Re: Shootin' w/Rasputin Request (a bisl off-topic)

[Marvin <physchem...>]

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From: "Susan Lerner" <meydele (at) ix(dot)netcom(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: Shootin' w/Rasputin Request (a bisl off-topic)


> Khevre,
>
> Just recently, some weeks after the discussion on this list about the
song,
> my 86 year old father-in-law launched into the first verse of the "I went
> Shootin' with Rasputin" song for my 13 year old son upon learning that my
> son is studying Russian history in school.  Needless to say, my son was
> intrigued ("Grandpa is the all-time great song source," says my son - you
> should hear Grandpa's "Yes, We Have No Bananas"!  But I digress...).  I
> don't remember the song well enough to teach it to him and grandpa is now
> back in NYC.  Can anyone recommend a recording, or barring that, a source
> for the words?
>
> A sheynem dank,
> Shira Lerner

The lyrics are at
http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/lookup.cgi?ti=PALCZAR.
and http://www.best.com/~engstrom/songbook/42.html

The song was part of a Borsch Belt revie on Boadway last year.  Perhaps you
can find a recording.  See
http://www.wolfentertainmentguide.com/pub/theatersearch.asp?record=913





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