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Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale

Title

Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale

Date

1962

Description

[Comments by informants in middle of song, followed by reprisal of chorus]
in 3/4 meter.

Chorus:
Zay-zhe mir gezint, mayn tayere kale
nokh dir vel ikh benkn oy mer vi nokh ale
zay mir gezint, un bet far mir G-t
men zol mir nisht naznatshet kayn Dalnivostok

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“Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, https://strashunlibrary.yivo.org/items/show/2100.
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