Der Rebbe Elimelech is a Yiddish song written in 1927 by Moshe Nadir and loosely based on the English traditional song Old King Cole.
Lyrics and translation
(first verse)
Az der Rebbe Elimeylekh
Iz gevorn zeyer freylekh,
(Iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, Elimeylekh,)
Hot er oysgeton di tfilin
Un hot ongeton di briln
Un geshikt nokh di fidlers di tsvey.
Un di fidldike fidlers
Hobn fidldik gefidlt.
Hobn fidldik gefildt hobn zey!
English translation
When Rabbi Elimelekh
Became happy,
(Became happy, Elimelekh)
He took off his tefillen
And he put on his glasses
And he sent for his two fiddlers.
And the fiddledika fiddlers
Fiddledika fiddled!
Oh, they fiddledika fiddled!
References
Der Rebbe Elimelech Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA