Ich bin a balagole
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
I. Ich bin a balagole un for mi on an ek, ich shpil mir op maïn klaïne role un ich for awek. Awekgeforn, awekgeforn a fule boït ganowim, aïner shraït: for shoïn gicher, men wet uns oniogn, der zwaïter shraït: for shoïn gicher, s’heïbt shoïn an zu togn. II. Ich bin a balagole un for mi on an ek, ich shpil mir op maïn klaïne role un ich for awek. Awekgeforn, awekgeforn a fule boït mit waïber, un seï gregern, un seï gregern, a klog zu seïre laïber, Wio !
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Szymon Laks (1901 - 1983), "Ich bin a balagole", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Jewish Folk Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 90