Re: Jewish Monk?

[Sam Weiss <SamWeiss...>]

The tune does use many Yiddish Theatre "tropes" (in the literary sense) as 
well as the second half of "If I Were A Rich Man, but it doesn't ring any 
particular Trope bells for me.

While on the subject of incongruously Jewish sounding pop, "give a listen" 
to Sean-Paul's "Get Busy"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B00006YXH8001005/0/103-6038021-7990214

and try to match the sounds of davening and Haftarah chanting to his lyrics:

http://www.anysonglyrics.com/lyrics/s/seanpaul/getbusy.htm

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Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ 

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