“Bella Ciao”, bye Lidija Percan
Bella Ciao – Ives Montand
Noir Desir 16 horsepower The Partisan
Noir Desir & Leonard Cohen The Partisan Much more better than studio version. My track was tagged as Noir Desir & L. Cohen which is probably wrong as I see now. It’s Sixteen Horsepower & Noir Desir originally but I’m not sure I don’t have the second track to compare.
Read MoreSong of Jewish Partisans. Stil di Nakht.The Night is still.
His lyrics focus on the heroic actions of the female partisans Vitke Kempner.
Read MoreDi shvue – the anthem of The Bund
Written by S. An-sky in 1902, this Yiddish song became the anthem of The Bund. Di shvue Brider un shvester fun arbet un neyt Ale vus zaynen tsezeyt un tseshpreyt, Tsuzamen, tsuzamen, di fon iz greyt, Zi flatert fun tsorn, fun blut iz zi reyt! A shvue, a shvue, af lebn un teyt. Himl un […]
Read MorePartisan song in Yiddish
Me giving a longwinded introduction to and singing Hirsh Gliks Partisan Song (Shtil di nakht) in Yiddish (subtitles coming soon). I heard this song a lot as a child sung in both Yiddish and Hungarian and it has always been special to me. Im not a particularly good singer but because there was no version […]
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