Songs from the Holocaust survivors' testimonies (from the Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale U), with a booklet containing texts with English translations and liner notes, as well as the artwork beautifully designed artwork by Yulia Ruditskaya. Ships worldwide.
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lyrics
Степан — блондин и шуцман очень строгий.
Он день и ночь с винтовкою сидит.
Свою он службу выполняет честно,
И за порядком верно он следит.
Наши ребята очень непослушны,
Своего Блондина слушать не хотят.
Лишь только он успеет отвернуться,
В село, как зайцы, быстро все летят.
И вот однажды храбрая десятка
В село в день отдыха себе ушла.
Узнав об этом на дневной проверке,
Блондин решил их проучить слегка.
Пришли они, Блондин их подзывает:
«Где были вы, кто разрешил идти?».
«Вы нам простите, больше мы не будем».
«Прощу», — ответил, но мыслил: «Погоди».
На второй день, собрав свою десятку,
он на расправу к немцу их повёл.
«Пропали мы, нам больше не вернуться —
за кусок хлеба нам конец пришёл».
Но, к сожалению, все домой вернулись,
Там угощение ждало их на ять.
Блондин готовил вкусный сладкий завтрак
Своей десятке — крепких двадцать пять.
Шомпол свистел, и стоны раздавались,
И по ребятам плач и страх ходил.
А в стороне сидел Блондин довольный,
Что непослушных так ловко проучил.
Stepan “the Blond,” a guard so strict.
Day in, day out, with his rifle he sits.
Dutifully doing his duties,
Law and Order are his domain.
But this gang of ours is very naughty.
They don’t want to listen to their Blond.
He only has to turn his back,
Off to town (to beg for food) they run like rabbits.
So once, on their day off, this brave Ten
Went running to the village.
When the Blond learned of it at the inspection
He decided to teach them a little lesson.
When they returned, the Blond was waiting:
“Where have you been, who gave you permission?”
“We beg: forgive us, it won’t happen again.”
“I shall forgive,” he said, but thought: “Just you wait.”
The next day he got his Ten together,
And brought them to the German to be judged.
“We are lost, doomed, never to return!
For a piece of bread we’ll meet our end.”
But, alas, every one of them returned,
And a delightful treat awaited them.
The Blond prepared a tasty breakfast
For each of his Ten — twenty-five hard ones.
The ramrod whipped, and the moans wheezed.
And our gang went down in tears and terror.
To the side the Blond was sitting, smiling, satisfied,
Having taught these naughty Ten such a tidy lesson.
credits
from Where Is Our Homeland - Songs from Testimonies, Vol.1,
released December 27, 2019
Lyrics: unknown; Music: D. Zisl Slepovitch
English translation: Daniel Kahn
Sasha Lurje (vocals), Zisl Slepovitch (clarinet), Joshua Camp (accordion), Dmitry Ishenko (bass).
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