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Thread #99658 Message #1990124
Posted By: GUEST,Gerry
07-Mar-07 - 09:05 PM
Thread Name: Origins:Songs based on non-classical instrumentals
Subject: RE: Origins:Songs based on non-classical instrumentals
Came up with another Yiddish example (maybe). Fisherlid, as recorded by The Klezmatics, has lyrics by Aliza Greenblatt (mother-in-law to Woody Guthrie), which she put to the traditional Hasidic tune Ve'eyneynu tireno. But I don't know whether that Hasidic tune was a song or an instrumental.