A Little Letter

“A Little Letter” was recorded during Pesach 5778/April 2018 at The Homestead, by Brian Lindsay.
credits
released May 25, 2018

**Acknowledgements:**

Our songs are borrowed, translated, and mashed up, with the utmost love and respect for the original pieces, writers, and performers. We attempt to identify and credit all of our sources below. Apologies for the gaps and inaccuracies of our information (thanks/no thanks to imperialism, genocide, and assimilation). Tremendous gratitude to all of the archivists and preservers of Yiddishkeit.

**Thanks:**

Brian Lindsay: Executive Producer, Sound Engineer, mediator, mixer, masterer, chauffeur.
Sandy Silberstein & Doug Brown for loaning your home as a recording studio.
Alan Roberts for loaning your recording equipment.
Ruth Levin for translating Loose Lips & Hungry Heart into Yiddish for us.

**Credits:**

FTP in der Gasn
arranged by Brivele, adapted from Zalman Mlotek’s 1980 arrangement “In Ale Gasn/Hey Hey, Daloy Politsey,” Kimya Dawson’s “Loose Lips” (2006), and Geoff Berner’s “Daloy Polizei” (2011). Many thanks to Kimya Dawson & Geoff Berner.

Why, Oh Dona
arranged by Brivele, adapted from Sholom Secunda/Aaron Zeitlin’s “Dos Kelbl” (written for the 1941 stage production, “Esterke”) and Woody Guthrie’s “Why Oh Why” (1960, renewed). Sweet violin riff borrowed from Les Yeux Noir. English verses written by Maia Brown.

Anti-National Meats
arranged by Brivele, adapted from The Pincus Sisters c/o “Music From The Yiddish Radio Project: Archival Recordings From The Golden Age Of Yiddish Radio 1930s-1950s” (2006).

Oy, Zionists
arranged by Brivele, translations by Daniel Kahn (English) and Psoy Korolenko (Russian). The original was collected by Moshe Beregovsky, republished in Mark Slobin’s Old Jewish Folk Music.

Vi Azoy Shloft Der Keyser?
arranged by Brivele, adapted from Leo Low’s 1931 arrangement.

Good Filter Fish
a brief improv

Shpilt Zhe Mir
arranged by Stefanie Brendler, borrowed from M. Kipnis’ “Bayt zhe mir oys a finfuntsvantsiker” (1925), and “Chim Chim Cher-ee” by The Sherman Brothers (1964) for Mary Poppin’s corporate overlords.

Stanton Street
arranged by Brivele, adapted from Moishe Oysher c/o “Music From The Yiddish Radio Project: Archival Recordings From The Golden Age Of Yiddish Radio 1930s-1950s” (2006).

Mayn Rue Platz
arranged by Brivele, text by Morris Rosenfeld (1911).

Hungry Yid
arranged by Brivele, adapted from Bruce “the boss” Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” (1980). English verse written by Brivele.