Tumbalalaika, Yiddish Songs and Piano
August 7, 2007/By/In/0 Comment
A young lad is thinking, thinking all night
Would it be wrong, he asks, or maybe right,
Should he declare his love, dare he choose,
And would she accept, or will she refuse?
Chorus:
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika,
Tumbala, tumbala, tumbalalaika
tumbalalaika, play Balalaika,
tumbalalaika – let us be merry.
Maiden, maiden tell me again
What can grow, grow without rain,
What can burn and burn forever,
What can long and cry without tears?
Silly young lad, why ask again?
A stone can grow, grow without rain,
Love can burn and burn forever,
And the heart can yearn without tears.