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Vos mir vanen vos mir bir

Title

Vos mir vanen vos mir bir

Date

1964

Description

[Spoken introduction in Yiddish by informant before song] People would come into a restaurant and sing along. Song contrasts conditions, "What is rich is not poor, what is crooked is not straight..."

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Citation

“Vos mir vanen vos mir bir,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1954.
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