The Man From Vilna - Shulem and Yanky Lemmer

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The opening of this track, in Yaakov Lemmer’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] [Applause] I met a man last Sunday he was on his way back home from a wedding in Chicago AG go he was traveling alone he said he came from Vila a Survivor I could tell I helped him with his suitcase he could not walk very well a steward gave us coffee as we settled on the plane I asked him why he bothered at his age there be no blame no sim a although I miss my dear late wife then he shared with me a story that has changed my view of life we dance round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong from evening until morning filling up the Sho with song though we had no C to clutch close to our hearts in their place we held the future of a past so torn apart I remember liberation joy and fear both intertwin where to go and what to do and how to leave the pain behind my heart said go to V dear I pray it once again for the chance to find a

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1. 0:05[Music] [Applause] I met a man last Sunday he was on his way back home from…
2. 0:41tell I helped him with his suitcase he could not walk very well a steward gave…
3. 1:11then he shared with me a story that has changed my view of life we dance…
4. 1:43place we held the future of a past so torn apart I remember liberation joy and…
5. 2:20loved one or perhaps a childhood friend it took many months to get there from late…
6. 3:28apart we ran as one towards the Sho our Spirits in a trance we tore apart…
7. 4:00dance but the scene before eyes shook us to the core scraps of sitter bullet holes…
8. 4:30be then we heard two children crying a boy and girl who no one knew we…
9. 5:02[Music] no together in our in their place we held those children the Jewish people would…
10. 5:35to to clutch and hold up high in their place we held those [Music] children [Music]…

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