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Af dem boydem shlaft der dakh

Language: Yiddish

Af dem boydem shlaft der dakh,
tsu gedekt mit shindelekh,
un in vigl ligt a kind
naket, gor on vindelekh.

Hop, hop, ot azoy,
est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy!
Hop, hop, ot azoy,
est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Oy!

Af dem boydem shteyt a vig,
vigt zikh dort a shpin in ir,
tsit fun mir dos khayes oys,
in dem dales lost er mir.

Hop, hop, ot azoy,
est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy!
Hop, hop, ot azoy,
est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Oy!

Af dem boydem shteyt a hon,
un zayn kam iz fayer royt,
zol mayn vayb khotsh far di kinder
borgen ergets a shtik broyt!

Hop, hop, ot azoy,
est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy!
Hop, hop, ot azoy,
est di tsig fun dakh dem shtroy! Oy!


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Set in Russian, a translation of Anonymous/Unidentified Artist RUS FRE

Date added to the website: 2003-11-02.

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