Mikhalku | מיכאַלקו | A Cumulative Yiddish Children's Song

Did you recognize all the instruments in this song? I learned Mikhalku / מיכאַלקו cumulative Yiddish children’s song from the book of Jewish folk songs and Yiddish in English, compiled and edited, with English adaptations by Ruth Rubin (1989 edition), as well as recordings within the Ruth Rubin archive. You can find other versions of this song in earlier Yiddish songbooks like Undzer gezang / אונזער געזאַנג / Our Singing (Warsaw, 1930) Yidishe folks-lider / ייִדישע פאָלקס-לידער / Yiddish Folksongs (Kyiv, 1938) published in a Soviet Yiddish orthography and Mayselekh far kinder / מעשהלעך פאַר קינדער / Stories for Children / Cuentos para niños (Mexico, 1947) assembled for the children of Ashkenazi immigrants attending el Colegio Israelita de México in Mexico City Might be fun to line up and compare all the different vocalizations used for each instrument, as there is some variation among their Yiddish onomatopoeia. Lyrics: Chorus האָב איך מיר אַ קלײנעם מיכאַלקו, מיכאַלקו, hob ikh mir a kleynem mikhalku, mikhalku, I have a buddy, Mikhalku, Mikhalku, װױנט ער אױף דער לאַנגער גאַס voynt er af der langer gas. he lives on the long street. מאַכט ער מיר װאָס ער װיל, makht er mir vos er vil, He makes for me what he wants, מאַכט ער מיר װאָס ער קען: makht er mir vos er ken: he makes for me what he can: Verse מאַכט ער מיר אַ [פֿײַפֿעלע], makht er mir a [fayfele], he makes me a [whistle], דאָס [פֿײַפֿעלע] מאַכט אַזױ: [dos fayfele] makht azoy: the [whistle] sounds like this: [פֿלופֿלופֿלו, פֿלופֿלופֿלו] [flu flu flu, flu flu flu] [אַזױ מאַכט [דאָס פֿײַפֿעלע! azoy makht [dos fayfele]! this is what the [whistle] sounds like! [add cumulative instrument sounds in subsequent verses here] Other Instruments and Sounds: דאָס פּײַקעלע… טאַראַ־באַם־באַם־באַם dos paykele… tara-bam-bam-bam drum דאָס פֿידעלע… פֿידל־דידל־דידל dos fidele… fidl-didl-didl fiddle דאָס צימבעלע… צים־צים־צים (אָדער צים־בים־בים) dos tsimbele… tsim-tsim-tsim (or tsim-bim-bim) tsimbl, cimbalom, hammered dulcimer די טרובעצקע… טרו־טרו־טרו di trubetske… tru-tru-tru bugle