The Barry Sisters - Makin' Whoopee | Yiddish Jazz Reinvented
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Yiddish version of Makin' Whoopee - a song first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!. Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song as well as for the entire musical. The title refers to celebrating a marriage. Eventually "making whoopee" became a euphemism for intimate sexual relations. The song has been called a "dire warning", largely to men, about the "trap" of marriage. "Makin' Whoopee" begins with the celebration of a wedding, honeymoon and marital bliss, but moves on to babies and responsibilities. Lyrics in Yiddish: Er arbet shver, a gants yor Es kumt der zumer, dan vil er gur Avek tsu forn, biz itst makhn a bisl vupi Er zugt zayn vayb, ikh hob dikh lib Nor mit di kinder, blayb du in shtib Ver meynt zi veyst nit, az er vil forn makhn vupi Zugt zi im, ikh loz dikh forn Ober mit eyn bading Az du must mir koyfn Bazorgn mit ales ding Ikh vil a mink-kot, a daymond ring Zugt er vos toyg dir, dayn ales ding Bay mir mayn peyde, lo mir shoyn beyde Gemakhn vupi Es zaynen shoyn, a monat tsayt Er zikh mit lekht, a bisl frayhayt Ven zayn fro vatsht im, vi ken er makhn a bisl vupi Tref di magli, zi zugt mayn man Ikh pak dikh ayn, ven ikh for tsurik Vi kent du blaybn, darf nit yoygn makhn nit vupi Morgn gefint men im shoyn Zitsn dik opn bitsh Lebn a ying-sheyne meydl A nem is zi blondi pitsh Gebrent a vel-dot, hot er mit ir Nor blitsn shlayter oy veyz mir Mayn vayb is kliger, geshikt di shviger Zey zaynen vupi