Tumbalalaika
Tumbalalaika is a Russian Jewish folk and love song in the Yiddish language. Tuml(טום) is the Yiddish word for noise and a balalaika(באַלאַ) is a stringed musical instrument of Russian origin.
[edit] Lyrics
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Original lyrics in Yiddish שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טום־באַלאַ, טום־באַלאַ, טום־באַלאַלײַקע מיידל, מיידל, כ'וויל בײַ דיר פֿרעגן: טום־באַלאַלײַ, טום־באַלאַלײַ... נאַרישער בחור, וואָס דאַרפֿסטו פֿרעגן? טום־באַלאַלײַ, טום־באַלאַלײַ... וואָס איז העכער פֿון אַ הויז? טום־באַלאַלײַ, טום־באַלאַלײַ... אַ קוימען איז העכער פֿון אַ הויז, |
Transliteration Shteyt a bokher, un er trakht (also shteyt un trakht) ((chorus)) Meydl, meydl, kh'vil bay dir fregn, ((chorus)) Narisher bokher, vos darfstu fregn? ((chorus)) Vos iz hekher fun a hoyz? ((chorus)) A koymen iz hekher fun a hoyz. ((chorus)) |
Translation: A young lad stands, and he thinks Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Girl, girl, I want to ask of you Foolish lad, why do you have to ask? What is higher than a house? A chimney is higher than a house |
[edit] Other
- The song Over and Over by Nana Mouskouri uses this melody.
- Benny Hill adapted the melody for one of his own compositions, Anna Marie, which he performed on his first special for Thames Television on November 19, 1969.
- The song is used in the film Swing by Tony Gatlif.
- The song is also used in the play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner and the film based on this play. It is sung by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg to Roy Cohn, dying of AIDS.
- The song is used in the film Prendimi l'anima (2002) by Roberto Faenza.[1]
- The metal version of the song[2] is included in the first Metal Yiddish album AlefBase by Gevolt, released on March 2011
[edit] References
- ^ "YouTube film with Tumbalalaika in the movie Prendimi l'anima (2002) by Roberto Faenza". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSabC5r1_Q. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Tum Balalayke by Gevolt". http://soundcloud.com/gevolt/gevolt-alefbase-05-tum.
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