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Dray Shvester [Three Sisters]

from Surprising Finds by Metropolitan Klezmer

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Another tale of the 19th-century London Jewish underworld, written by Morris Winchevsky (1856 - 1932), born Bentsion Novakhovitch in Yanova, near Kaunas [Kovne], Lithuania. Winchevsky, who had once studied to be a rabbi, began writing poetry in Hebrew, and was eventually jailed for a time as a Socialist activist...
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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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from Surprising Finds, released February 13, 2014
M. Winchevsky, arranged by Metropolitan Klezmer

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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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