Shteyt zikh dort in gesele, 
shtil fartrakht a hayzele. 
drinen oyfn boydem-shtibl 
voynt mayn tayer reyzele 
yedn ovnt farn hayzl 
drey ikh zikh [bad word] 
kh'gib a fayf [bad word] oys: 
"reyzl, kum, kum, kum!"
2. 
efnt zikh a fentsterl 
vakht oyf s'alte hayzele 
un bald klingt in shtiln gesl 
a zis kol, s'redt reyzele: 
-- nokh a vayle vart, mayn liber, 
bald vel ikh zayn fray, 
gey zikh nokh a por mol iber; 
eyns, tsvey, dray.
3. 
gey ikh mir a freylekher, 
zing un knak mir niselekh, 
her ikh oyf di treplekh shpringen 
ire drobne fiselekh. 
shoyn arop fun letstn trepl, 
kh'nem zi lib [bad word]  
kh'gib ir shtil a kush in kepl - 
kum kum kum!
4. 
kh'vel dir zogn, Dovedl, 
zolst aroyf nit fayfn mer. 
-- her, er fayft shoyn -- zogt di mame 
zi iz [bad word]  s'fardrist zi zer. 
fayfn, zogt zi, iz nit yidish; 
past es bloyz far zey. 
gib a tseykhn prost oyf yidish, 
eyns, tsvey, dray!
5. 
kh'vel aroyf nit fayfn mer; 
deroyf gib ikh a shvuele. 
dir tsulib vel ikh afile 
vern [bad word]  mayn tsnuele 
vel ikh vern [bad word]  mayn reyzl, 
vi di mame [bad word]  
yedn shabes geyn in klayzl. 
kum kum kum!
6. 
kh'gloyb es dir mayn libenker,  [bad word] dafar dir dovidl 
strikh ikh a sheyn tsviln-zekl 
mit a mogn-dovidl 
ven gefaln s'vet in klayzl 
zogn zolst du zey 
"dos hot gestrikt mayn libe rayzl 
eyns, zvey, dray!"
7. 
a dank far der matonele; 
ikh lib azoy dikh reyzele, 
ikh lib dos gesl, lib di mame, 
lib dos alte hayzele. 
lib di treplekh fun dem hayzl; 
geyst oyf zey [bad word]  
her, di [bad word] shoyn, Reyzl! 
kum kum kum.
8. 
gey ikh mir a freylekher, 
zing un knak mir niselekh, 
her ikh af di treplekh loyfn 
ire drobne fiselekh. 
vider shteyt fartrakht dos gesl, 
s'hayzl vider shtum. 
kum tsu mir in kholem, reyzl, 
kum, kum, kum!