YANKELE
Yiddish - YANKELE
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יאנקעלע (LULLABY) |
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Go to sleep already, My beautiful Yankele, Close your little dark eyes A little boy who already has all his teeth Still needs his mother to sing him a lullaby?!
A little boy who already has all his teeth And with luck, he'll go to Cheder soon, He will learn Torah, and Talmud, Should cry when his mother rocks him to sleep?!
A little who will learn Talmud, (How delighted your father is when he listens to you!) A little boy who is growing up to be a scholar Doesn't let his mother rest at night?!
A little boy, who is growing up to be a scholar And a capable businessman as well, A little boy, such a clever young groom, Should like as wet as in a river?!
So go to sleep, my clever young groom, Meanwhile, you are in your cot and still with me.
It will cost your mother much hard work and many tears Till you become a man.
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