosl Yosl Yosl,
Every night I dream only of you
And temptation pulls at me again
Yosl I can’t live without you.

I could be matched up, Completely joyful
With a good looking guy with a lot of money
It’s not a simple matter,
To stand under the wedding canopy,
And do you know what’s gotten to me?
Love is burning like crazy,
I feel I am wasting away
For my Yosl, my darling, my dear While drinking, while eating,
I cannot ever forget him
Yosl I’m dying for you.

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 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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