Ghetto Tango: Wartime Yiddish Theater

Moishe halt, moishe halt zikh
zeh nit tsefal zikh, halt zikh fester
moishe halt oys, glitch zikh nit oys
un gedenk men vet aroys.

Vayl epes hert men, epes filt men
halt zikh moishe. es kumt di tsayt,
es shlogt shoyn bald di sho di groyste.

Moishe, halt oys, glitch zikh nit oys
un gedenk men vet aroys

Mayn bruder moishe lebt in shrek
er trakht vu geyt men zikh avek
vu ken men zikh bahaltn.

Dem kop nor moishe hoyb im hoykh
fal bay zikh nor nit aroyf
gedenk men vet aroys.