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Krugom, arum un arum
lots of laughing from audience and a bit from the singer. Russian vocabulary pepper the Yiddish lyrics.
Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale
[Comments by informants in middle of song, followed by reprisal of chorus]
in 3/4 meter.
Chorus:
Zay-zhe mir gezint, mayn tayere kale
nokh dir vel ikh benkn oy mer vi nokh ale
zay mir gezint, un bet far mir G-t
men zol mir nisht naznatshet…
in 3/4 meter.
Chorus:
Zay-zhe mir gezint, mayn tayere kale
nokh dir vel ikh benkn oy mer vi nokh ale
zay mir gezint, un bet far mir G-t
men zol mir nisht naznatshet…
General Makarov
[Spoken introduction in English by informant before song] Reinstein narrates in English that the Kishinev pogrom coincided with the defeats the Russians suffered at the hands of the Japanese in the Russian-Japanese war. The Jews expressed this in a…
Veyn nit dushinke
[Note on typewritten tape log inside box:] From Alan Warshawsky's tape
A bokher fun 21 yor
[Note on typewritten tape log inside box:] Fragment. From Alan Warshawsky's tape
A blinde nakht un a reygn
[Note on typewritten tape log inside box:] Fragment. In 3/4 meter.
Kh’bin oysgeforn velder un felder, oy vey
Narrator comes across a murdered soldier, oy vey, his body is torn and blood spurts out. Three brothers are running away from him... Who will say kaddish over me, light candles...Who will come to my funeral? My trusted horse. Black birds come…
A leyterl tsum himl vel ikh shteln
Narrator: I will lay a ladder to heaven, crawl up and ask G-d why her beloved has to become a soldier. Beloved answers, you don’t have a ladder to heaven, I will after all have to become a soldier... You don’t need to wait for me. She states that…
Oyf di grine felder velder
...Who will say kadish over the dead solider who lies in the field? His trusted horse accompanies him to his funeral...
Ikh tu dir a brivele shraybn
A solider writes to his mother about his health. Slow and sad song.
a hant hot men mir aropgenumen
un af mayn oygn bin ikh mamenu blind
a hant hot men mir aropgenumen
un af mayn oygn bin ikh mamenu blind
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