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Pete Seeger & Ruth Rubin - Tumbalalaika (Dumbala Laika)

TRANSLATION: A young lad stands, and he thinks Thinks and thinks a whole night Whom to take and not to shame Whom to take and not to shame Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbalalaika Tumbala, Tumbala, Tumbala...  
 
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OrganGrinderLola (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Tum (or Dum, transcribed of course from a Hebrew alphabeth that was used in Yiddish) doesn't matter; but it's definitely not "Laika". It's "Balalaika", the string instrument.
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OrganGrinderLola (1 month ago) Show Hide
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This is so beautiful! I'm just learning this song to play it for a Hanukkah celebration at a nursing home next week. Pete Seeger has such an easygoing way of giving you the info and the context, and Ruth Rubin sings it straight from the heart!
ScottKnick1 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Seeger and Rubin recorded a wonderful album together, Jewish Children's Songs and Games. If you liked this (and how could you not) there are 14 more tracks waiting out there. . .
HOITSU55 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Lovely
choolkoff (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Я счастлив, что есть такие песни!!!
galitsyaner (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Thanks so much for posting this! Ruth Rubin was a gite neshome -- a sweet soul. She sang in our home 30 years ago, and gave me the strength to live my life as a Yiddish singer. Koved ir ondenk -- may her memory be for a blessing.
magensarah (2 months ago) Show Hide
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nice song!
igoreksochi (2 months ago) Show Hide
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прекрасная песня!!!!
PsyAViewer (3 months ago) Show Hide
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two great humanist/preservationist musicians! Tumbalalaika. Play, balalaika. May this music continue to be played, continue to be sung.

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