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                                                                                                              Varnichkes
                                                                                                         Music   Folk;
Lyrics  Folk
                                                                                                                                             Singer Zinovy Shulman

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   Prominent Jewish singer Zinovy Shulman(1904 -1977) was born in Odessa(Ukraine). His father was a very famous chief cantor of the synagogue in Odessa Boruch-Leib Schulman. From his father Zinovy inherited beautiful voice (lyric-dramatic tenor). After graduating from high school, he studied singing at V. Selyavina (artist Odessa Opera House), and then from J. Gorin (in Moscow). In March 1925 he gave his first solo concert in Odessa,including the program of Jewish songs and romances. In 1934-1935 Zinnovy is a  soloist of the Moscow Opera Studio-Theatre of Stanislavsky. In 1948,  his concert in Moscow attended by Golda Meir, Israel's ambassador to the USSR. In 1949, in Kislovodsk, after the show he was arrested. In a closed trial in Kiev on charges of Jewish nationalism was sentenced to ten years in prison. Rehabilitated in 1956. Zinovy Shulman died in Moscow in 1977. And exactly 20 years in Israel, where his daughter now lives outstanding singer, he was posthumously awarded the title of "Asher  Zion" (Prisoner of Zion)

Yiddish (my Translation)
Gevolt Vu naimtmen, Vu naimtmen
Vu naimtmen melex maxun varnichkes
Vu naimtmen melex maxun varnichkes
Un  haven un n zalts un n fefer un n shmalts
Vu naimtmen melex maxun varnichkes

 Gevolt Vu kriktmen, Vu kriktmen,Vu kriktmen
A lokshyn brad of katchen ze varnichkes
A lokshyn brad of katchen ze varnichkes
Un haven un n zalts un n fefer un n shmalts
A lokshyn brad of katchen ze varnichkes

Gevolt Vu naimtmen, Vu naimtmen, Vu naimtmen
An oiven of tsy mahyn ze varnichkes
An oiven of tsy mahyn ze varnichkes
Un haven un n zalts un n fefer un n shmalts
An oiven of tsy mahyn ze varnichkes

 Gevolt oy Gevolt Vu naimtmen
Gevolt  Vu kriktmen Vu----
Vu naimtmen a boher Vu naimtmen a boher
a boher of to  esn ze varnichkes
a boher of to esn ze varnichkes
Un haven un n zalts un n fefer un n shmalts
a boher of to esn ze  varnichkes
Oeeeeeeeee





English
Gevolt,Where to  get,where to get
where to get  buckwheat to make varnichkes(kasha from buckweat)
where to get buckwheat to make varnichkes(kasha from  buckweat)
and yeast, and salt,and pepper,and fat
where to get the  buckwheat to make varnichkes(kasha from buckweat)


Gevolt, where to find ,  where to find where to find
Fresh pasta dough to place the varnichkes
Fresh pasta dough to place the varnichkes
and yeast, and salt,and pepper,and fat  and backweed
Fresh pasta dough to place the varnichkes

 Gevolt  oi Gevolt,  where to get
Gevolt where to find Where-----
Where to get a boy where to  get a boy
A boy who would eat the varnichkes
A boy who would eat the  varnichkes
and yeast, and salt,and pepper,and fat
A boy who would eat the  varnichkes
Oeeeee