Re: Thieves slang

[Itzik Gottesman <itzik...>]

another source for thieve's slang is Shmuel Lehman's "Ganovim-lider"
[thieve's songs] Warsaw 1928. It includes texts and melodies collected
before the first world war. One of the great works in Yiddish folklore.-
Itzik Gottesman



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