I am the traveler, third class.
My name is Hello How Are You
Is this seat taken, you may ask
Of the traveler in third class.
Ikh bin a reyzener, dritte klass
Mayn nomen Sholem Aleichem
Zanyato? Fregt men mir
Dem reyzener dritte klass.
The things I've seen
And in between
Eleven months of the year
On the road with you, my dear.
Girls in white, men in black,
Dogs and cats, brass and tack,
Golden teeth, crooked track
Gonna take the train right back.
My name is Hello How Are You
Is this seat taken, you may ask
Of the traveler in third class.
Ikh bin a reyzener, dritte klass
Mayn nomen Sholem Aleichem
Zanyato? Fregt men mir
Dem reyzener dritte klass.
Through fields of grain
In snow and rain
Eleven months of the year
In the train across Ukraine.
Girls in black, men in white
Children yell, women fight.
Golden dreams, dimming light
Then I take the train all night.
My name is Sholem Aleichem
Is this seat taken, you may ask
Of the traveler in third class.
Ikh bin a reyzener, dritte klass
Mayn nomen Hello How Are You
Zanyato? Fregt men mir
Dem reyzener dritte klass.
The things I've seen and in between
Eleven months of the year
On the road with you, my dear.
Through fields of grain and snow and rain
Eleven months of the year
In the train across Ukraine