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Lebka fährt nach Amerika

Lebka fährt nach Amerika Album Cover
  • Artist: Semer Ensemble
  • Producer:Ben Mandelson
  • Album: Rescued Treasure - Live at Gorki Berlin
  • Country: Europe - Germany
  • Style: Classical, Jewish
  • Language: Yiddish
  • Rights: All rights world wide by PIRANHA

Lebka fährt nach Amerika (Lebka goes to America) A song about a man who makes a new life in the New World and abandons his family in the Old World. One of the most popular recordings of the 1930s Semer label. Sung by Daniel Kahn, based on the original recording by Pinkas Lavender. In Yiddish.

Track-Number: CD-PIR2959 - 10
Country / Region: Europe - Germany
Piranha Category: Jewish
Vocals / Instrumental: male
Catchword: live
Mood: energetic
Instruments: piano
Tempo: slow
Tracklength: 5:49
Composer: trad
Arrangement: Alan Bern
Lyrics: trad