RE: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die

[Seth <rogovoy...>]

oh dear, I guess I must've worded my question very poorly.

I wasn't asking about Paul Simon's "Boxer."

I was asking about contemporary singing practices in synagogues, and why in
some synagogues (such as mine) we sing "lie lie lie" rather than "die die
die"?

didn't i say that?

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> Subject: Re: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die
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> Actually, Paul couldnt think of a lyric to put there, so the nonsense
> syllables he was singing to fill the space stayed.
>
> Why is this question even being theorized upon? Paul Simon's
> never exactly
> been much of a Yiddishist, and nothing he's said would lead
> anyone to believe
> there's some hidden specifically-Jewish message in his lyrics.
>
> SH
>
>
>

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