"Yomi Yomi zing mir a lidele" Yomi Yomi Sing  Me a Song!

""Yomi, Yomi," Sing me a song!

"What does the young girl desire?"

"The girl wishes to have a pair of shoes"

"We must go and tell the shoemaker!"

No, Mother, no!  You do not  understand me. You don't know what I mean."

"The girl wants a dress."

"We must go to the tailor!"

"No, Mother, no! You do not understand me. You don't know what I mean."

"The young girl wants a pair of earrings."

" Let us go and tell the goldsmith!"

"No, Mother no! You do not understand me. You don't know what I mean."

"The girl wants a bridegroom!".

"We must go and tell the matchmaker!"

"Yes, Mother dear,, yes!  Now you understand me! Now you know what I mean!"

This Yiddish song was collected in Poland before World War II for YIVO,  by the zamler (collector) I. Freidis.