Folksongs. Hob Ikh a Por Oksen, Vos Zay Brokn Lokshn! (I have a pair of oxen..)
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Children's rhyming nonsense song in Yiddish, collected and sung by the Yiddish folklorist and singer Ruth Rubin (1906-2000). This selection is from the Ruth Rubin Papers in the YIVO Archives, RG 620. Recorded in the 1950s. A photograph of Ruth Rubin appears below.
I have a pair of oxen
Who chop noodles
Oh wonder of wonders
Oxen chopping noodles,
What a wonder!
I have a pair of bears
Which overturn [everything]
Oh Wonder of Wonders!
I have a pair of goats
Who rock children [in their cradles]
Oh, Wonder of wonders
I have a pair of dogs
Who make ink
I have a pair of doves
Who sew bonnets
Wonder of wonders!
Doves sewing bonnets
I have a pair of hens
Who gather twigs
Wonder if wonders!
Hens who gather twigs
I have a pair of birds
Who bake bagels
I have a pair of cats
Who make pancakes
Wonder of Wonders!