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Terkisher Navratilova
04:52
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Ot azoy neyt a shnayder
Ot azoy varft er shtekh
A shnayder neyt un neyt un neyt
Un hot kadukhes, nit keyn breyt
[That's the way a tailor sews
That's how he throws the stiches
A tailor sews and sews and sews
And has plagues, but not any bread]
[Liner notes contain Yiddish lyrics, transliteration and English translation]
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Pick a Pocket or Two
02:35
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Shpil Du Fidl, Shpil
03:20
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Play you fiddle, play
Play a lovesong for me
Only you alone know
How it haunts and tugs at my heart...
[Complete lyrics in Yiddish, transliteration and English translation in liner notes]
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Soothsayer Taxim
01:14
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Tailor's Sher
03:09
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Instrumental (melody also corresponds to folk song "Forn forstu fun mir avek")
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Striver's Sher
01:32
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Dreaming Wizard
02:54
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In England is a town called Leicester
And in London there is such a square.
In this square three sisters stand every day,
The girls they know someone or other.
The youngest one sells flowers there,
The middle girl, shoe laces and bows,
And late at night you can see
The eldest one, who sells herself.
The two younger ones both regard
Their older sister without hate;
Because all three girls look with contempt
On the world, and the city, and the street.
And yet, when the two youngest come back
To the nest they call "home",
They moisten the flowers and shoelaces
With tear which stay private.
[Yiddish lyrics, transliteration and English translation in liner notes]
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Kinder Yorn
00:32
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Dem milners trern / The Miller's Tears [Yiddish & translation below: Final verse]
Vu vel ikh voynen, ver vet mikh shoynen?
Ikh bin shoyn alt, ikh bin shoyn mid;
Di reder dreyen zikh, di yorn geyen zikh
Un oykh mit zey geyt oys der yid.
Where shall I live? Who shall spare me?
I'm already old, I'm already tired;
The wheels are turning, the years are passing
And with them, the Jew passes.
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Moses' Morning After
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Metropolitan Klezmer New York, New York
METROPOLITAN KLEZMER, established in 1994, brings eclectic exuberance to Yiddish musical genres from all over the map. Performing vibrant versions of lesser-known gems from wedding dance, trance, folk, swing and tango styles, as well as soundtrack material from vintage Yiddish films, they re-invent tradition with both irreverence and respect… an exhilarating journey! ... more
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