Mickey Katz
Sixteen Tons
Oh, I went to woyk in a delicatessen Far draysik toler [for $30] and plenty to fresn [gorge] The balebast [head cook] promised me a real gedila [glory/honor] Instead of gedila I catched me a kila [hernia] Sixteen tons all kinds smooked fishes Latkes, blintzes, un heyse [hot] knishes O Lordy nem es shnell [take me quickly] to the promised land A fayer afn bus zol er vein farbrent [a fire on the boss may he get burned up!] You load sixteen tons of lekakh [cake] un tagl Herring mislines [fish intestines] stuffed heldzl and beygl Genig tsu shlepn [enough to shlep] just like a ferd [horse] Hert zikh tsu tsu mir mentshn [Listen to me people] Es teyg in dred [It's good for nothing!]
From Letras Mania