I don’t know if you know – Sholom Ber (from K&T 4) is the title character from the Shteeble-Hoppers song “Sholom Ber” (Break Out).
That’s where the whole thing about him having drowned comes from.
The Sheim Game is a straight-up cover of a non-Jewish
song, with “sheim” instead of “name.”
As for the others (from memory):
Aseh m’at
V’emor harbei
I talk too much and
You talk the whole day
Talking is cheap
Who cares what you say
Aseh m’at v’
Emor harbeh!
—
If you find somebody’s wallet on the street
Give it back
Give it back
If you find somebody’s wallet at your feet
Give it back
Oh, give it baaaaaaaack
So don’t put it off ’til later
‘Cause ha – shovas aveidah
is a mitzvah that will make you happy too
—
Oh everything has a place
And unlike the human race
I like to throw my stuff just anywhere I guess
…
I put jelly in my pocket
blow my nose like it’s a rocket
and I wear potato kugel on my head
…
and I eat my pickled herring in your bed
[Some of those foods are probably wrong.]
<Grins>
Oh, I’m gonna be your true blue friend oh I’m gonna be your friend
If someone starts a fight with you I’ll be there to defend you
And no matter what the outcome I’ll [stand by you?] to the end
‘Cause I’m gonna be your one and only best and true blue friend
(The verses I find a little harder to remember.)
Now let’s say Moish the meanie comes and takes away his bat
and says “This game is over, boys-now what do you think of that?”
…
He looks in all his pockets but he just can’t find a cent
[…?]
Well it’s Tuki to the rescue when there’s money to be lent
Ah, good old days.