gelibt hob ikh a sheyn meydele fin der shtut Berlin iz zi gefurn iberfreygn tsi ir futer in Vien fur ikh mir aroys amul azoy di velt oystsikikn flit arup a sheyner foygl en tit mayn harts derkvikn nisht azoy di sheynkeyt vi dus hoykhe flien a brivele hot er mir arintergevorfn tsi shtamt es oys fin Berlin? ikh nem dus brivele in der hant arayn in fang ikh un tsi leyenen plitsling falt af mir a shtarke moyre, fang ikh un tsi veynen farvus zol ikh nit veynen azoy vi nukh a korbn mayn tayere kale vos ikh hob gehat, mayn sheyn meydl iz geshtorbn once I did love a pretty girl, down in old Berlin but she took off to her old man, to talk it out with him I went out to see the world, I traveled round & round & high above a pretty bird dropped a letter to the ground I took the letter in my hand & fearfully I read my darling girl is gone away & all my love is dead so brothers, do not play at love, five years just left me yearning & forget about the pretty girls, they’re only good for burning kimt aher libe brider, in kayn libes nit tsi kenen tsizamennemen ale sheyne meydelakh en afn fayer zey farbrenen tsi farbrenen afn fayer biz af di kleyne koyln finef yur a libe tsi shpiln nisht amul tsi kenen poyln gelibt hob ikh a sheyn meydele fin der shtut Berlin...