“Oyfn vegh shteit a boym”, lullaby in Yiddish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os5UeFjBFTs
On the way stands a tree
He stands grown
All birds from the tree
Went up and flown
Three turn to the west, three to the east
And the rest to South
And the tree was left alone
Vacant for the...
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פֿאַראַכטאָגן האָט מען געשטעלט אויף יוטוב אַ ווידעאָ, אין וועלכן חווה אַלבערשטיין זינגט מרדכי געבירטיגס „היי ציגעלעך“ אַקאַפּעלאַ אויף אַ קאָנצערט אין דײַטשלאַנד אין 1989....
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