About the song Performed here in an evocative arrangement by the Klezmatics and guests, Barikadn – written by Vilna poet Shmerke Kaczerginski at age 15 in 1923, and also known as Tates, mames, kinderlekh (“Fathers, Mothers, Children”) – portrays a family’s violent resistance to the local gendarmerie. “The children know very well that Father will [...] Read More