Name: Doyna / An Alter Nigun [An Old Tune] / Abi Gezunt (live)
Duration: P00H07M39S
Description: Accordion improvisation alluding to Rumanian, Lithuanian, and blues traditions, followed by an instrumental based on Russian Jewish folk melodies collected by Emil Gorovets; then the swing-friendly theme song of Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage, screen and raio (and erstwhile drag artiste), from her Polish/American 1938 film "Mamele".

Doyna / An Alter Nigun [An Old Tune] / Abi Gezunt (live)

from Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos by Isle of Klezbos

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Accordion improvisation alluding to Rumanian, Lithuanian, and blues traditions, followed by an instrumental based on Russian Jewish folk melodies collected by Emil Gorovets; then the swing-friendly theme song of Molly Picon, star of Yiddish stage, screen and raio (and erstwhile drag artiste), from her Polish/American 1938 film "Mamele".

lyrics

A little sun, a little rain
A peaceful place to lay your head
As long as you're healthy, you can be happy.

A shoe, a sock, a dress without patches
Three or four coins in your pocket
As long as you're healthy, you can be happy.

The air is free for each one alike
The sun shines for everyone, poor or rich.
A bit of joy, a bit of laughter, a drink with friends now and then
As long as you're healthy, you can be happy

(Yiddish lyrics, transliteration and English translation are included in the PDF download for this album.)

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from Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos, released April 1, 2003
"Doyna": Rachelle Garniez;
"An Alter Nigun": traditional, arranged by Eve Sicular / Isle of Klezbos;
"Abi Gezunt": lyrics by Molly Picon, music by Abraham Ellstein, c/o Music Sales Corp / ASCAP; arranged by Isle of Klezbos/Metropolitan Klezmer
"Abi Gezunt" harmony vocal: Rachelle Garniez;
Special guests: Anna Milat-Meyer, base [solos & reprise] and Melissa Fogarty, reprise vocal

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Isle of Klezbos New York, New York

NYC-based ISLE of KLEZBOS approaches tradition with irreverence and respect. The soulful, fun-loving powerhouse all-women’s klezmer sextet has toured from Vienna to Vancouver since 1998. Repertoire ranges from rambunctious to entrancing: neo-traditional folk dance, mystical melodies,Yiddish swing & retro tango, late Soviet-era Jewish drinking song, re-grooved standards, & genre-defying originals. ... more

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