Songs written or composed
Mai Ko Mash Me Lon (Holocaust)
- Author:
- Skurnik, Marcel
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Camp/Hunger/Brutality/Imprisonment/Meaning
- Translation:
- Silverman TUF 125
- Music:
- Silverman TUF 125
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 23
- Series:
- 1
- Arranger:
- Saslavsky, N. L.
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Translator:
- Henry Greenfield
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
- Publisher:
- Metro Music Co
- Publisher address:
- 64 Second Ave, New York
- Date:
- 1927
- Provenance:
- Gift of Barbara Moscow, March 2014
- First line:
- Mai ko mashma lon, der regn, voshe lozt er mir tsu hern,
- First line (Yiddish):
- מאי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן, וואָזשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן, זײַנע טראָפּנס
Recording
- On album:
- S-102(a) (The Undying Flame/ Ballads & Songs of the Holocaust/ Jerry Silverman)
- Track ID:
- 31797
- Vocal/Guitar/English Adaptation:
- Silverman, Jerry
- Violin/Mandolin:
- Silverman, Antoine
- Cello:
- Kadvan, Alex
- Oboe:
- Silverman, David
- Tenor Saxaphone:
- Silverman, Misha
- French Adaptation:
- Diament, David
- French Adaptation:
- Cherniacoski, Annik
- First line:
- What's the meaning of this camp? When, oh, when will I understand,
- Language:
- English/French
- Style:
- Folk/Incorporates melody of "Tum Balalayke" and also a March
- Length:
- 5:01