Re: G-d un doss kelbl

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

  From what I understand, Secunda was just looking for a sort of dramatic 
word for the chorus, when he couldn't think of one he invented Dona, Dona. I 
had always thought personally, that it might mean donye, donye(which I 
believe from my scant childhood memories is Ukranian.
     Trudi the G


>From: "Michel Borzykowski" <borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: G-d un doss kelbl
>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:28:08 +0100
>
>In the famous song "Doss kelbl", the chorus "Dona dona", pronounced with a 
>*good* yiddish accent sounds like "Donay donay".
>I always wondered whether it was another way to call for G-d without 
>pronouncing His name and without singing "Hashem" (that obviously sound 
>like a fake).
>Any opinion?
>
>Michal (tso kikhal)
>
>
>

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