RUTZA, RUTZA (HURRY, HURRY)
(Paul Laub / Sadie Hurwitz / Robert Conlan)


The Bell Sisters - 1952




(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza) 


Mama! 


(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza)
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry)
Ooh-ooo-ooo-oooh! 


Mama! 


Mama, Mama, Mama
There's dancing in the street
Elana and Deborah
Have wings upon their feet
The town is filled with laughter
And all the people shout
Oh, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma, Mama
We must hurry out 


Oh where, where's a ribbon
To tie around my hair? 


Mama! 


They gather in the marketplace
>From every distant land
Each dancer of the Hora knows
That love's a common band
And there is one among them
So winsome and so fair
Oh Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma, Mama
We must hurry there 


I fear a pretty maiden
Will steal his heart away 


Mama! 


(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza)
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Ooh-ooo-ooo-oooh! 


Mama!


(Instrumental Break)


(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza)
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Ooh-ooo-ooo-oooh! 


Mama! 


There's danger in his flashing eyes
His laugh is wild and free (Hey!)
He's stronger than a dozen men
He's taller than a tree (Hey!)
And when I look into his eyes
I know he'll understand
Oh Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma, Mama
May I hold his hand? 


And if he wants to marry me
And if you should agree
Oh, Mama, Mama, Mama
How happy I would be!


(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza)
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
(Rutza, rutza, rutza, rutza
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Ooh-ooo-ooo-oooh! 


(Oh, rutza, Mama, rutza, Mama)
Hurry, hurry up! 


HEY!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2006)