Okay, Yiddish.
May' ershter shprakh iz Yiddish.
Ikh red nokh Yiddish tsu may' mame, mayn tate, may' schvester--
Na, nisht mayn' shvester--
may' brider
Um...
Ikh bin geboyren in Williamsburg,
Nisht--
Nisht di Williamsburg vos yede' vays' yetst,
Di ershte, the original.
lakht
Um...
Ikh hob gelernt Inglish ven ikh begangn in school.
Shule
an, uh...
Tsu mikh, Yiddish iz a shprakh...
vos--
yes a sakh, a sakh Yiddishe kinder redn nisht di shprakh mer--
Di ekhter frime, di Satmere, di Bobever,
di Khasidishe kinder redn es
ober dem, a fil in mayne mishpukha
di yingere kinder redn nisht es mer
nur may' eltere brider
an Ikh redn Yiddish.
Di andere, shvester an brider, redn nisht Yiddish.
Mayn tate red' Yiddish
Nur maysnz Yiddish
An may' mame redt zibn, zibn shprakhn
Ober ven zi redt tsu mikh, oder tsu may' bobe
oder tsu ir brider
Zi redt Yiddish
Um...
Vos nokh ken Ikh getell zogn vegn Yiddish
Um...
Ven Ikh gey onkoyfn in Williamsburg
Di mentshn in di geshefter fregn mikh
Vi azoy Ikh ken redn azoy Yiddish?
Fun vi, fun vi kim'kh?
Az zol zaftig gesatmere Yiddish
An Ikh zug aykh 'fun du, fun du geboyren'
An nokh em zayn fregn mikh ale mol -