ALTEH BUCK
I’m an alteh buck I’m an old buck
Foon old Kentuck From old Kentuck
Uhn ich triypst tsu town And I drive to town
Lookin’ like a schmuck (schmuck is vulgar for stupid jerk
literally, «penis»)
Oy, ich triypst arum Oh, I traipse around
Ahf a fehrdteleh On a little horse
Ich hob der ganseh veldt I regard the whole world
In d’rehrdtelleh [as belonging] in hell
(if not in «hell», at least dead &
buried — «in the earth»)
Yippee ay oh kiyay
Oy, Yippee ay oh kiyay [The word for horse, «fehrdt» and
the word for hell, «d’rehrdt» (the
earth), are both in the grammatical
form, «affectionate-diminutive»]
tune: I’m an Old Cowhand
From Ray Sinick, riding instructor at the Fallsview Lodge
and Evergreen Manor (bygone), Ellenville, NY
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