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Jewish Folk Songs: Sung in Yiddish

Raasche and Alan Mills
Jewish Folk Songs: Sung in Yiddish

Raasche and Alan Mills portray the lives of the Jews of Eastern Europe through songs about love, work, and religion. The majority of the songs are sung in Yiddish, the dominant secular language of this community; two of them, religious in content, are sung in Hebrew. Alan Mills (1913–1977) forsook a career in journalism to become a prominent Canadian folk singer, actor, and the host of a folk music radio show for children. He can be heard on over 20 Smithsonian Folkways recordings, for adults and young people. Raasche (Raasche Rips), originally from Chicago, sang both classical and folk music, and recorded another album for Folkways (Jewish Songs of Europe, FW08712). Liner notes provide English transliterations of the original lyrics and, for about half the songs, English translations. Biographical information about Alan Mills and Raasche is also presented.

Track Listing

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Raasche and Alan Mills
01:34
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Raasche and Alan Mills
01:30
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Raasche and Alan Mills
02:02
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104
Raasche
03:49
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105
Alan Mills
01:43
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106
Raasche and Alan Mills
01:32
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107
Raasche and Alan Mills
03:23
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108
Raasche
01:35
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109
Raasche and Alan Mills
03:20
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110
Raasche and Alan Mills
01:51
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Raasche and Alan Mills
02:19
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202
Alan Mills
01:37
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203
Raasche
02:42
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204
Raasche and Alan Mills
02:21
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205
Alan Mills
02:35
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206
Raasche
03:16
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207
Raasche and Alan Mills
01:29
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208
Raasche
01:37
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209
Alan Mills
03:26
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Raasche and Alan Mills
02:30