הערצער הונגערן, אױך קערפּער, גיט אונדז ברױט, און גיט אונדז בלומען

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit! Happy May Day!

I missed both when the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre in Montreal staged A Bintl Brief in 2018 and then again in 2020 when they shared the video of two songs from that production, the Yiddish translations of "Ballad of the Triangle Fire/Bread and Roses." I always forget that the current tune for the latter was written by Mimi Fariña. She made it sound like it could go back to 1911.

,ס'װעט פֿון אונדז קײן שװײס ניט רינען
.פֿון געבורט ביז ענדע לעבן
,הערצער הונגערן, אױך קערפּער
.גיט אונדז ברױט, און גיט אונדז בלומען

Autolycus is celebrating the holiday by doing his best to sabo-tabby our ability to eat in peace.

Comments

[selkie]

BLACK BEAN NEVER HURT A LITTLE BLACK CAT
REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY ARE CAPITALIST LIIIIIIIIEESSSSS

[sovay]

REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY ARE CAPITALIST LIIIIIIIIEESSSSS

I AM PRETTY SURE THAT EVEN IN THE WORKERS' UTOPIA THE COLLARD GREENS ARE NO GO

[selkie]

IN THE WORKERS' UTOPIA THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH TUNA BELLY
...YOU HAVE TO EAT FAST

[vass]

Happy May Day to you and to Autolycus in particular.

[sovay]

Happy May Day to you and to Autolycus in particular.

Thank you.

[cmcmck]

Just used the translation software on the Yiddish.

That is truly lovely.

[sovay]

That is truly lovely.

There's a link from the site to the full lyrics in English/Yiddish/French, if you want to see the details of how it was done. I love it.