"When the Foeman Bares His Steel"
 

SERGEANT: Ven der soyne vayst di shverd,

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Zol er geyn glaykh in d'rerd,

POLITSEY: Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Ven er strashet undz mit teyt,

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Zaynen mir far im nisht greyt,

POLITSEY: Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Un mir loyfn bald avek,

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Vayl mir zaynen ful mit shrek,

POLITSEY: Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Loyfn mir, di politsey,

Gikh un vayt avek fun zey Gikh un vayt a-vek fun zey

(SERGEANT sings about 14 "tarantara's")

(POLITSEY sing "tarantara-ra-ra-ra-ra---"etc.

MALKE: Geyt mayne heldn, geyt tsu di sonim,

Geyt tsu dem toyt mit kurazh in a blutiker shlakht.

Ir vet barimt vern, shlogt di gazlonim,

Shlogt zey bay tog un oykhet bay nakht.

Geyt tsum toyt, s'iz nit kayn gelekhter,

Shta - arbt un ale yidishe tekhter,

Mit zeyre trern banetsn ayer keyver

Geyt mayne heldn, tut ayer flikht!

YEHUDIS & GIRLS: Geyt mayne heldn tut ayer flikht!

Geyt mayne heldn tut ayer flikht!

("Tho' to us it's evident...")

SERGEANT: S'iz far mir yetst gut bakant,

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Az ikh shlog zikh kop in vant,

POLITSEY: Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Un es tsitert mir in harts,

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Vayl mayn tsukunft iz gor shvarts,

POLITSEY: Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Az ikh rays fun zikh di hoyt

Ven ikh trakht fun blut un toyt,

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara! Tarantara!

SERGEANT: Vayl far mir s'iz gut bakant

Az ikh shlog zikh kop in vant

POLITSEY: Tarantara! Tarantara! Tarantara!

("Go and do your best endeavor") YEHUDIS: Geyt makht a sof tsu undzere sonim,

Vel ikh shoyn hobn a freylekhn ponim.

Mir vintshn aykh nitsokhn in shlakhtfeld [victory in the battlefield]

Zoln di sonim geyn in d'rerd!

GIRLS: Zoln di sonim geyn in d'rerd!

("For your foes are fierce and ruthless..." etc.)

Di gazlonim zaynen shlekhte,

Un mir zaynen gute tekhter,

S'iz far zey nit kayn gelekhter,

Kayn rakhmones hobn mir.

SERGEANT: Oy mir tsitern far shrek,

Nor mir loyfn nit avek,

Yo mir tsitern un geyen,

Vayl in hartsn ligt a shteyn.

Zikh baklogn helft undz nit,

Khotch in hartsn git a shnit,

Vayl s'iz mir itst gut bakant

Az ikh shlog zikh kop in vant.

POLITZEY: Vayl s'iz im dokh gut bakant,

Az er shlogt zikh kop in vant.

Gut bakant - ("evident")

Kop in vant - ("yes well meant")

Gut bakant - ("evident")

SERGEANT & POLITZEY: Shlog kop in vant!! - ("ah yes, well meant!!")

DOUBLE CHORUS

[THE FOLLOWING CHORUSES ARE SUNG SIMULTANEOUSLY]

MEN'S CHORUS: {Ven der soyne vayzt di shverd tarantara, tarantara,}

{Zol er geyn glaykh in d'rerd tarantara,}

{Ven er strashet undz mit teyt tarantara, tarantara,}

{Zaynen mir af im nisht greyt tarantara,} {Un mir loyfn bald avek tarantara, tarantara,}

{Vayl dos harts iz ful mit shrek tarantara,}

{Loyfn mir, di politsey,}

{Gikh un vayt avek fun zey,}

{Gikh un vayt a-vek fun zey! Tarantara, etc.}

MALKE & YEHUDIS: {Geyt mayne heldn, geyt tsu di sonim,}

{Geyt tsu dem toyt mit kurazh in a blutiker shlakht,}

{Ir vet barimt vern shlogt di gazlonim,}

{Shlogt zey bay tog un oykhet bay nakht.}

GIRL'S CHORUS: {Geyt mayne hel-dn//Geyt mit ku-razh//

{Ir vet ir vet//Shoyn ba-rimt zayn.}

GIRLS IN UNISON:{Geyt tsum toyt, - s'iz nit kayn gelekhter,}

{Shta-arbt un ale yidishe tekhter,}

{Mit zeyre trern banetsn ayer keyver -}

{Geyt mayne heldn, tut ayer flikht.}

("Go ye heroes go to im-mor-tal-i-ty")

{Geyt mayne heldn kumt tsurik nit azoy gikh,}

{Geyt mayne heldn kumt tsurik nit azoy gikh,}

{Ven ir shtarbt in der milkhome}

{Veln mir hob-n a nekome}

{Geyt un kumt nit tsurik tsu gikh!}

GROYSER GENERAL: Avek, avek!

POLITSEY: Yo, yo - mir geyen! [THEY DON'T MOVE]

GROYSER GENERAL: Derharget zey!

POLITSEY: Yo, yo mir geyen! [THEY DON'T MOVE]

GROYSER GENERAL: Dos iz ayer tsvek!

POLITSEY: Tarantara!

GROYSER GENERAL: Geyt gikher avek!

POLITSEY: Yo, yo mir geyen! ("Yes forward on the foe")

SERGEANT,POLITSEY & GIRLS: Geyt shlogt dem soyne, gikh!

Geyt shlogt dem soyne, gikh!

GROYSER GENERAL: Ober ir geyt nit!

SERGEANT & POLITSEY - { Mir geyen, mir geyen}

GIRLS - { Zey geyen, zey geyen}

SERGEANT,POLITSEY & GIRLS: Geyt shlogt dem soyne gikh,

Geyt shlogt dem soyne gikh!

GROYSER GENERAL: (Spoken) Oyf Moshiakh vart ir??

SERGEANT & POLITSEY: { Mir geyen, mir geyen, mir geyen, mir geyen,

Mir geyen, mir geyen, mit geyen, mir geyen.}

GIRLS: { Zey geyen itst, zey geyen itst, zey geyen

itst, - zey geyen, geyen, i-------tst!!}


Copyright © 1988 Al Grand