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Fri 6 Sep, 2013 01:19 pm
I am trying to find the words to the song “Machateyniste Mayne.” I’ve tried Googling, but all I get is a bunch of links to the recording by Theodore Bikel. Can anyone out there provide both the Yiddish lyrics and the English translation?
A dank—
—Chaim Yankel
Don't be a karger, you can get this album as a CD on Amazon or from iTunes for around $20
Theodore Bikel - Sings Yiddish Theater & Folk Songs
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1486932/a/sings+yiddish+theater+%26+folk+songs.htm
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/theodore-bikel-sings-yiddish/id393789054
This 1991 reissue features the original liner notes, complete with Yiddish lyrics and English translations for all 16 tracks
1 A Chasene Tants
2 Doina
3 Beygelach
4 Di Grine Kuzine
5 A Pintale
6 Dire-Gelt
7 A Finf-Un-Tsvantsiger
8 Got Fun Avrohom
9 Kalt Vasser
10 Dem Milner's Treren
11 Machatonim
12 Shabes Shabes
13 Machateyneste Mayne
14 Mayn Shtetele Belz
15 Yossel Der Klezmer
16 A Kleyn Melamedl