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lyrics

Nothin’ but the dead and dyin’
In mayn shtetele Beltz

Oy, oy, oy Beltz, mayn shtetele Beltz
Mayn heymele, vu ikh hob
Mayne kindershe yorn farbrakht

Oy, oy, oy Beltz, mayn shtetele Beltz
In oremen shtibele
Mit ale kinderlekh dort gelakht

Oy oy oy Beltz, mayn shtetele Beltz
Mayn heymele, vu kh'hob gehat
Di sheyne khaloymes a sakh

Oy, yedn shabes fleg ikh loyfn
Mit ale kinder tzuglaykh
Tzu zitzn unter dem grinem beymele
Leynen bay dem taykh

Translation:
Beltz, my little town! My childhood home, the place where I used to laugh and had so many fine dreams! Every Shabbes I would play with other kids under a tree by the river.

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from Cradle Songs, Grave Songs, released May 1, 2021
Attributions:
Intro from “My Little Town,” by Paul Simon.

“Mayn Shtetele Beltz,” music by Alexander Olshanetsky and Jacob Jacobs for Dem Khazns Zundl (The Cantor's Son),
a 1937 film that marked the screen debut of the great singer Moishe Oysher. Lyrics by Burstein, Lith-Frey, Roman.

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Brivele Seattle, Washington

A discontented punky-klezy trio of Yiddishists.

Brivele is:

Stefanie Brendler (accordion, vox, glockenspiel, slide whistle)
Maia Brown (banjo, vox)
Hannah Hamavid (violin, ukulele, vox)
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