Monday, December 24, 2012

אַ שװערע טאָגעדיקע נאַכט

song: Hard Day's Night
language: Yiddish
performer: California Klezmer, Herzlia Vocal Ensemble

A shvere togedike nakht? Nu, someone had to do it eventually.  This is a very clever translation by California Klezmer, playful but not entirely a joke:
You know I work all day
To make money to buy you tchochkes
And it's a machaya when I hear
That you're my one and only tzatzke
Some nice fiddle work too.



Here's a version by the Herzlia Vocal Ensemble from Cape Town, South Africa:

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