(lyrics here in German-style transliteration) Schpil ssche mir a tango ojss in jidisch, Sol doss sajn missnagdisch oder chassidisch. As di bobele alejn sol kenen doss farschtejn Un take a tenzele gejn.
Schpil ssche mir a tango ojss fun plejtim, Fun dem folk zesejtn un zeschprejtn, As kinder, grojss un klejn, soln kenen doss farschtejn un take a tenzele gejn!
Schpil, schpil, klesmerl, schpil - Wi a jidisch harz hot gefil, Schpil mir a tenzele, oj schpil, Schpil, ich bet dich, mit neschome, mit gefil.
Schpil ssche mir a tango, nor nit arisch, Sol doss sajn nit arisch, nit barbarisch, As di ssonim soln sen, as ich noch tanzn ken Un take a tenzele mit bren !
Schpil ssche mir a tango ojss fun scholem, Sol doss sajn a scholem nit kejn cholem, As hitler mit sajn rajch oj di kapore glajch... Oj wet doss sajn a tenzele far ajch !
Schpil, schpil, klesmerl, schpil ... ___________ Play me a tango in Yiddish - the tango of an expelled and scattered people - to which grandmother can dance as well as the kids. Play me a tango that s neither Aryan nor barbarian, so my enemies can see that I still dance. Play me a tango of peace, and don t let it be a dream, let Hitler and his Reich drop dead. Oh, that ll be a dance for you!