Mejerke, main Suhn

by Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , "Mejerke, main Suhn", 1910, from Quatre chanson populaires, no. 4, also set in French

by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , "Chanson hébraïque", 1910, from Quatre chanson populaires, no. 4, also set in Yiddish

Date added to the website: 2004-05-06.

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Chanson hébraïque

 Mayerke, mon fils
 O, Mayerke, mon fils,
 Devant qui te trouves-tu là?
 "Devant lui, Rois des Rois, et seul Roi", père mien.

 Mayerke, mon fils,
 O, Mayerke, mon fils,
 Et que lui demandes-tu là?
 "Des enfants, longue vie et mon pain", père mien.

 Mayerke, mon fils,
 O, Mayerke, mon fils,
 Mais me dis, pourquoi des enfants?
"Aux enfants on apprend la Thora", père mien.

 Mayerke, mon fils,
 O, Mayerke, mon fils,
 Mais me dis, pourquoi longue vie ?
 "Ce qui vit chante gloire au Seigneur", père mien

 Mayerke, mon fils,
 O, Mayerke mon fils,
 Mais tu veux encore du pain?
 "Prends ce pain, nourris-toi, bénis-le", père mien

by Volkslieder (Folksongs)

a text in Yiddish from folk poetry/song tradition

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , "Chanson hébraïque", 1910, from Quatre chanson populaires, no. 4, also set in Yiddish

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.