Meeskite Songtext
von Peter Sallis

Now, the only word that you have to know in order to
Understand this little song is the Yiddish word "misgaike
" "Misgaike" means "ugly, funny looking." "Misgaike" means

Misgaike, misgaike
Once upon a time, there was a misgaike, misgaike
Looking in the mirror, he would say, "What an awful shock
I′ve got a face that could stop a clock."
Misgaike, misgaike
Such a pity on him, he's a misgaike, misgaike
God up in his heaven left him out on a shaky limb
He put a misgaike on him

But listen, he grew up. Even misgikes grow up

Soon in the cheder, means Hebrew school
He sat beside this little girl
When he asked her her name, she replied, "I′m Pearl."
He ran to the zayder, means grandfather
And said in that screechy voice of his
"You told me I was the homeliest
Well, gramps, you're wrong, Pearl is!"


Misgaike, misgaike

No one ever saw a bigger misgaike, misgaike
Everywhere a flaw
And maybe that is the reason why
I'm going to love her until I die
Misgaike, misgaike

Oh, is it a pleasure
She′s a misgaike, misgaike
She′s the one I'll treasure
For I thought there would never be
A bigger misgaike than me

Isn′t that funny?

So they were married
And in a year, she turned and smiled
"I'm afraid I am going to have a child"
Nine months she carried
Worrying how that child would look
All the cousins were worried too
But what a turn fate took


Gorgeous, gorgeous
They produced a baby that was gorgeous, gorgeous
Crowding ′round the cradle, all the relatives "ah'd" and "ooh′d"
"He ought to pose for a baby food!"
Gorgeous, gorgeous
Would I tell a lie?
He's simply gorgeous, gorgeous
Who'd have ever thought that we would see such a flawless gem
Out of two misgikes like them?

But wait, because this story has a moral. All my stories have morals

Moral, moral
Yes, indeed, the story has a moral, moral
Though you′re not a beauty, it is nevertheless quite true
There may be beautiful things in you

Misgaike, misgaike
Listen to the fable of the misgaike, misgaike
Anyone responsible for loveliness, large or small
Is not a misgaike at all!