"Yomi Yomi zing mir a lidele" Yomi Yomi Sing Me a Song!
""Yomi, Yomi," Sing me a song!
"What does the young girl desire?"
"The girl wishes to have a pair of shoes"
"We must go and tell the shoemaker!"
No, Mother, no! You do not understand me. You don't know what I mean."
"The girl wants a dress."
"We must go to the tailor!"
"No, Mother, no! You do not understand me. You don't know what I mean."
"The young girl wants a pair of earrings."
" Let us go and tell the goldsmith!"
"No, Mother no! You do not understand me. You don't know what I mean."
"The girl wants a bridegroom!".
"We must go and tell the matchmaker!"
"Yes, Mother dear,, yes! Now you understand me! Now you know what I mean!"
This Yiddish song was collected in Poland before World War II for YIVO, by the zamler (collector) I. Freidis.