Rivkele Di Shabesdike Composer: Pesakh KAPLAN Lyrics:Pesakh KAPLAN |
This song was recorded by Sarah Gorby. Composed after a pogrom in Bialystok on july 12, 1942. I have a recording of this song made by Chava Alberstein on her CD Yiddish Songs Collection. The lyrics are slightly different. I will add them here: Rivkele di shabbesdicke, arbet in farbriq, s'breyt a fodem tsu a fodem, Flekhtn oykh der shtrik, Oy du getto finstere, Doyert shoyn zo lang, in dos harz azoy farklemt, tut mir azoy bang! Ir getrayer Hershele iz avek nishto, Zint fin yenem Shabes on, zint fin yener shoah. Iz fartroyert Rivkele, yommerts tog un nakht, Un atsind baym ridele zitse zikh un trakht. Vu iz er mayn libinker? Leybter nok vu? Hefker in a konzentrationlagger, arbet shver on ru? Oy vi biter iz im dokh! finster iz im dokh! Zint fin yenem shabbes on, zint fin yener shoah. Women whose husbands were murdered in the Bialistock pogrom called themselves Shabbesdicke. |
Lyrics | Translation |
rivkele di shabesdike arbet in fabrik, |
Rivkale, "De Shabbatdike", works in factory, spoins yarn |