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                                                                                                       Bublitschki
                                                                                      Music Uli Hooves, Lyrics  
Yakov Jadow 
                                                                                                                    Singers The Barry Sisters

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        The Russian song Bublitschki(English), "Бублички" (Russian) translated, are  pretzels or bagels . In 1922, it was written in the Russian languages by Yakov Jadow  from Odessa (Ukraine).  In that  same year, it was translated to Yiddish. I found that the composer could be Uli Hooves, but it has not been proven.
Bublitchki (bagels) was a very popular baked food (the same as in New York) . The Bagels Vendor would advertise bagels with loud voices at their stations. The song and the melody became so common during the NEP time in Bolshevik Russia, that later it was written into the Russian language with different wording. Bublitschki became widespread  in the USA  in 1939 when the Ziggy Elman Orchestra along with the Barry Sisters started to perform at the Theaters.
The lyrics of the song has been translated to many languages such Spanish, Argentina, Germany, and France ...etc.. This version became a success mainly due to the Barry Sisters .

Yiddish
Bublichki,
Koyft mayne beygelekh,
Heysinke bublichki!
Nu,  koyft...
Es kumt bald on di nakht,
Ikh shtey zikh tif fartrakht, 
Zet, mayn eygelekh
Zaynen farshvartst. 

Der frost indroysn brent,
Farfroyrn mayne hent,
Fun tsores zing ikh  mir
Mayn troy'rik lid. 

Nu, koyft zhe bublichki,
Heysinke beygelekh,
Di letste beygelekh, 
Nu, koyft, bay mir...
Ikh shtey aleyn in gas,
Fun regn ver ikh nas, 
Di letste beygelekh, 

Nu, koyft bay mir...
Di nakht es geyt farbay,
Der tog rukt on afsnay, 
Ikh shtey in gas un trakht,
Vos vet dokh zayn? 

Der veytik iz in hoyz,
Fun hunger gey ikh oys,
Oy, menchn, hert mayn  lid,
Fun hunger shvakh...
Bublichki, beygelekh,
Koyft mayne  bublichki...
Koyft!

English
Bagels! Hot Bagels! 
Come-and-get my bagels
Hot bagels, hot rolls
It’s almost night now
Here I stand deep in thought
See, how dark my eyes are! 
 
It’s freezing out here
My hands are frozen stiff
This sad song comes out of
My desperate troubles!
So! Come-and-get my bagels!
Hot bagels! Hot rolls!
My last few bagels
So! Come-and-buy my bagels! 

Here I stand all-alone in the street
Soaked through by the  rain
So! Come-and-buy my bagels
Night has fallen. There’s no light left. 
Here I stand thinking
What’s gonna be?
There’s nothing but pain at home
I’m so hungry, I’m about to faint 

Dear folks, hear my song
I’m so hungry I’m about to faint 
So! Come-and-buy my bagels
My last few bagels!