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YOU
GOTTA
HEARTHAVE
Iby I. Kinek a person who faced many challenges. Al- The operation was performed and the
f you – like Jack Benny – are over though a prolific songwriter, some of his bone was removed. Chiyeh was the hap-
the age of 39, you may remember a works took a nosedive, so to speak. His piest animal on the planet when he left
tune entitled “You Gotta Have Heart,” greatest challenge was battling cancer, the animal clinic. Yankel had “miles and
which was popularized by singer Ed- and this tune may have been written to miles of heart,” because, regardless of the
die Fisher. Anybody remember? It overcome the terrible disease. The song, high fee, he chose to spare the life of his
went like this: which suggests overcoming tsoress pet Chiyeh.
(troubles), probably helped him, because
You gotta have heart, Richard went on to live until he was 90! When Your Luck Is Battin’ Zero
All you really need is heart. Sam Kupdrayer had a job at the Smith
When the odds are sayin’ The lyrics have interesting concepts Glass Company that consisted of de-
You’ll never win, and here are a few maises (stories) that livering glass panes to customers. Two
That’s when the grin should start. further embellish the meaning of the persons were required to deliver the
lyrics: glass safely. Unfortunately his coworker
You’ve gotta have hope was a recently arrived immigrant from
Mustn’t sit around and mope. You Gotta Have Heart the kingdom of Jordan, one Abdul ben
Nothin’s half as bad as it may appear Yankel and Bracha Sinowitz lived in an Ahnut.
Wait’ll next year and hope. interesting house located in an American
shtetl (town) called Goyville. In addition When they shlepped glass, they had
When your luck is battin’ zero, to their two children, Sorer and Morer, to cooperate with one another. But,
Get your chin up off the floor. they had a pet dog named Chiyeh. One unfortunately, after the glass was deliv-
Mister you can be a hero, day Chiyeh took a bite on a chicken bone ered they remembered that they were
You can open any door. and began coughing without letup – not traditional enemies. One fahrtumult
There’s nothin’ to it but to do it. a minor cough, you understand, but a (confused) morning, after a heavy rain,
cough that shook the walls of the house. both Abdul and Sam were oysgemahtert
You got to have heart, (exhausted). They were carrying a large
Miles n’ miles n’ miles of heart. Yankel took the dog to a veterinarian pane of glass up the stairs of a building,
Oh, it’s fine to be a genius of course, named John Hunter, who examined Chi- and Abdul had a terrific urge to sneeze.
But keep that old horse before the cart. yeh and he casually stated that he could So, voss zoll ehhr tawn (what to do)? He
First, you gotta have heart! either euthanize the dog for a small fee sneezed, what else?
or operate for big bucks – and he didn’t
The song was composed by Richard Adler mean deer! “You’ve gotta have a heart!” The pane slipped from Abdul’s hands,
shouted Yankel, “Operate on my poor and Sam followed his lead. The pane
Chiyeh!” turned into an assortment of pieces of
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GOTTA
HEARTHAVE
Iby I. Kinek a person who faced many challenges. Al- The operation was performed and the
f you – like Jack Benny – are over though a prolific songwriter, some of his bone was removed. Chiyeh was the hap-
the age of 39, you may remember a works took a nosedive, so to speak. His piest animal on the planet when he left
tune entitled “You Gotta Have Heart,” greatest challenge was battling cancer, the animal clinic. Yankel had “miles and
which was popularized by singer Ed- and this tune may have been written to miles of heart,” because, regardless of the
die Fisher. Anybody remember? It overcome the terrible disease. The song, high fee, he chose to spare the life of his
went like this: which suggests overcoming tsoress pet Chiyeh.
(troubles), probably helped him, because
You gotta have heart, Richard went on to live until he was 90! When Your Luck Is Battin’ Zero
All you really need is heart. Sam Kupdrayer had a job at the Smith
When the odds are sayin’ The lyrics have interesting concepts Glass Company that consisted of de-
You’ll never win, and here are a few maises (stories) that livering glass panes to customers. Two
That’s when the grin should start. further embellish the meaning of the persons were required to deliver the
lyrics: glass safely. Unfortunately his coworker
You’ve gotta have hope was a recently arrived immigrant from
Mustn’t sit around and mope. You Gotta Have Heart the kingdom of Jordan, one Abdul ben
Nothin’s half as bad as it may appear Yankel and Bracha Sinowitz lived in an Ahnut.
Wait’ll next year and hope. interesting house located in an American
shtetl (town) called Goyville. In addition When they shlepped glass, they had
When your luck is battin’ zero, to their two children, Sorer and Morer, to cooperate with one another. But,
Get your chin up off the floor. they had a pet dog named Chiyeh. One unfortunately, after the glass was deliv-
Mister you can be a hero, day Chiyeh took a bite on a chicken bone ered they remembered that they were
You can open any door. and began coughing without letup – not traditional enemies. One fahrtumult
There’s nothin’ to it but to do it. a minor cough, you understand, but a (confused) morning, after a heavy rain,
cough that shook the walls of the house. both Abdul and Sam were oysgemahtert
You got to have heart, (exhausted). They were carrying a large
Miles n’ miles n’ miles of heart. Yankel took the dog to a veterinarian pane of glass up the stairs of a building,
Oh, it’s fine to be a genius of course, named John Hunter, who examined Chi- and Abdul had a terrific urge to sneeze.
But keep that old horse before the cart. yeh and he casually stated that he could So, voss zoll ehhr tawn (what to do)? He
First, you gotta have heart! either euthanize the dog for a small fee sneezed, what else?
or operate for big bucks – and he didn’t
The song was composed by Richard Adler mean deer! “You’ve gotta have a heart!” The pane slipped from Abdul’s hands,
shouted Yankel, “Operate on my poor and Sam followed his lead. The pane
Chiyeh!” turned into an assortment of pieces of
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