Zog, maran

[Lori M Simon <lorelecs...>]

Khaveyrim,

A friend of mine told me that as she was singing "Zog, maran" (that she
had learned from my Passover album) to a friend, her Polish cleaning lady
came downstairs to say that was a tune her husband always sang.  I don't
know whether he had different words or just hummed the melody; I'm
checking on that.  Neither she nor her husband are Jewish.  The melody
was composed by Shmuel Bugatch, words by Avrom Reisin.  The question is
whether Bugatch "borrowed" a folk tune he had heard, or whether it is
merely similar to an Eastern European folk melody.  Perhaps someone more
conversant with Polish folk tunes than I can answer the question.

Lorele

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