Such a wonderful, refreshing and also poignant arrangement with beautiful vocals.  My Uncle, the composer,  Leyb Rosenthal, is smiling down for sure! Thank you for this!!!💗🎶💗🙏🏻

Thank you Zola!  I will be sure to pass that touching comment on to the arranger Zachary Mayer.

Here is a sneak preview from a recent rehearsal of Zachary Mayer’s newest arrangement of the song ‘Yisrolik’  written by the composer and writer Leyb Rozenthal who perished in the Holocaust.
Translation
So, come and buy my cigarettes,                      
Sweet’ner and other good things.
Try my bargains, I won’t be underbid.
A life for a penny,
My profit’s even less.
You must know me- 
the ghetto dealer kid.
 
Refrain
I’m called Yisrolik-
Your kid from the ghetto.
I’m called Yisrolik-
Hefty, tough, and strong.
I’m always broke and yet, oh,
I can muster
A whistle and a song!
A coat without a collar,
Pants made from a sack;
I have galoshes but no shoes inside.
No one better holler,
No one give me flak.
Don’t laugh at me- you see, I have my pride!
 
Refrain
I’m called Yisrolik-
Your kid from the ghetto.
I’m called Yisrolik-
Hefty, tough, and strong.
I’m always broke and yet, oh,
I can muster
A whistle and a song!

But that’s not how I started
Out in this tough place.
Mother, father made me a loving home.
But now I’m brokenhearted,
It’s no joke to face-
I’m left like the wind in the field, alone.
 
Refrain
I’m called Yisrolik-
And when no one sees me,
Quietly I wipe away a tear.
Of grief I’ve had my part.
Let’s not talk about it-
Why remember
And grieve my heavy heart.

Yisrolik Rehearsal May 22, 2021 Arrangement By Zachary Mayer

Harriet is a professional singer who has experiences in opera, musical theatre, choral music, and solo recitals.  She is currently following her passion to preserve the Yiddish songs that were written in the ghettos of Eastern Europe between 1939-1945

Yisrolik Rehearsal May 22, 2021 Arrangement By Zachary Mayer

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