Oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt : Oh, Mama, Am I in Love! Composer: Abraham Ellstein

Recorded at The Jerusalem Music Centre . August 2021 Sound & Mix: Zvika Hirschler Video editor: Tommy Padan - Creative Space Film Productions Produced by: Amira Ehrlich. Research Assistant: Gershon Leizerson Graphics and Design: Chaviva Billauer oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … kh’volt di gantse vel arumgenumen, un tsugedrikt tsu zikh, oy! oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … ven er tseshpilt zikh af zayn fidl a sheyn, hartsik, yidish lidl oy, mame, vert mir gut on a shier mit zayne sheyne, shvartse oygn hot er dan mir tsugetsoygn oy, mame, voyl un gut iz mir. un ven er zog, “hey, du, meydl, bist dokh azoy lib un eydl,” un zayn shpiln krikht in hartsn arayn, vilt zikh tantsn, vilt zikh zingen. oy gvald, ikh ver tsushpringen. on im, oy, ken ikh nit mer zayn: oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … a klezmer yingl, mame getraye, ligt mir nor in zin, ikh veyn un lakh un veys nisht, mame, af velkher vel ikh bin. oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … kh’volt di gantse vel arumgenumen, un tsugedrikt tsu zikh, oy! oy, mame, bin ikh farlibt … Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… I want to hug the whole world and squeeze it close to me. Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… When he plays a beautiful and heartfelt Jewish melody on his fiddle, oh, Mama, everything feels so good. Then, with his gorgeous dark eyes, he seduced me. Oh, Mama, I’m so happy. And when he says, “Hey there, girl, you are so lovely and delicate,” and when his playing creeps into my heart, I want to dance, I want to sing. Oh dear, I am starting to prance. I can no longer live without him. Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… A young klezmer, my devoted mama, is the only thing on my mind. I cry and laugh and don’t know, Mama, what’s going on with me. Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… Oh, Mama, I’m in love.… I want to hug the whole world and squeeze it close to me. Oh, Mama, I’m in love.…