Re: Low life

[Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>]

The classic one is of course   "Avreml der Marvikher " by Gebirtig - about a
young pickpocket.


And for those fortunate enough to read Yiddish you can get a lot of
background from the tales of Avram Karpinovitch - "Geven Amol Vilna" - Once
there Was a Vilna - a collection of short stories which includes the
magnifice "Strike of the Vilna Street Girls.



on 5/23/02 12:53 AM, Joshua Huppert at JBHuppert (at) attbi(dot)com wrote:

First you have to tell us why.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sylvie Braitman <mailto:curlySylvie (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:37 PM
Subject: Low life

Hello everybody!
 

I am looking for Yiddish songs about prostitution and street life in
general. Any lead?
 
Thanks,
 
Sylvie