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Mendl​-​Parikmakher

from Tutejsi - The Locals by Minsker Kapelye

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lyrics

(Russian/ Yiddish followed by English translation)

Yest’ yevreyskoe mestechko vozle shtot Bobruisk
Mnogo muzykantov fun der shtetele aroys.
Skazhet vam lyuboy yevrey, chto kapelloyu svoyey
Slavitsia Mendl-parikmakher.

Vsekh razveselit’ umeyet Mendele-spivak!
Bez nevo nelzya zhenitsya: ne splyasat’ nikak.
Zaigrayet, zapayot – v plyas puskayetsia narod.
Yidn! A khasene sevodnia!

Tantsn yidn, tantsn vayber, plyashet ves’ narod.
Svoim detyam-muzykantam Mendl temp dayot:
“Reyzl, ne stuchi nogoy! Frumele, sledi za mnoy.
Leyka, kakaya ty dubina!”

Tantsn i hopak, i freylekhs Nokhem I Stepan,
Tyotya Dvoyra s Akulinoy, Leyzer i Ivan...
Tantsn kroyvim, tantsn gest, kazhdyi plyashet, pyot i yest.
Yidn! A khasene sevodnia!

Ale tsu dem khosn-kale shrayen ”Mazl-tov!”,
Muzhyki krichat: ”Lekhaim! Mendl, bud’ zdarov!”
Zakruzhilsia khorovod, Mendl zharu poddayot.
Yidn! A khasene sevodnia!

* * *
There’s a Jewish shtetl close to town of Bobruisk.
There’re plenty of musicians all around the shtetl.
Any Jew will tell you that Mendl the barber
Is so famous for his band.

Mendele the musician can cheer up anyone!
One can’t arrange a wedding, one can’t dance without him.
Once he would play and sing, people would start dancing.
Yidn ! Today is a khasene !

Tantsn yidn, tantsn vayber , everyone is dancing.
Mendl gives the tempo to his daughters musicians:
“Reyzl, don’t stamp your feet! Frumele, follow me!
Leyka, what a dunderhead you are!

Nokhem and Stepan, aunt Dveyre and Akulina,
Leyzer and Ivan – dance both hopak and freylakhs .
Tantsn kreyvim, tantsn gest , everyone is dancing, drinking and eating.
Yidn! Today is a khasene!

Everyone is shouting “Mazl tov!” to the bride and the groom,
The peasant men are shouting, “Mendl, be well”.
The round dance has started, Mendl is revving up…
Yidn! Today is a khasene!

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from Tutejsi - The Locals, released July 1, 2009

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Minsker Kapelye Minsk, Belarus

Minsker Kapelye is a klezmer trio (Dmitri Slepovitch, Hanna Kharchanka, Tatsiana Kukel. The band performs rare pieces of the Litvak Jewish tradition. The band's instrumentation combines cimbalom, clarinet, and cello.
Besides their 3 albums, the band is featured on the award-winning album Kalykhanki (Lullabies, 2007). The band worked with Paul Brody, Michael Alpert, Frank London, to name a few.
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