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08 Oct 09 - 04:33 PM (#2741454) Subject: Lyr Req: Borsht by BOW From: GUEST,Daniel Hi, there is a song on Brave Old Worlds album "Beyond the Pale" called "Borsht". Could anyone help me out with the lyrics? Thanx, Daniel |
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08 Oct 09 - 08:23 PM (#2741610) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Borsht by BOW From: GUEST,Gerry If the lyrics are in the liner notes, I can get them for you, but you might have to wait a few days. By the way, it's also on the album by Mikveh. And I heard a superb unaccompanied solo rendition by a woman in a documentary film once, but I regret that I don't remember any details. |
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08 Oct 09 - 08:42 PM (#2741627) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Borsht by BOW From: Jim Dixon I listened to a sound sample and it seems to be in Yiddish. Sorry, I don't know any Yiddish, so I can't help you with that. Would you settle for a song in English, featuring a Ukrainian recipe? See B-O-R-S-C-H-T by Peter Ostroushko. |
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09 Oct 09 - 07:31 AM (#2741882) Subject: Lyr Add: BORSHT (Yiddish, from Mikveh) From: GUEST,Gerry Here are the lyrics from the liner notes of the Mikveh CD. Probably mostly the same as Brave Old World, since Mikveh got it from Michael Alpert. Khob nokh aza borsht nit gegesn Khob nokh aza tam nisht gefilt Ikh ken on dir mayn lebn nit fargesn Vayl ikh hob dikh lib Ikh bin mir a bolter a geboyrene Un dos gontse shtetl ken zikh in mir Derekh dir bin ikh gevorn a farloyrene Vayl ikh hob dikh lib Un tomer geyt dir dushenyu in nodn Vet mayn mame farkoyfn di shtib Un ikh vel dir dem nodn tseyln Vayl ikh hob dikh lib Un tomer geyt dir in yikhes Mayn zeyde is geveyzn a rov Lomir beyde khasene hobn Vayl ikh bin shoyn alt in gro Boy, my spelling-checker is going crazy! They give an English translation: I never ate borsht like this before I never held such a taste in my mouth I can't forget you Because I'm so in love with you I was born in Balta My whole town there knew me But my identity's been erased Because I'm so in love with you You want to know about my dowry? My mother will sell the house And you can count the money yourself Because I'm so in love with you You want to know about my lineage? My grandfather was a rabbi Let's get married already I'm getting old and gray |
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09 Oct 09 - 01:28 PM (#2742174) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Borsht by BOW From: GUEST,Daniel WOW, thanks Gerry! this is exactly what I needed, I acutally did have some lyrics, bad the transcription was so bad, many words didn't make any sense to me. This is the good old American Yiddish transcription and to have the translation right with it is even better. Thanks again. |