Re: Benny Goodman: di kuzine

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Actually she had cheeks like royte pomerantsn--blood (red) oranges. 
 I've seen it translated as pomegranates--perhaps to keep the meter-- 
but pomegranates are milgroymen.  I think that is from Latin -- one 
thousand grains, something close to that.
Lorele

Robert Cohen wrote:

>> That's very interesting about Benny Goodman's
>> encounter with "Di Grine Kuzine" - it would be
>> fascinating to compare the two songs in more detail.
>> BTW, if I'm not mistaken, in the original song the
>> immigrant cousin is a girl.
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> Oh, yes--sorry:  a girl with cheeks "red like pomegranates."  "She 
> didn't talk; she sang!  She didn't walk; she danced!"
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> --Robert Cohen
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