Name:
Skurnik, Marcel

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