Re: Yiddish song about bird telling daughter to go out and live

[Cantor Neil Schwartz <schwartz...>]

The beautiful Yiddish song you are looking for is called "Oifn Veg Shteyt 
a Boym".  Text by Itsik Manger, music by P. Laskovski.  One source is 
"Mir Trogn A Gezang", published by the Workman's Circle and reissued by 
Adama Books.  It is also found in Volume 2 of the four-volume Anthology 
of Yiddish Folksongs from Hebrew University.

As far as performers go, it is the sort of song which might have been 
recorded by Sidor Belarsky a generation ago.  Cantor Leon Lissik has done 
more recent recordings of Yiddish songs also; you may want to contact 
Tara Publications at 1-800-TARA-400 to obtain "Mir Trogn A Gezang" and 
any available recordings.
                                                                                
            Cantor Neil Schwartz