Dzhankoye is a Yiddish Song about a farming collective.
November 25, 2009
Ven ikh nem
“Ven ikh nem gezegnen zikh” is a Yiddish song that’s very hard to find. It’s about a man telling his family he wants to join the Bolsheviks.
Yiddish:
Ven ikh nem gezegnen zikh
Mit der mame
Loyft di gantse shtib oyf gikh
Zikh tsuzamen
Loyft di gantse shtib oyf gikh
Zikh tsuzamen
Vi zhe geystu hey du yat?
Yusl shoyte
Vils gor veren a soldat bay die royte
Vils gor veren a soldat bay die royte
Es hobn di royte kayn giver
Kayn soldatn
Svet dem Bolshevik on dir
Gournit shatn
Svet dem Bolshevik on dir
Gournit shatn
Dan geshtanen dan bin ikh
Zey tsu zogn
Hudyet tsu beveynen mir
Hudyet klugn
Hudyet tsu beveynen mir
Hudyet klugn
English:
When I started saying goodbye
To my mother
Everyone in the house rushed in
All together
Everyone in the house rushed in
All together
So where the heck are you going
You jerk?
I want to be a solider with the red army
I want to be a solider with the red army
They have not guns
No soldiers
There will be Bolsheviks even without you
They wont miss you
There will be Bolsheviks even without you
They wont miss you
Then I stood up
to tell them
Its useless to cry for me
Its useless to wail
Its useless to cry for me
Its useless to wail
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Tum Balalika means literally, strum the balalaika (string instrument). The song, however, is about a how a boy chooses a wife and how the woman shows off her cleverness. You can see it here performed by Die Freyliche Knaidlach.
Die Freyliche Knaidlach is a singing group comprised of 4 wonderful women (Rita Rubinstein, Susan Goldsamt, Michele Peck, and Ruth Newhouse). They have performed widely from college campuses to senior venues and more sharing the songs and stories of our past as well as new material. Their beautiful and strong performances speak for themselves! If you’d like to reach them, please email: rknaydel2@verizon.net.
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This is Lou and Belle sitting at a kitchen table singing all the songs they could think of.
Tum Balalaika by Die Freyliche Knaidlach
Tum Balalika means literally, strum the balalaika (string instrument). The song, however, is about a how a boy chooses a wife and how the woman shows off her cleverness. You can see it here performed by the Die Freyliche Knaidlach.
Die Freyliche Knaidlach is a singing group comprised of 4 wonderful women (Rita Rubinstein, Susan Goldsamt, Michele Peck, and Ruth Newhouse). They have performed widely from college campuses to senior venues and more sharing the songs and stories of our past as well as new material. Their beautiful and strong performances speak for themselves! If you’d like to reach them, please email: rknaydel2@verizon.net.
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Die Freyliche Knaidlach is a singing group comprised of 4 wonderful women (Rita Rubinstein, Susan Goldsamt, Michele Peck, and Ruth Newhouse). They have performed widely from college campuses to senior venues and more sharing the songs and stories of our past as well as new material. Their beautiful and strong performances speak for themselves! If you’d like to reach them, please email: rknaydel2@verizon.net
Die Freyliche Knaidlach
Die Freyliche Knaidlach is a singing group comprised of 4 wonderful women (Rita Rubinstein, Susan Goldsamt, Michele Peck, and Ruth Newhouse). They have performed widely from college campuses to senior venues and more sharing the songs and stories of our past as well as new material. Their beautiful and strong performances speak for themselves! If you’d like to reach them, please email: rknaydel2@verizon.net
Note: Die Freyliche Knaidlach have their own page: www.YiddishLives.com/FK
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Die Freyliche Knaidlach is a singing group comprised of 4 wonderful women (Rita Rubinstein, Susan Goldsamt, Michele Peck, and Ruth Newhouse). They have performed widely from college campuses to senior venues and more sharing the songs and stories of our past as well as new material. Their beautiful and strong performances speak for themselves! If you’d like to reach them, please email: rknaydel2@verizon.net.
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Die Freyliche Knaidlach is a singing group comprised of 4 wonderful women (Rita Rubinstein, Susan Goldsamt, Michele Peck, and Ruth Newhouse). They have performed widely from college campuses to senior venues and more sharing the songs and stories of our past as well as new material. Their beautiful and strong performances speak for themselves! If you’d like to reach them, please email: rknaydel2@verizon.net.
