Google is off:
Here is my version:
"My darling let me cuddle at your bosom,
she immediately starts crying, I don't have one (meaning a bosom)
and the one I had yesterday was made of cotton wool balls
and ( to buy) a new one (meaning bosom) each day is too expensive.
Bianca
On Sep 30, 2015, at 6:42 AM, "Taylor, Miriam R" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrot=
e:
> What a very nice ditty!
> And even though Kalman was not a Czernowitzer,
> This ditty is very much in the spirit of Czernowitz
> In the 1920-ies and thirties.
>
> For those who understand:
>
> "Mine Liebchen lass mich schmusen an Deinem Busen,
> da fängt sie an zu weinen, ich hab doch keinen
> Und den ich gestern hatte, der war aus Watte
> Und jeden Tag ein neuer, dass ist zu teuer."
>
> Mimi
>
> [ We don't do 'For those who understand' -- how about a translation
> for those who are Germanically challenged?
>
> Here's what Google says, but surely you could do better than this:
>
> " Mine darling let me cuddle in thy bosom ,
> as it begins to cry , but I did not
> And I had yesterday , which was made ​​of cotton wool
> And every day a new , that is too expensive . "
>
> --moderator J.]
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