Lyrics

Ale Brider – The Levins’ version
© 2010 The Levins
We are all together and we sing and dance forever
Ale brider, ale shvester, michbucha!
(We are all brothers, we are all sisters- family!)
When we sing we’re not divided. When we dance we are delighted-
Ale Shvester, ale brider, mishbucha!
(We are all brothers, we are all sisters- family!)
Un mir zinen ale brider- un mir zingen frelich lider
(We sing happy songs as brothers. We stick together like nobody else does!)
Ale shvester, ale brider- mishbucha!
(We are all brothers, we are all sisters- family!)
Ya la li li li li li li li – yay li li
Ya la li li li li li li li
Ya la li li li li li li li – yay li li
Oy, Oy, oy, OY, oy yoy yoy, yoy yoy!
La la la la…
Because we are a family, we treat each other joyously
Forgetting all our quarrels and our cares.
No matter what we have we share and when we sing we care
For one another, sister brother, mishbucha! (Family)
Un mir halten zeekin anum
Azelkis is nito bi canum
(We are all united whether we are many of few and we love each other.)
Ale brider, ale shvester- Mischbucha!
(We are all brothers, we are all sisters- family!)
Ya la li li li li li li li – yay li li
Ya la li li li li li li li
Ya la li li li li li li li – yay li li
Oy, Oy, oy, OY, oy yoy yoy, yoy yoy!
Ale Brider was originally a yiddish worker’s song adapted from text by Morris
Winchevsky.