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The title refers to a popular Yiddish song. Like many klezmer melodies, this instrumental version has three distinct sections. Most versions of the song use the melody of only the first section, but there is a recording by Aaron Lebedef which has three sections, all with text, which correspond exactly to these three sections here. Whereas the more popular version of the song is a sarcastic put-down, insulting the 'yikhes' (lineage) of its target, the text of the song Lebedef performs is more sober, extolling the importance of yikhes without any implied insult or irony.
There is a more widely-known klezmer tune closely related to this, but with different 2nd and 3rd section, recorded by the Abe Elenkrig Orchestra in 1915 as "Dem Rebns Nign" [the rebbe's tune]

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from Belf's Romanian Orchestra, vol. I, released February 4, 2021
Transferred by George Blood in 2002 from a disk in the library of Gratz College, Philadelphia. Pitch-adjusted by Kurt Bjorling at Acme Sound Studios, Chicago

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muziker Chicago, Illinois

muziker has been collecting and disseminating resources for learning klezmer music since the late 1980s. This work includes collecting rare out-of-print phonograph records and creating high-quality transfers from recordings in other collections and archives. Some of those materials are now being offered here on Bandcamp. Look for more in the future. ... more

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