| Fort a fisher afn yam,
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| Er fort aroys baginen,
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| Es hoft der fisher, min-hastam
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| Fishelekh gefinen…
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| Fishelekh gefinen.
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| Murmlen khvalyes shtil far zikh,
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| Der yam iz a batribter,
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| Tsi iz der yam azoy vi ikh
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| Oykhet a farlibter?
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| Oykhet a farlibter?
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| Gey ikh mir baym breg ot do,
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| Un tu mayn kholem shpinen,
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| Efsher vel ikh ergets vu,
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| Mayn libstn nokh gefinen.
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| Mayn libstn nokh gefinen.
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| Kumt der fisher troyerik,
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| Er hot keyn fish gefangen,
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| Un ikh bin moreshkhoyredik,
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| A kholem iz fargangen.
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| A kholem iz fargangen.
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| A fisherman sets out to sea
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| Just as the day is breaking,
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| Hoping, not surprisingly,
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| To find fish for the taking.
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| To find fish for the taking.
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| Waves murmur softly, each to each,
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| There’s sadness in the sea,
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| Is that water by the beach
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| As deep in love as me?
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| As deep in love as me?
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| Here I walk along the shore,
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| And let my dreams be spun;
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| Maybe somewhere yet I’ll find
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| My true beloved one.
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| My true beloved one.
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| The fisherman comes back, he’s sad
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| He hasn’t caught a fish
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| I’m melancholy, feeling bad,
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| My dream’s a dying wish.
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| Tra-la-la, la-la, la-la-la,
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| My dream’s a dying wish.
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| David Krakauer: clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals
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| David Licht: drums
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| Frank London: trumpet, cornet, alto horn, piano, organ, vocals
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| Paul Morrissett: bass, vocals
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| Lorin Sklamberg: lead vocals, accordion, piano
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| Alicia Svigals: violin, vocals
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| With:
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| BETTY (Amy Ziff, Bitzy Ziff and Alyson Palmer): background vocals
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| Mark Ribot: electric guitar
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| Matt Darriau: alto sax |