Re: Mah N'daber

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There is a version of the song under discussion by Moishe Oysher,
who calls it "Gott Is Einer"
(Banner Records).

Wolf

Cantorkenr (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> I first learned it from one of the guys from the minyan at shul (Phil
> Dantziger), who sang "Mi n'dabeir".  Everyone else I've heard sing Mu adabra,
> which I think is the less Hebrew-infiltrated version
>
> The Theodore Bikel "Taste of Passover" version is
> "Mu asapru, Mu adabru, oyscho, oyscho, yam di di di dom
> Ver ken zogn ver ken redn
> Vos di eyns batayt (2)
> Eyner iz Got, un Got iz eyner
> Un vayter keyner"
>
> The Phil Dantziger Swampscott version is approximately:
> "Mi n'dabeir mi n'sapeir, hey, hey, chiri biri bim bam (obvious Israeli
> influence creeping in!)
> Ver ken redn ver ken tseilen
> Vus di eyns far taycht (2x)
> Eyner iz dokh Got, un Got iz eyner
> Un vayter keyner" (2x)
>
> Ken
>
> In a message dated 5/24/00 11:43:43 AM, you wrote:
>
> <<Nu, Ken, who has recorded the Mah N'daber?  Does it also have a different
> melody?
> Lorele
>
> Cantorkenr (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 5/24/00 5:57:28 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > <<Dear Jordan,
> >
> > You wrote this a while ago.  Can you tell me whether this is a different
> > song than the version Bikel recorded, "Mu Asapru", and if so, who
> > recorded it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lori
> > >>
> >
> > I think those are both the Yiddish versions of "Echad Mi Yodea," or "Who
> > Knows One", from the Passover Seder.  "Mah N'daber" has a bit more Hebrew
> > thrown in with the Yiddish.
> >
> > Ken
> >>>
>

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