There were Jewish musicians who Who's life music was A Jewish wedding or a Jewish holiday Can not go by without shedding a lot of tears We must do a lot of crying We cry always When a baby is born we cry Why, tears of joy When the baby becomes Bar or Bat Mitswa we cry When we leave them to the weddings, to the choepa, we cry All nations the world over, all people Whenever they celebrate the new year They dance into the new year We swim into ours, we used to say Because if you went into the Rosj Hasjana If you walked into the synagogue You could swim into the ocean of tears Oi va voi, this is your name, Oi va voi