[HANASHIR:5724] Re: Eili Eili and Dona Dona

[NBudin <NBudin...>]

I think Dona Dona was written for the Yiddish Theater around the turn of the 
century, but by the 1970s had acquired a sort of "urban legend" about it -- 
when I was a camper we were told that it had been discovered written in blood 
on the inside of a box car during the Holocaust. Most people I knew back then 
believed it was a Holocaust song of some kind, but I think I remember reading 
somewhere that it was composed before the war around the 1920s. Don't rely on 
my memory, however. I'm sure someone on the list will come up with accurate 
info.

Noah Budin
Singer/songwriter
Cleveland, OH
NBudin (at) aol(dot)com

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