Re: "Ragtime" Amereke translations

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:42:58 -0700, Irrational Number <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is what I have for the Hebrew part:

Not Hebrew! Yiddish!

Anyhow, apparently these lyrics are from a 1915 song called "Lebn Zol
Kolumbus" ('Long Live Columbus!'). There's a translation on the sixth
page of this document:

http://www.milkenarchive.org/cds/yiddish_transliterations2.pdf

I'll reproduce it below.

A shtetl iz Amerike, A mekhaye khlebn

America is a shtetl where, I swear, life is great.

Es rut oyf ir di shkhinele, Mir zoln azoy lebn

The Divine rests on her; we should all get to live so.

Milkhomes, biksn, mentshnblut Darfn mir oyf tsores,

Wars, guns, or bloodshed we need like a hole in the head.

A gubernator darf men nit, A keyser oyf kapores.

Who needs an [imperial] ruler? The hell with kings.


-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
.

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