All I Got Was Words

Speaking of words... here's a really old classic.

All I Got Was Words
by: unknown

When I was young and fancy free
My folks had no fine clothes for me
All I got was words:
Gott vet geben!
Gott tsu dankn!
Zoll mir nur leben un sein gezund.

When I was wont to travel far
They didn't provide me with a car
All I got was words:
Gay gezunt!
Fuhr pamelech!
Hob a glicklikhe reise!

I wanted to increase my knowledge
But they couldn't send me to college,
All I got was words:
Hob seichel!
Zei nit kein nahr!
Toire iz di beste schoire!

The years have flown. The world has turned.
Things I have forgotten, things I've learned,
Yet I remember:
Zog dem eemss!
Gib tsedakah!
Hob rachmaness!
Zei a mentsch!