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| NIT KEYN ROZINKES, NIT KEYN MANDLEN [LULINKE] | NOT THE RAISINS |
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| Nit keyn rozinkes un nit keyn mandlen | Not the raisins nor almonds either |
| der tate iz nit geforn handlen | Did Father leave to go and see there, |
| Lulinke mayn zun | Lullaby my son. |
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| Er hot farlozt undz un avek, | He left us and went far away |
| vu di velt hot nor an ek | To where the darkness meets the day, |
| Lulinke mayn zun | Lullaby my son. |
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| Shrayen soves, shvoyen velf, | Owls are hooting, wolves are baying, |
| Got, derbarem zikh un helf, | G-d have mercy, hear my praying, |
| Lulinke mayn zun | Lullaby my son. |
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| Ergets shteyt er un er vakht, | Somewhere he may stand and wait, |
| Mandlen, rozinkes a sakh | Almonds, raisins fill his plate, |
| Lulinke mayn zun | Lullaby my son. |
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| Nit keyn rozinkes un nit keyn mandlen | Not the raisins nor almonds either |
| der tate iz nit geforn handlen | Did Father leave to go and see there, |
| Lulinke mayn zun | Lullaby my son. |
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| Kumen revet oyf zikher shoyn, | One day soon I know he'll come |
| zen dikh, kind, mayn eyntsik kroyn, | To visit you, his dearest one, |
| Lulinke mayn zun. | Lullaby my son. |
