Vos dos meydele vil? - What does the girl want? -וואָס דאָס מיידעלע וויל?

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וואָס דאָס מיידעלע וויל?
שפּיל זשע, שמוליקל, שפּיל,
וואָס דאָס מיידעלע וויל:
"דאָס מיידעלע וויל אַ קליידעלע האָבן,
דאַרף מען גיין דעם שנײַדער זאָגן".
"ניין, מאַמע, ניין!
דו ווייסט נישט, וואָס איך מיין,
דו קענסט מיך נישט פֿאַרשטיין!"

שפּיל זשע, שמוליקל, שפּיל,
וואָס דאָס מיידעלע וויל:
"דאָס מיידעלע וויל אַ פּאָר שיכעלעך האָבן,
דאַרף מען גיין דעם שוסטער זאָגן".
"ניין, מאַמע, ניין!
דו ווייסט נישט, וואָס איך מיין,
דו קענסט מיך נישט פֿאַרשטיין!"

שפּיל זשע, שמוליקל, שפּיל,
וואָס דאָס מיידעלע וויל:
דאָס מיידעלע וויל אַ קייטעלע האבן.
דאַרף מען גיין דעם גאָלדשמיט זאָגן".
"ניין, מאַמע, ניין!
דו ווייסט נישט, וואָס איך מיין,
דו קענסט מיך נישט פֿאַרשטיין!"

שפּיל זשע, שמוליקל, שפּיל,
וואָס דאָס מיידעלע וויל:
"דאָס מיידעלע וויל אַ חתן האָבן.
דאַרף מען גיין דעם שדכן זאָגן".
יאָ, מאַמע, יאָ!
דו ווייסט שוין, וואָס איך מיין,
דו קענסט מיך שוין פֿאַרשטיין!"

What does the girl want? – Lyrics- traditional. Music- Gershon Leizerson

So play, Shmulkele, play,
what does the girl want?
"The girl wants a dress,
we must go and tell the tailor."
"No, mother, no!
You don't know what I mean,
you can't understand me."

So play, Shmulkele, play,
what does the girl want?
The girl wants a pair of shoes,
We must go and tell the shoemaker."
"No, mother, no!
You don't know what I mean,
you can't understand me."

So play, Shmulkele, play,
what does the girl want?
"The girl wants a chainlet,
We must go and tell the goldsmith."
"No, mother, no!
You don't know what I mean,
you can't understand me."

So play, Shmulkele, play,
what does the girl want?
"The girl wants a bridegroom,
We must go and tell the matchmaker."
"Yes, mother, yes!
Now you know what I mean,
now you understand me!"

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from Alone in the forest - In vald aleyn, released December 1, 2016

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