Train Across Ukraine

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