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Oylem habe iz tayerer fun gelt (Heaven's more precious than money)

from Shtoyst zikh on by Jane Peppler

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There is a perfectly wonderful recording of Pepi Littman singing this, but it was so much fun I had to sing it too after I found the lyrics (they're in the Morris Rund collection). This version has lovely Yinglish in it, like "ven zi hot di bar-room geklint" (she cleaned the bar room), which Pepi Littman eliminated in her version. No composer was given.

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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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from Shtoyst zikh on, released February 1, 2022

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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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