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Shtoyst zikh on

by Jane Peppler

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1.
Shmaysn vet men mikh shoyn say vi say (from I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die) 03:18
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A man of his age should be pious, but this old guy doesn't give a damn about the world to come. He and I won't be associates in heaven, he stuffs every forbidden food into his mouth! When I ask: "Don't you fear the world to come?" he says: "I'll get clobbered eventually either way. Getting religious in old age just isn't worth it.." Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Jane Peppler, Randy Kloko - Di saydvoks fun Nyu York (from The Sidewalks of New York) 03:45
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East Side, West Side, she seeks him everywhere Of course, he's walking along in a back street, free, Arm in arm with a girl! He consoles her: don't worry And the secret is hidden by the sidewalks of New York ... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Jane Peppler, Glenn Mehrbach - Ekskyuz mi, host a toes gehat (from I Ain't Seen No Messenger Boy) 04:02
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I didn't pay attention to what people told me and I went around with him - but suddenly I saw he wasn't so good and pious. I'd made a mistake about him: My diamond ring disappeared! Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Di troyerike hokhtsayt (from The Fatal Wedding) 04:49
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Suddenly the woman caught sight of the bridegroom's cheerful face, And as the rabbi began to do his duty... "Stop!" her voice was heard - "don't commit a sin! I am this man's wife - and this is his child!" Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Kum tsu mir mayn kenign (from Ma Lady Lu) 03:37
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When the moon shines, the stars twinkle and everything shines, so quiet and weary. Then my heart calls out from every corner and beckons you with a love song... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Jane Peppler, Ken Bloom, Jim Baird - Gud bay (from Good Bye My Lady Love) 03:20
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Since there's been a rent strike, I have to pay every week. Oy, I'm tormented, my landlady says she wants everything that's due her, and soon... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Shabes matinee (from On a Sunday Afternoon) 03:33
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A pretty charming young woman becomes a widow today. Some time goes by, you can see already a friend comes to visit. It's not clear how often he comes, but certainly he comes on the Sabbath. He flies as if with wings to taste her kugl, week after week... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Fifty-fifty (1917) 03:02
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Doctors in America have a good business. The drugstore and the undertakers give them bribes. They split everything 50-50, it's a swindle partnership until the sick guy moves away ... to Washington cemetery. Fifty-fifty! You pay your money for medicine and you get Ex-lax and vaseline. Fifty-fifty! It's a bluff all the way around. The druggist and the undertaker, it's a 50-50 scheme! Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Day by Day (from American song of the same name) 02:45
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His ship broke and sank into the deep with him on board. She looks out and waits for him, day and night. He sleeps in his watery bed... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Oylem habe iz tayerer fun gelt (Heaven's more precious than money) 04:10
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She thought the merits of her grandmother were awaking within her. But a little time went by, she quickly sensed within herself that she would end up with [a cooing little bundle of] heaven... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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A korbn fun kapital (from I'm Tying The Leaves So They Don't Fall Down) 04:09
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The father's heart grows heavy. He can't take the heartache any more. He curses capitalism, gives his dark gift: Wrapped in a tallis, he throws himself from the roof... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Jane Peppler, Glenn Mehrbach - Meyzl, kum kush dayn Reyzl (from Pliny Come Kiss You Baby) 02:56
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"Reyzele," he said to me, "I'm dying for you." But now I'm like a widow, I go around in a daze, I'm in danger of being an old maid when my braids are gray. Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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Shtoyst zikh on (Figure it out yourself) 02:59
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A rich man loves his wife, he prostrates himself with adoration. But she, poor thing, is sick! Doctors are constantly being summoned. When the husband wants a word with her, the door is locked! The new young doctor is with her... Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
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No, no, no! (from Why Don't You Go, Go, Go!? 03:17
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She too, wants to tell him right away that she is his, only his, but she has colder blood and restrains herself... (2) I tell you no, the actor's not doing well at all. You should know: when he's hungry he licks salt and satisfies his appetite by gnawing toothpicks. Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.
15.
Randy Kloko, Tania Opland, Jane Peppler - Der liarman (from Der Leiermann) 04:03
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He plays every day on the street, never complaining. Dear good old man, let me go with you. Will you play my songs on your hurdy-gurdy? Full transliterations and translations available free with purchase of entire album.

about

My last compilation of the songs published in Lider magazin in New York City around the turn of the 20th century. These were all recorded in my living room, so they're just the way they rolled off the microphones.

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released February 1, 2022

Joining me were Glenn Mehrbach, Jim Baird, Ken Bloom, and Tania Opland. The mix for Der Liarman was done by Jack Herrick.

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Mappamundi Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Folk music band plays "More-or-less traditional music of the Northern Hemisphere and the Previous Millennium." Vocals, lots of instruments, specializing in Eastern European music (Balkan, Slavic, Russian, Polish); Jewish music in Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino; Celtic, British Isles and early American / Colonial music. And swing. ... more

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