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 he was traveling alone he said he came from 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 bothers at his age there' be no blame no sim a bur although I miss my dear late wife then he shared with me a story that has changed my view of life we Dan round and round and circles as if the world had done no wrong from evening until morning filling up the Sho with song though we had no to clut close to our heart in that place we hel the future of a past so torn apart I remember Liberation joy and fear both interwine 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 loved one or perhaps a childhood friend it took many months to get there from

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1. 0:00[Music] [Applause] I met a man last Sunday he was on his way back home from…
2. 0:31a Survivor I could tell I helped him with his suitcase he could not walk very…
3. 1:07story that has changed my view of life we Dan round and round and circles as…
4. 1:47apart I remember Liberation joy and fear both interwine where to go and what to do…
5. 2:22late spring to the fall and Des I many others close to 400 and all slowly…
6. 2:56wrong from evening until morning filling up the shoe with song though we had no to…
7. 3:39we ran as one towards the Sho our Spirits in a trance we tore apart the…
8. 4:15despair there'd be no Scrolls to dance with the Holy Ark was be then we heard…
9. 4:49filling up the show with song though we had [Music] no to gather in our own…
10. 5:23song though we had no s to to CL and hold up high in their place…

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