Vus bisti, ketsele, baroygez, In vus zhe geysti upgelozt di nuz? In efsher vilsti visn mayn yikhes, Finvanen ikh shtam aroys?
Mayn tate iz a shmarevoznik Oy, in di mame ganvet fish in mark, Oy, in mayn brider iz a kartyozhnik, Zoln zey ale zayn gezint in shtark!
Der feter iz geshtanen in di rogn, Oy, in di bobe a hendlerke in gas, In eyn brider zitst in ostrogn, In di shvester tra-la-la-la-la...
Farvus zhe bisti azoy ungeblusn, Ikh bet dokh kim tsi mir arayn in shtib, Oy, vus zhe toyg dir bluzn vi di huzn Oy, iz dokh, dushe, hob dikh azoy lib!
Iz zay nit, ketsele, of mir baroygez, In gey zhe nit aropgelozt di nuz, Vayl di veyst ingantsn mayn yikhes, Fin vanen ikh shtam - yo, finvanen ikh shtam - Fin vanen ikh shtam - aroys!