Props: Toy hammer, saw, wood plane
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With my hammer I'll clop-clop-clop
Mit dem hammerl klop,klop, klop
With my saw I'll chop-chop-chop
Mit dem zegerl, zeg ,zeg, zeg
With my plane I'll smooth-smooth-smooth
Mit dem hubleh, hueb, hueb, hueb
And into a house I'll move.
Boyen kinderlakh zikh a shtub
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Both my hands will clap-clap-clap
Mit die hentalakh patch-patch-patch.
Both my feet will tap-tap-tap
Mit die fiesalakh tube-tube-tube
Clapping hands and tapping feet
Patchen hentealakh un tuppen fies.
This will make my life so sweet.
Arbet makht dos lehbn zies.
Notes: The tune starting at 1:35 in this YouTube video, the song Brother Come and Dance With Me from the opera Hansel and Gretel, may be related. See also, Carpenter, in this collection of Canadian elementary school songs. |