Cm
Have you heard about my little cousin?
She had boys proposin’ by the dozen
                                      B A G#
But each one has now become a mourner
 G7                             Cm
Since she met a boy around the corner.

Girl met boy and girl could not forget him
For a bridegroom she would have to get him
She was pretty, how could he resist her
It was love the moment that he kissed her.

Months went by no wedding bells he’d mention
She began to question his intention
He was shy, that’s why he hadn’t spoken
If they didn’t wed he’d be heartbroken.

But my little cousin wasn’t dozin’
Leap-year came and she did the proposin’
Now the lovers both are in their glory
He wed her to finish up this story.

        Gm           D7
Shtiler ovnt. Tunkl-gold.
                     Gm
Ikh zits baym glezl vayn.
                        D7
Vos iz gevorn fun mayn tog?
               Gm
A shotn un a shayn –

                 Cm                      Gm
   Zol khotsh a rege tunkl-gold in mayn lid arayn.
                 Cm                      Gm
   Zol khotsh a rege tunkl-gold in mayn lid arayn.
                 Cm                      Gm
   Zol khotsh a rege tunkl-gold in mayn lid arayn.
            D7   Gm
   In mayn lid arayn.

Shtiler ovnt. Tunkl-gold.
An alter groer yid
Davnt frum avek dem shtoyb
Fun dem yor-yarid –

   Zol khotsh a murml fun dem yid arayn tsu mir in lid.
   Zol khotsh a murml fun dem yid arayn tsu mir in lid.
   Zol khotsh a murml fun dem yid arayn tsu mir in lid.
   Arayn tsu mir in lid.

Shtiler ovnt. Tunkl-gold.
Vint, velt-oys velt-ayn.
Mayn troyer vos gevezn vakh
Shloft vi a hindl ayn –

   Zol khotsh an otem fun dem shlof in lid tsu mir arayn.
   Zol khotsh an otem fun dem shlof in lid tsu mir arayn.
   Zol khotsh an otem fun dem shlof in lid tsu mir arayn.
   In lid tsu mir arayn.

Shtiler ovnt. Tunkl-gold.
A zumer-foygl flit
Mit fligl zayne gro un gold
Avek in "got bahit" –

   Zol khotsh a tsiter fun zayn fli arayn tsu mir in lid.
   Zol khotsh a tsiter fun zayn fli arayn tsu mir in lid.
   Zol khotsh a tsiter fun zayn fli arayn tsu mir in lid.
   Arayn tsu mir in lid.

Bm                 F
My mother used to sing to me,
Bm                 F
A haunting little melody;
C#                     F
Nobody knows where it came from,
               Bm
Or where it was composed.

   D#m
   Oh, do you dig, dig, dig, dig, dig?
   Bm
   Do you chop, chop, chop, chop, chop?
   F                                                Bm
   Are you hep to this jive that I'm laying to you?

         Bm
"Utt da zay," sings the tailor,
                 F      Bm
As he fashions pretty clothes;
"Utt da zay," sings the tailor,
             F     Bm
As he sews, sews, sews.

            F   F#    F
   He's as busy as a bee,
                  F#  F
   Making lovely finery,
                   F#       F
   Things my baby loves to wear
                    F#     F
   When I take her to the fair.

"Utt da zay," sings the tailor;
All it means is "That's the way."
When I buy the things he made her,
Says the tailor, "Utt da zay."

Cm    Fm    Cm        Fm
On a wagon bound for market
Cm         G#          D#      G7
There's a calf with a mournful eye.
Cm     Fm        Cm        Fm
High above him there's a swallow
Cm        G#        D#    G7  Cm
Winging swiftly through the sky.

   B                  D#
   How the winds are laughing
         B                    D#
   They laugh with all their might
    B                    D#   B     G#
   Laugh and laugh the whole day through
        G7                Cm
   And half the summer's night.

       G7             Cm
      Dona dona dona dona
       B              D#
      Dona dona dona down
       G7             Cm
      Dona dona dona dona
       G7             Cm
      Dona dona dona down

"Stop complaining," said the farmer,
"Who told you a calf to be"
Why don't you have wings to fly away
Like the swallow so proud and free?"

   How the winds are laughing
   They laugh with all their might
   Laugh and laugh the whole day through
   And half the summer's night.

      Dona dona dona dona
      Dona dona dona down
      Dona dona dona dona
      Dona dona dona down

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered
Never knowing the reason why.
But whoever treasures freedom,
Like the swallow must learn to fly

   How the winds are laughing
   They laugh with all their might
   Laugh and laugh the whole day through
   And half the summer's night.

      Dona dona dona dona
      Dona dona dona down
      Dona dona dona dona
      Dona dona dona down

Cm                            D7             G7
Ella was a dancing girl who started getting fat
                                   Cm
Every day saw three more pounds on Ella
                                        D7              G7
Until one day she found she'd lost her job because of that
                                      Cm
And to make it worse, she'd lost her fella
             Fm                 Cm
She took a trip to Egypt to forget
      D                                   G7
And she made such a hit that she's there yet.

           Cm        Cm+7          Cm7       Cm6
   If you hear of a girl who can quake and shake 
             G#         G7        Cm   
   'Till it makes you think of a nervous snake
             G7                 Cm
   They're speakin' of Egyptian Ella

   She weighs two-twenty but that's O.K.
   They like 'em plenty down there that way
   She has the love of every fella

            Fm
      And when she shakes and when she starts
       Cm
      Down by the River Nile
           Fm
      The boys all take their old sweet-hearts
             D7                   G7
      And throw them to the crocodiles
 
   And every sheik in the audience
   Jumps up and yells that "She's immense!"
   They're cheering for Egyptian Ella.

     Em
Hey folks heres the story bout minnie the moocher
H7                 Em
She was a red-hot hoocie coocher
She was the roughest toughest frail
     C                     H7        Em
But minnie had a heart as big as a whale

        Em
   Hidehidehideho
   Hedehedehedehe
   Hedehedehedehe
   Hidehidehideho

She messed around with a bloke named smokie
She loved him though he was cokey
He took her down to chinatown
And showed her how to kick the gong around

   Hidehidehideho
   Whoah
   Hedehedehedehe
   Hidehidehideho

She had a dream about the king of sweden
He gave her things that she was needin
He gave her a home built of gold and steel
A diamond car with platinum wheels

   Hidehidehideho
   Hedehedehedehe
   Hedehedehedehe
   Hidehidehideho

He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses
Had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes
She sat around and counted them all a million times

   Hidehidehideho
   Hedehedehedehe
   He...
   Hidehidehideho

            Am                        E
Of all the boys I've known and I've known some
          Am                  E
Before I first met you I was lonesome
              Am                      Dm
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
         E
And this old world seemed new to me

You're really swell, I have to admit you
Deserve expressions that really fit you
And so I've racked my brain trying to explain
All the things that you do to me

        Am
   Bei mir bist du schon, please let me explain
        Dm            E                  Am
   Bei mir bist du schon, means you're grand
   Bei mir bist du schon, again I'll explain
       Dm               E              Am
   It means you're the fairest in the land

                 Dm                     Am
      I could say "bella, bella" even "sehr wunderbar"
                   Dm                     Esus2          E
      Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are
           Am
      Bei mir bist du schon, i've tried to explain
          Dm          E             Am
      So kiss me and say you understand

           Bm                                           F
You gotta have a little Mazel, 'cause Mazel means good luck
                                            Bm
And if you have a Mazel, you always have a buck
                                                  F
And if you have no Mazel, although you're on the ball
                                                                Bm
We'll try and try, sayin' goodbye, beat your head against the wall

         D#m
   Don't ever try to figure why
        Bm
   You seem to be so blame
         D#m
   That some folks have a million
        F
   And can't even write their name

That you got to have a little Mahzel, Mahzel means good luck
'Cause with a little Mahzel you’ll always have a buck.
You gotta have a little Mazel, 'cause Mazel means good luck
And if you have a Mazel, you always have a buck
And if you have no Mahzel, although you're on the ball
We'll try and try, sayin' goodbye, beat your head against the wall

   Don't ever try to figure why
   You seem to be so blame
   That some folks have a million
   And can't even write their name

That you got to have a little Mahzel, Mahzel means good luck
'Cause with a little Mahzel you’ll always have a buck.

            Dm
Oh Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up
                                        Gm A
It's time I knew just how I stand with you
                Gm                       A
My heart's no clock that I can stop and wind up
              Gm     A              Dm
Each time we make up after being through

              Dm
   So listen Joseph, Joseph time is fleeting
                  Cm      D7               Gm
   And here and there my hair is turning grey
                    Gm6           Dm               B
   My mother has a fear, wedding bells I'll never hear
                A                          Dm
   Oh, Joseph, Joseph, won't you name the day

Oh Joseph, Joseph, won't you make your mind up
It's time I knew just how I stand with you
My heart's no clock that I can stop and wind up
Each time we make up after being through

   Oh Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, time is fleeting
   And here and there my hair is turning grey
   My mama has a fear, wedding bells I'll never hear
   Oh Joseph, Joseph, won't you name the day

      F                                                   C
Well matzo balls, gefilte fish, bestest fish I ever ever had
                                                        F
Matzo balls, gefilte fish, makes you order up an extra dish
                                                       B   D7
Well matzo balls, gefilte fish, really very very very fine
         Gm                C                F         D
Now you put a little horseradish on it and make they meallow
   B                C                F
Because it really knocks you right enough

       Gm     D7        Gm
Oyfn pripichek brent a fayerl,
            F   B
Un in shtub iz heys.
G7      Cm          D7    Gm
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlekh
      F   B
Dem alef-beys.
G7      Cm          D7    Gm    Cm
Un der rebe lernt kleyne kinderlekh
    Gm D7 Gm
Dem alef beys.

Gedenkt'zhe, kinderlekh, gedenkt'zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do,
Zogt'zhe nokhamol un take nokhamol,
Komets alef-o!
Zogt'zhe nokhamol un take nokhamol,
Komets alef-o!

Az ir vet, kinderlekh, elter vern,
Vet ir aleyn farshteyn,
Vifl in di oyses lign trern,
Vifl ligt geveyn.
Vifl in di oyses lign trern,
Vifl ligt geveyn.

Gedenkt'zhe, kinderlekh, gedenkt'zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do,
Zogt'zhe nokhamol un take nokhamol,
Komets alef-o!
Zogt'zhe nokhamol un take nokhamol,
Komets alef-o!

Az ir vet, kinderlekh, dem goles shlepn,
Oygemutshet zayn,
Zolt ir fun di oysyes koyech shepn -
Kukt in zey arayn!
Zolt ir fun di oysyes koyech shepn -
Kukt in zey arayn!

Gedenkt'zhe, kinderlekh, gedenkt'zhe, tayere,
Vos ir lernt do,
Zogt'zhe nokhamol un take nokhamol,
Komets alef-o!
Zogt'zhe nokhamol un take nokhamol,
Komets alef-o!