Re: Geien Zei in Shvartse Raien

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

FWIW--and I'm not sure if some or all of what follows has already been 
posted in response--the above song, spelled that way in transliteration, is 
the first track on THE UNFORGETTABLE SONGS OF THE GHETTO, featuring Sarah 
Gorby.  (Sam Weiss posted in re, I believe, a different album featuring the 
sung song by her.)

In the liner notes for UNFORGETTABLE SONGS--which was mentioned and highly 
praised, once, on this list--the song is translated "Marching in Columns of 
Black" and is attributed to Manny Leib, of whom the liner notes say:

"Manny Leib Biarabanski was born [in] 1883 in Russia and died in 1953 in New 
York."

Of the song, the notes say:

"When the author, lyric-poet and balladeer, heard of the slaughter of the 
Jews in Poland, he wrote this unforgettable lullaby."

The Yiddish text of the song is also provided.

I hope this is helpful to whoever originally inquired about it, and/or to 
others.

--Robert Cohen






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