Yiddisha Nightingale 1911 Irving Berlin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 7 January 2011
2011

Miss Minnie Rosenstein
had such a voice so fine,
just like Tettrazini,
any time that Minnie sang a song,
you'd think of real estate
seven blocks long.
Some song!
Young Mister Abie Cohn
used to call to her home
just to hear her singing,
Presents he was bringing,
Full of bliss!
One night young Abie
proposed to the Miss,
Like this!

Yiddisha Nightingale, sing me a song,
Your voice has got such sweetness,
that it makes me strong,
Yiddisha nightingale,
sing me a song,
I promise that I'll take you
on a long honeymoon.
I'd give a dollar to hear you, my queen,
I wouldn't give a nickle
to hear Tettrazini,
just to hear your cultivated voice
good and strong,
I'd serve a year in jail,
Yiddisha nightingale
won't you sing me a song?

Yiddisha Nightingale, sing me a song,
Your voice has got such sweetness,
that it makes me strong,
Yiddisha nightingale,
sing me a song,
I promise that I'll take you
on a long honeymoon.
I'd give a dollar to hear you, my queen,
I wouldn't give a nickle
to hear Tettrazini,
just to hear your cultivated voice
good and strong,
I'd serve a year in jail,
Yiddisha nightingale
won't you sing me a song?

Then said young Abie Cohn:
"I'm goin' to buy a home,
One that's made of marble,
Dear, where you can warble harmony,
and I don't care for expenses you see.
That's me!
I'll go and learn to play on the piano, say,
you sing while I'm playing,
People will be saying,
as they pass
and they look in
through the windowpane glass,
Some class!

Yiddisha Nightingale, sing me a song,
Your voice has got such sweetness,
that it makes me strong,
Yiddisha nightingale,
sing me a song,
I promise that I'll take you
on a long honeymoon.
I'd give a dollar to hear you, my queen,
I wouldn't give a nickle
to hear Tettrazini,
just to hear your cultivated voice
good and strong,
I'd serve a year in jail,
Yiddisha nightingale
won't you sing me a song?

Yiddisha Nightingale, sing me a song,
Your voice has got such sweetness,
that it makes me strong,
Yiddisha nightingale,
sing me a song,
I promise that I'll take you
on a long honeymoon.
I'd give a dollar to hear you, my queen,
I wouldn't give a nickle
to hear Tettrazini,
just to hear your cultivated voice
good and strong,
I'd serve a year in jail,
Yiddisha nightingale
won't you sing me a song?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Yiddisha Nightingale 1911 by Irving berlin
by Irving Berlin
© 1911 by Ted Snyder Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 7 January 2011 at 17.03
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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