All time favorite yiddish song. Music
and Lyrics by Mark Warshawsky.
Oyfn Pripetchik
(written by Mark Warshavsky)
אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק
Oyfn pripetchik brent a fayerl,
un in shtub is heys.
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlakh
dem alef-beyz.
Zet zhe kinderlakh,
gedenkt zhe, tayere, vos ir lernt do.
Zogt zhe nokh a mol un take nokh a mol:
"Komets-alef: o!"
Lernt kinderlakh, lernt mit freyd,
lernt dem alef-beyz.
Gliklekh is der Yid, wos kent die toyre
un dos alef-beyz.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
At the fireplace
(Yiddish Translation)
At the fireplace a little fire burns
And in the room it's warm.
And the Rabbi teaches little children
the aleph-bet
See you children-dear,
remember dear, what you're learning
here.
Say once again, and then once again,
"Komets-alef: o!"
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