X: 1
T: Hop! Mayne Homntashn!
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
S: printed MS of unknown origin
K: D
"Verse"\
|: "D"AA "A7"GE | "D"DD "A7"A,>A, | "D"DD "A7"EE |1 "D"F2 "A7"A2 :|2 "D"D2 D2 |]
w: 1.Yach-ne-Dvo-she fort in mark, zi halt zich in eyn pa-kn,
w:   For oyf Pu-rim koy-fn-mel,* ho-mn-ta-shn | | ba-kn.
"Chorus"\
[| "G"Bz BB | "G"Bc dB | "D"Az AA | "D"A2 d2 |
w: Hop! may-ne ho-mn-ta-shn. Hop! may-ne vay-se.
   "G"GG GG | "D"FG "A7"AG | "D"FF "A7"EE | "D"D2 Dz |]
w: Hop! mit may-ne ho-mn-ta-shn, hot pa-sirt a may-se!
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W:2.S'geyt a regn, s'gety a shney, es kapet fun di decher.
W:Yachne firt shoyn korn-mel, in a zak mit lecher.
W:   --Chorus--
W:3.Nisht kaynhonig, nisht kayn mon, un fargesn heyvn,
W:Yachne mache shoyn homntashn, es bakt zich shoyn in oyvn ...
W:   --Chorus--
W:4.Yachne trogt shoyn shalach-mones, tsu der bobe Yente--
W:Tsvey-dray homntashn, halb-roy, halb-farbrente.
W:   --Chorus--
W:
W:Yachne-Dvoshe's in a dither, packing for the market place.  She is off to buy the flour to bake Purim
W:cakes.  (Ho, my homentashn!  Ho, my white delights!  Ho, my homentashn didn't come out quite right!)
W:It's raining, it's snowing, the roofs are dripping, Yachne's bringing cornmeal home in a bag that's
W:ripping.  She's brought no honey, no poppy-seed, and forgot the yeast.  But Yachne's making
W:homentashn.  They're in the oven, at least.  Yachne's carrying her Purim gift to her mother-in-law,
W:two or three homentashm, half-burnt and half-raw.