Re: lyrics to "Shnirele Perele Gilderne Fon"

[HNetsky <HNetsky...>]

I know that this song has is usually sung with great earnestness as a 
Messianic Hasidic song by many of us involved in the klezmer revival (including 
my 
band!), but I've heard from other sources that it was really a Hasidic protest 
song about the gluttony and authoritarian tendancies of the religious 
establishment.  Does anyone on the list know more about this?

-Hankus



In a message dated 12/26/03 12:35:54 AM, lenkal (at) sympatico(dot)ca writes:

<< Also Adrianne Cooper and Mikveh perform this beautifully at concerts.


  this is taken from Mloteks'  Songs of Generations, p.185 


  Shnirele perele, gilderne fon

  Moshiekh ben Dovid zitst oybn on.

  Halt a bekher in fer rekhter hant,

  Makht a brokhe oyfn gantsn land.


  Oy, omeyn veomeyn, dos iz vor,

  Meshiekh vet kumen hayntiks yor!


  Vet er kumen tsu forn -

  Veln zayn gute yorn,

  Vet er kumen tsu raytn -

  Veln zayn gute tsaytn.

  Vet er kumen tsu geyn -

  Veln di yidn in erets-yisroel aynshteyn!


  lenka lichtenberg, singer-songwriter, yiddish and world music performer. 
for mp3s, audio clips and performance updates, visit www.lenkalichtenberg.com


    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: abraham pupko 

    To: World music from a Jewish slant 

    Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 10:23 PM



    Dear chaverim:

    Chanuka Sameach! 

    A friend of mine bought an album with 2 CD's The Soul of Klezmer, I realy 
gat fascinate with them, but in the CD 2, the first song MIPNEI MA, with 
Frank London, Lorine Sklamberg and Uri Caine, and the last song SHNIRELE 
PERELE, 
with The Klezmorim, I

    couldn't stop to listen them, I would very appreciate if somebody can get 
for me the words. Thank you.

     Abraham Pupko


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