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Tum Balalaika

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Traditional Russian Yiddish folk song

lyrics

Shteyt a bokher un er trakht
Trakht un trakht di gantse nakht
Veymen tsu nemen un nit farsheymen
Veymen tsu nemen un nit farsheymen

Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum balalaika, shpil balalaika
Tum balalaika freylekh zol zayn

Meydl meydl ikh vil bay dir freygn
Vos ken vaksn vaksn on regn
Vos ken brenen un nit oyfern
Vos ken benken veynen on treren

Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum balalaika, shpil balalaika
Tum balalaika freylekh zol zayn

Narisher bokher, vos darfsdu freygn?
A shteyn ken vaksn, vaksn on regn
A libe ken brenen un nit oyfern
Un a harts ken benken veynen on treren

Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum balalaika, shpil balalaika
Tum balalaika freylekh zol zayn

Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum bala tum bala tum balalaika
Tum balalaika, shpil balalaika
Tum balalaika freylekh zol zayn

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There stood a young man and he thought
Thought and thought the whole night
Whom should I marry without disgrace?
Whom should I marry without disgrace?

Play balalaika... let us be happy

Young girl, young girl, I want to ask you something
What can grow, grow without rain?
What can burn and never stop?
And what can yearn and cry no tears?

Play balalaika... let us be happy

Foolish boy, what can you be asking?
A stone can grow, grow without rain
A love can burn and never stop
And a heart can yearn and cry no tears.

Play balalaika... let us be happy

credits

from Wandering Laughter, released March 9, 2020
Taiward Wider: Cello and vocals
Cecilia Vacanti: Violin and vocals
Alexander LaCava: Accordion

Recorded at Chillhouse Studios in Charlestown, MA July 2019
Engineered by Sean Bonney-Burrill

Photos by Nicole Kwan

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Wandering Laughter Boston, Massachusetts

Klezmer trio Wandering Laughter is a lively collaboration between cellist Taiward Wider fiddler Cecilia Vacanti and accordionist Alexander LaCava. Based in the city of Boston, all three attended Berklee College of Music. Wandering Laughter plays music that is by turns heartfelt and invigorating. Just a few Yiddish troubadours spreading mazl (luck) freyd (joy), and of course gelekhter (laughter). ... more

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