English

Children's song of cats and mice

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef Meʾir
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018
Translator: 
Shmuel Meʾir

Translation: 

Lyrics:

Once upon a time, there were a chicken and a rooster – story begins.

Once upon a time, there were a cat and a mouse – story ends.

More info: 

This children’s story was probably told when the parent had no patience to tell a long story.