YANKELE (traditional)

Shlofzhe mir shoyn, Yankele, mayn sheyner
Di eygelech di shvartsinke mach tsu
A yingele vos hot shoyn ale tseyndelech
Zol noch di mame zingen aylyulyu?
  (repeat last 2 lines of each verse)

A yingele vos vakst a Talmid-chochem
Un a geniter soycher oych tsuglaych
A yingele, a kluger chosen-bocher
Zol ligen azoy nas vi in a taych?

Nu shlof-zhe mir, mayn kluger chosen-bocher
Dervayl ligstu in vigele bay mir.
S’vet kosten noch fil mi un mame’s trern
Bizvanen s’vet a mensh aroys fun dir.