Vu Iz Dos Gesele?- Study a Yiddish Song

www.YiddishLives.org Vu Iz Dos Gesele? - Study a Yiddish Song Note: my particular pronunciation is fairly non-standard (klal yidish). Also, for some reason, when I learned this song as a kid, I learned "darfele". For those learning it now, note that "derfele" is the standard diminutive of "darf". DISCLAIMER: I cannot sing! lozt mikh iberkhazeren: ikh bin avade un avade nit kayn zinger! The goal is to create what I always wanted to be given in order to learn songs: The words pronounced slowly and clearly A translation giving an understanding of the words A study guide, so I can learn the song, the words, the melody, all in one package A format in which I could: listen to or watch on my iPod at the gym, or my iPhone while waiting in line at the supermarket, or on the computer, so I wouldn't need to search for the text and the translation We had Greg Presley on hand, a concert pianist, so we couldn't resist the opportunity to give this a shot - for better or worse on my part. To repeat: Please forgive my voice and see if this can be of any practical study use in learning the songs. For real Yiddish singing, visit us at: www.YiddishLives.org Words: vu iz dos gesele? vu iz di shtib? vu iz dos meydele vos ikh hob lib? do iz dos gesele. do iz di shtib. do iz dos meydele vos ikh hob lib. vu iz dos taykhele? vu iz di mil? vu iz dos derfele? vu iz di shil? do iz dos taykhele. ot iz di mil. do iz dos derfele. ot iz di shil. arayn in dem shitbl mayn veytik iz groys alts iz geblibn a kholem far bloyz nishto mer dos gesele nishto mer di shtib nishto mer dos meydele vos ikh hob lib Notes: 1. In this dialect "shtub" in klal yiddish is pronounced as "shtib" 2. In some versions of this song, the more grammatically correct "vemen 'kh'ob lib" is used.