A workers' song from 19th century Russia, from the collections of Ruth Rubin

Vos shloft ir, ir shlefer? Shteyt oyf! Shteyt oyf!
Vos shloft ir, shlefer, zo lang?
Git nor a kuk tsum himl aroyf,'
Vi sheyn iz die zone nokh ir oyfgang!

Genug shoyn tsu haltn di lodn farmakht!
Vos shloft ir, ir shlefer, in der finsterer nakht?
Genug shoyn tsu shlofn, ir shvester und brider!
Shteyt oyf! Dermintert aykh!
Shtiler, shtiler, on a gerider!
Zet, az ale zoln zayn glaykh!

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