Re: words to a Yiddish song

[Joe Kurland <ganeydn...>]

There's a wonderful children's book based on this song.  I believe 
the author is Anne Rose and it's called "How does a Czar eat 
Potatoes?"  Unfortunately I can't find my copy.  It was published at 
least 25 years ago.


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
Colrain, MA 01340
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At 7:36 PM -0400 9/14/00, Rachael Kafrissen wrote:
>My source on this is: Folks gezangen as interpreted by Chaim Kotylansky:
>How Does the Czar Live?
>"How does the Czar drink tea? Why, a cone of sugar is filled with hot tea, the
>tea is stirred in the cone and served to the czar
>
>And how does the Czar eat potatoes? Why, a company of soldiers shoot the spuds
>from a cannon through a vat of butter directly into the czar's mouth
>
>And how does the Czar sleep? Why, a room is filled with feathers, the Czar is
>put there to sleep and three regiments of soldiers stand guard outside and
>shout: Sha sha sha!"
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Robert Cohen wrote:
>
>  > Does anyone have an English translation of "Vi Azoi Lebt Der Keyser"--or,
>  > failing that, a faithful rendition in English of what it's about?  I have a
>  > recording (on Monitor) of Robeson doing this.
>  >
>  > Thanks--Robert Cohen
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