Cricket & Snail
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Tumbalalaika (Trad. klezmer)
Yiddish:
Shteyt a bocher, shteyt un tracht,
tracht un tracht a gantze nacht.
Vemen tsu nemen un nit far shemen,
vemen tsu nemen un nit far shemen.
Refrain:
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika
tumbalalaika, shpiel balalaika
tumbalalaika - freylach zol zayn.
English:
A young lad is thinking, thinking all night
Would it be wrong, he asks, or maybe right,
Should he declare his love, dare he choose,
And would she accept, or will she refuse?
Chorus:
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika
tumbalalaika, play Balalaika,
tumbalalaika - let us be merry.
A Wee Bird Came (Waes me for Prince Charlie) (Trad. Scottish)
A wee bird cam' to our ha' door,
It warbled sweet and clearly;
And aye the o'ercome o' its sang,
Was "Waes me for Prince Charlie!"
O, when I heard the bonnie bird,
The tears cam' drappin' rarely,
I took the bonnet aff my head,
For weel I lov'd Prince Charlie.