# Does anyone know this German/Polish/Jewish song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 19, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134 "2025-01-19T16:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/1 "2025-01-19T16:09:19Z")
Someone on Re\*\*it is trying to find a song that their grandmother used to sing… Does anyone recognise it ? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UC1c7nFm_zs/hqdefault.jpg "bedtime song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1c7nFm_zs) Cheers ! ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/2 "2025-01-19T18:09:03Z")
My Jewish grandmother, who spoke fluent Yiddish as a child, never spoke or sung it as an adult, at least in front of us kids. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/3 "2025-01-19T19:15:52Z")
That’s definitely NOT Polish, for whatever help that’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/4 "2025-01-19T19:16:32Z")
Is it the song in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAttn\_ooYlA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAttn_ooYlA) ? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/5 "2025-01-19T19:52:31Z")
It sounds like Yiddish to me. I’ll play it for my Mom. She’s fluent in Yiddish. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/6 "2025-01-19T19:53:00Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Is it the song in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAttn\_ooYlA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAttn_ooYlA) ? Not helpful ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/7 "2025-01-19T19:53:49Z")
Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/8 "2025-01-19T20:12:59Z")
It’s definitely Yiddish. She could only make out a few words and is unfamiliar with the melody. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/9 "2025-01-19T20:20:02Z")
Thanks - and to mom ! Could you let me know any words she can make out ? Might help with the search. Cheers ! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/10 "2025-01-19T20:27:18Z")
My stepdad isn’t feeling well so I don’t want to bother her again today. I’ll call her tomorrow. I recognized one word. “Almonds” phonetically it’s something like mahn-doh-len ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/11 "2025-01-19T20:41:13Z")
Is there an AI that can translate it? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/12 "2025-01-19T20:45:51Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I recognized one word. “Almonds” phonetically it’s something like mahn-doh-len I heard “_Rozhinkes mit Mandlen_” (raisins and almonds), though it doesn’t sound like any version of [the Yiddish lullaby with that title](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisins_and_Almonds) I know. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/13 "2025-01-19T21:05:57Z")
It’s definitely not that. That was my lullaby and it’s the reason that I knew that particular word. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/14 "2025-01-19T21:34:03Z")
I hear: Segullah - something precious, protected? Faygele - little bird, little girl? You could try posting to the Yiddish subreddit? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/15 "2025-01-19T21:55:37Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Faygele - little bird, little girl? Unrelated but also pejorative slang for a gay man. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/16 "2025-01-19T22:02:14Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@Ellecram](#): > > > > Faygele - little bird, little girl? > > Unrelated but also pejorative slang for a gay man. Yes but if it is an old lullaby it was before that became popular I believe. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/17 "2025-01-19T22:16:57Z")
I literally said that it was unrelated. Even if it was a new lullaby it wouldn’t be in the words. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/18 "2025-01-19T22:24:06Z")
Calm down - I was simply explaining for those who might read this and not understand. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/19 "2025-01-19T22:29:11Z")
Ok. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134/20 "2025-01-20T12:24:02Z")
Thanks for all the help folks. It is possible, of course, that it was an original ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134.md?page=2)