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about

Adapted from the soundtrack if Yiddish cinema's screwball masterpiece, Americaner Shadkhn [American Matchmaker, dir. Edgar Ulmer, USA, 1940]; originally sung by Nat Gold, the film's title character (played by Leo Fuchs), an elegant, unmarriageable New Yorker and much hinted-at closet case...
[More in liner notes]

lyrics

English translation:
I'm not angry at you for this sad joke
It was destined this way
I wasn't worthy of you
Every time I think of it
A foolish tear rolls down my cheek...

[Complete Yiddish lyrics, transliteration and English translation in liner notes]

credits

from Mosaic Persuasion, released July 1, 2001
Lyrics: William [Wolf] Mercur, music: Sam Morgenstern
Arranged by Eve Sicular, Steve Elson, Pam Fleming and Debra Kreisberg

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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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