ir hot gevis, libe mentshn, gehert
vos in new Orleans hot zikh farlofn
amerikaner shif hot zikh ibergekert
un file mentshn zenen dertrunken gevorn
shtelt's aykh for, libe mentshn, dem khurbn
vi groys iz geven gots tsorn
ven fil vaser iz arayn in di bourbon
un in di gasn iz alts farloshn gevorn
oy, khosn kale zenen zikh gezesn in freydn,
zeyer freyd hot dokh keyner nisht geshtert,
zey hobn geshrign,
"liber got, vos tustu undz tsesheydn?"
ober der prezident hot zikh
tsu zey nisht tsugehert
vos in new Orleans hot zikh farlofn
amerikaner shif hot zikh ibergekert
un file mentshn zenen dertrunken gevorn
shtelt's aykh for, libe mentshn, dem khurbn
vi groys iz geven gots tsorn
ven fil vaser iz arayn in di bourbon
un in di gasn iz alts farloshn gevorn
oy, khosn kale zenen zikh gezesn in freydn,
zeyer freyd hot dokh keyner nisht geshtert,
zey hobn geshrign,
"liber got, vos tustu undz tsesheydn?"
ober der prezident hot zikh
tsu zey nisht tsugehert