Di grine kuzine - The Barry Sisters

The Barry Sisters' version is quite different from the original, which was very much a working class song. However, it does stand on it's own as a classic of the swing era.
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Tsu mir iz gekimen a kuzine,
Sheyn vi gold iz zi geveyn, di grine,
Bekelekh vi royte pomerantsn,
Fiselekh vus beytn zikh tsum tantsn.

Herelekh vi goldene, gelokte,
Tseyndelekh vi perelekh, getokte,
Eygelekh vi taybelekh - a tsviling,
Lipelekh vi karshelekh in friling.

Zi iz nit gegangen - nor geshpringen,
Zi hot nit geredt – zi hot gezingen;
Azoi, aza, az zi geveyn di grine
In dus iz zi geveyzn mayn kuzine.

Di grine hot a "boy" zikh shoyn gefinen,
Er hot bay ir di "paydays" tsigenimen,
Oy-oy-oy-oy iz zi a troyereke atsinder
Er hot gehat a vayb mit finef kinder.

Yest az ikh bageygn mayn kuzine
Freg ikh ir - vus makhsti epes grine?
Entfert zi mir mit a troyerik mine
Aza mazl of Kolombuses medine.

Tsu mir iz gekimen a kuzine
Bekelekh vi royte pomerantsn,
Fiselekh, herelekh, tseyndelekh, eygelekh,
O-oy, grine kuzine!
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Abe Schwartz was the first to copyright this tune and its lyrics (though the music copyright is only for his arrangement), but one Yankele Brisker, pseudonym for Jacob Leiserowitz, also claimed copyright for the lyrics, listing the tune as a “folk melody.” Yet a third claimant to the song was Hyman Prizant. Eventually it was republished and re-copyrighted, crediting Prizant with only the lyrics and Schwartz with the music—although again, in a particular arrangement. Meanwhile, Leiserowitz initiated a lawsuit, but did not prevail. Still, the truth about the authorship is impossible to know.

Neil W. Levin http://www.milkenarchive.org/people/p...

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