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There are two verses in the sheet music, the second being a typical lament of a mother who feels unappreciated. Using it in 'Yanko Tsigayner" Benzion Witler ditched the second verse and substituting a verse about gypsies: they wander, unwanted, through the world, cursed by their very blood. It was a theme that resonated with Jewish audiences.

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from Lebedik Yankel: Yiddish Songs from Warsaw Vol. 2, released September 12, 2013
Jane Peppler: vocals and violin
Aviva Enoch: piano
Randy Kloko: bass vocal

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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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