Fisherlid - The Klezmatics

Fort a fisher afn yam,

Er fort aroys baginen,

Es hoft der fisher, min-hastam

Fishelekh gefinen…

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

Fishelekh gefinen.

Murmlen khvalyes shtil far zikh,

Der yam iz a batribter,

Tsi iz der yam azoy vi ikh

Oykhet a farlibter?

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

Oykhet a farlibter?

Gey ikh mir baym breg ot do,

Un tu mayn kholem shpinen,

Efsher vel ikh ergets vu,

Mayn libstn nokh gefinen.

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

Mayn libstn nokh gefinen.

Kumt der fisher troyerik,

Er hot keyn fish gefangen,

Un ikh bin moreshkhoyredik,

A kholem iz fargangen.

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

A kholem iz fargangen.

A fisherman sets out to sea

Just as the day is breaking,

Hoping, not surprisingly,

To find fish for the taking.

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

To find fish for the taking.

Waves murmur softly, each to each,

There’s sadness in the sea,

Is that water by the beach

As deep in love as me?

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

As deep in love as me?

Here I walk along the shore,

And let my dreams be spun;

Maybe somewhere yet I’ll find

My true beloved one.

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

My true beloved one.

The fisherman comes back, he’s sad

He hasn’t caught a fish

I’m melancholy, feeling bad,

My dream’s a dying wish.

Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,

My dream’s a dying wish.

David Krakauer: clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals

David Licht: drums

Frank London: trumpet, cornet, alto horn, piano, organ, vocals

Paul Morrissett: bass, vocals

Lorin Sklamberg: lead vocals, accordion, piano

Alicia Svigals: violin, vocals

With:

BETTY (Amy Ziff, Bitzy Ziff and Alyson Palmer): background vocals

Mark Ribot: electric guitar

Matt Darriau: alto sax