Anyone who remembers really old songs

naturalmom5

Sun, Aug 01 2021, 12:54 am

amother [ Molasses ] wrote:

Anyone know this old Yiddish song? It goes something like this. My father used to sing it to me.

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Fervus dus maidele veint,?
Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Dus maidel vill a pur shichalech koifen
Luz mir gein tzum shister loifen
Nein, tattenyu, nein
Du veist nisht farvus ich vein

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Dus maidele vill a kleidel koifen
Luz mir gein tzum shneiderin loifen
Nein, tattenyu, nein
Du veist nisht farvus ich vein

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Fervus dus maidele veint,?
Farvus dus maidele veint,?
Dus maidel vill a chosson haben
Luz mir gein tzum shadchen loifen
Yuh, tattenyu, yuh
Du veist shoin farvus ich vein

I have nitemares from this my husbands sings this all the time along with roumania and tumbala tumbala

naturalmom5

Sun, Aug 01 2021, 12:55 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I'm talking about 60s here. So either you're a bubby like me or you had family who would listen to those old oldies...

Well, in a crossword puzzle recently I came across a clue about a song called Domani. Well, I thought I remembered it.

I thought it went... domani... ho ho, hey cantare, ho ho ho ho
Well, it turns out Domani is a totally different song, & the one I remember is
Volare (means flying, whereas Domani means tomorrow!)

I'm curious how many of you remember old songs in foreign languages.
When I was a youngster all the way back then, I think it was our upstairs tenant who was into this kind of stuff. (My parents were more into Herb Alpert & Shlomo Carlebach.)

But, for example, there may have been popular songs in French, which I only learned later. So I can't seem to retrieve words, just impression.

One goes vaguely through my mind & the tune is very similar to part of "od yeshvu zkeinim uzkenos.." More like the part about "yeladim veyelodos yesachaku birchovoseha"

When I am trying to sing at night my husband is singing in italian

RHT

Sun, Aug 01 2021, 1:12 am

amother [ Molasses ] wrote:

Anyone know this old Yiddish song? It goes something like this. My father used to sing it to me.

Yummala yummala, zing mir a lidel, Fervus dus maidele veint,?

Yome, yome, shpil mir a lidele,
Vos dos meydele vil.
Dos meydele vil a kleydele hobn,
Darf men geyn dem shnayder zogn.

- Neyn, mame, neyn,
Du kenst mich nisht farshteyn.
Du veyst nisht vos ikh meyn.
Ikh hob a shlechte mame,
Un zi ken mich nisht farshteyn.

Yome, yome, shpil mir a lidele,
Vos dos meydele vil.
Dos meydele vil a por shichelech hobn,
Darf men geyn dem shuster zogn.

- Neyn, mame, neyn,
Du kenst mich nisht farshteyn.
Du veyst nisht vos ikh meyn.
Ikh hob a shlechte mame,
Un zi ken mich nisht farshteyn.

Yome, yome, shpil mir a lidele,
Vos dos meydele vil.
Dos meydele vil a chosndl hobn,
Darf men geyn dem shadchen zogn.

- Yo, mame, yo,
Du kenst mikh shoyn farshteyn.
Du veyst shoyn vos ikh meyn.
Ikh hob a gute mame,
Un zi ken mich shoyn farshteyn.

https://yiddishwordoftheweek.t.....idele

4everdiet

Sun, Aug 01 2021, 1:29 am

RHT wrote:

I haven’t thought about this song in years!!! My mother used to sing it to us!

amother

Molasses

Sun, Aug 01 2021, 6:01 am

RHT wrote:

Haha..my father must've changed it to Tattenyu. I used to hate this song growing up because I was little and so not interested in hearing a song about a chosson.