- Collection: The Ruth Rubin Legacy
- Collection: The Ruth Rubin Legacy
Aran, aran, lozt mikh aran
Also recorded in 1962 (song 7)
Megiles Ester (reading)
The informant recites from the Book of Esther, as he recalls it from his home town in Bessarabia. Source: Leyzer Axelbank’s tape
Purim shpilers
The informant, born in Ivia, Lithuania, recalls the Purimshpilers and the Purimshpil songs of her home town. (See Ruth Rubin’s article in Yiddish Folklore No. 3)
Aran, aran, lozt mikh aran
Recorded again in 1967 (song 11)
Ruvn, du bist der ferter zun fun Yankev
This old lady tells and sings or intones from her own recollection of the Mekhires-Yoysef shpil. Source: Allan Warshawsky’s tape.
Ikh bin payats fun der gantsener velt
From Mekhires-Yoysef shpil. Source: Allan Warshawsky’s tape.