Bay mayn mames shtibele

Yiddish folk song learned from the repertoire of Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman. This arrangement by the Yiddish Summer Weimar 2024 choir workshop, conducted by Sarah Myerson.

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Bay mayn mames shtibele
Bin ikh mir geshtanen
Biz es zenen yingelekh tsvey
Derekh gegangen
Mit zeyere shvartse eygelekh
Hobn zey mikh gefangen
Zey hobn dokh mir dem kop fardreyt
Arger vi gehangen
Kh’gey in gey in gey in gey
Fal in fal in fal
Farlibt hob ikh mikh in a yingele
S’platst in mir di gal
Er kimt tsi mir in shtib arayn
Zugt er hot mikh lib
Geyt avek tsin an ander meydele
Grubt af mir a grib
Az me grubt af yenem a gribele
Falt men aleyn arayn.
Er vet zikh nokh betn bam tayern zisn got
Az er zol zayn mayn man

At my mother’s house
I was standing
As two young men
Came by
With their black eyes
They caught me
They twisted my head
Worse than being hanged
I go, and go, and go, and go
Fall, and fall, and fall,
I fell in love with a boy,
My gall is bursting
He comes into my house
Says he loves me,
He goes away to another girl
Digs a grave for me
When one digs a grave for somebody
One falls in themself.
He will beg dear sweet God
That he should be my husband.