Re: Nature Boy and Yiddish

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I thought it was $30, but who's counting?  Certainly not poor Shalom--there 
wasn't that much to count!

I have a faint memory of researching the source of the *music* for "Nature 
Boy," which *may* (depending on the accuracy or not of my recollection) also 
be "borrowed".  Will advise, if so, once I'm back in Boston and get a chance 
to check.

--Robert Cohen




>It was "copied" from =Shvayg, Mayn Harts= by Herman Yablokoff,
>often billed as "the Yiddish Pagliacci" (sp?)
>and composer of the immortal "Papirossen".
>
>His biography says he settled for 25 Gs -- pretty good in those days,
>considering Sholem Secunda parted with "Bei Mir Bistu Shayn" for 50 
>bucks....

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