ikh bin a border bay mayn vayb

All Songs / Miscellaneous ikh bin a boarder bay mayn vayb Composer: Rubin Doctor (1882- ca.1940) Yiddish Lyrics Ikh bin shoyn vider “singl,” punkt zoy vi a yingl,
mit mayn vaybl hob ikh zikh geget. Gedenkt hob ikh tsu “mufn,” a “room” gezukht tsu shlofn, Hot man vaybl mich ibergeredt: Vos darftstu zukhn glikn, in fremde "rums" zikh shtikn,
un zayn aleyn un redn tsu di vent. Blayb do iber punkt vi frier, zay a "border" yetst bay mir.
Vi a fremder tsol ikh ir dem rent. Ikh bin a "border" bay mayn vayb, oy gut, oy voyl, oy gut, mener, iz dos a tayrer "dzhab", Oy gut, oy voyl, oy gut. Zi attendet mika mit ales, Ven ikh kum fregt zi keyn shayles, ikh bin a "border" bay mayn vayb. Ikh zog aykh yetst oysdriklekh, az ikh fil zikh zeyer gliklekh, beser als a "border" eyder man. Ikh darf mayn vayb nit hitn, un onkumen in mitn, ven der "butsher" brengt dos fleysh arayn. Ikh bin gants fray fun zorgn, ikh darf nit layen, borgn,
 nit arbetn un brengen ir dos gelt. Nor zayt ikh bin in "bord" bay ir, iz mir gut gor on a shir,
 ikh es un trink nor un ikh bren a velt. Es iz a fargenign, ales ken ikh krign,
 vi a fremder "border" bay mayn vayb.
 Ikh bin gornit keyn griner, un yedn tog nokh "diner"
 leyg ikh zikh tsu azoy tsum tsayt-fartrayb. Oy, frier flegt zi mir sheltn, un iberkern veltn, gor mit a fremdn "border" in mayn shtib, nor zayt ikh bin in "bord" bay ir, iz zi azoy gut tsu mir, es kost mir bilik un zi hot mikh lib. Added online December 2001 Find this also at: https://yiddishsongs.org/ikh-bin-a-border-bay-mayn-vayb/ Here is a translation from https://www.milkenarchive.org/music/volumes/view/great-songs-of-the-american-yiddish-stage/work/ikh-bin-a-boarder-bay-mayn-vayb/ Lyrics by Reuben Doctor I’m a boarder at my wife’s. Guys, it’s a sweet deal. She attends to my every need. When I come home, she doesn’t ask any questions. I am a boarder at my wife’s. I’m single once again, single like a young boy. I’ve divorced my wife. I thought about moving out, I looked for a room to lodge, but my wife persuaded me: “Why do you need to look for bargains And be cramped in strange rooms, And be alone and talk to the walls. Stay here just like before. Be a boarder now with me.” So like a boarder, I pay her rent. I’m a boarder at my wife’s. It’s so nice, so good. Guys, it’s a sweet deal. She attends to my every need. When I come home, she doesn’t ask any questions. I am a boarder at my wife’s. It’s a pleasure; I can get it all as a stranger boarding at my wife’s. I’m no greenhorn, and every day, after dinner, I lie down, just to pass the time Oh, earlier she used to curse me and make a big hullabaloo, Even when there was a stranger boarding in my house. But ever since I became a boarder at her place, she is so good to me. It costs me little, and she loves me.