As ich ken kein mame nit sein, Yiddish-American song

"Since I cannot be a mother." "My luck is asleep. I cannot have a child, nor have the joys of being a parent and grandparent. There is no remedy for my illness. The sun shines, but not for me." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General)