Khapt un nemt un zekst im ayn
Tomer vet er moyde zayn,
Oy gevalt, a ganef
Hot er mir baganvet
Ales hot er tsigenemen
Bay mir in der shtib.

Ziben hemder vi di becher
Dray mit lates, fir mit lecher
Oy gevalt ...

Un dos tishtukh finm tish
Un dem koyletsh fin di fish
Oy gevalt ...

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Stop thief!  Arrest him!  Put him in jail!
Maybe he'll confess.
thief, alas,
Has robbed my house.
He took away everything,
Everything in the house.

Seven shirts, like goblets they were
Three with spots, four with holes.

The tablecloth from the table
And the white bread from beside the fish.