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

[WINSTON WEILHEIMER <nusach...>]

isnt to lie better than to die?

:)
winston

>From: "Seth" <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die
>Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:30:22 -0400
>
>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?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> > [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Velaires (at) 
> > aol(dot)com
> > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 8:21 PM
> > To: World music from a Jewish slant
> > Subject: Re: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die
> >
> >
> > 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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