Moby Dick: The Yiddish Version

"Call me a shlemiel.  A while back – don’t matter how long exactly – being short on gelt and gunisht happening in the City, I made up my mind to ship out on a merchant ship..." 

from: Moby Dick: The Yiddish Version, Being the Story of a Nebbishy Mensch and a Groys Vays Gefilte Fish © 2010 Peter Basta Brightbill