Yoshke, Yoshke

 

Yoshke, Yoshke

 

יאָשקע, יאָשקע

Maxwell_Street_Klezmer_Band
Maxwell Street
Klezmer Band
 Tova_Ben-Zvi
Tova Ben-Zvi
 Old_World_Folk_Band_of_Harrisburg
Old World Folk
Band of Harrisburg, PA
Pronunciation : standard poylish

Yoshke, Yoshke,  Yoshke, Yoshke,  יאָשקע, יאָשקע,
Pace the horse,  Shpan dem loshik.  שפּאַן דעם לאָשיק.
He should run faster.  Zol er gikher loyfn.  זאָל ער גיכער לױפֿן.
If he stops,  Tomer vet er zikh opshteln,  טאָמער װעט ער זיך אָפּשטעלן,
We won't be able to sell him.  Veln mir im nit kenen farkoyfn.  װעלן מיר אים ניט קענען פֿאַרקױפֿן.
 
The Rebbe has told us to be merry  Der Rebbe hot geheysn freylekh zayn,  דער רבי האט געהייסן פֿרײלעך זײַן,
[And] to drink whiskey, not wine!  Trinken bronfn, nisht keyn vayn!  טרינקען בראָנפֿן, נישט קײן װײַן!
 
* Bronfn is a generic term; it can also refer to vodka, brandy, etc.