Re: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die (vocables)

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I would imagine it represents a fusion of the Yiddishy vocable and the 
typically American "la-la-la." -- Robert Cohen


>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: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die
>Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:16:40 -0400
>
>Can anyone explain why when we sing nigunim in my synagogue everyone sings
>"lie-lie-lie" (Paul Simon/"The Boxer"-style) rather than the more Yiddish
>way, "die-die-die"???
>
>what's the musicological history of this?
>
>--Seth Rogovoy
>
>

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