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Oy, avrom avrom

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Title

Oy, avrom avrom

Date

1964

Description

[Song is followed by fragments of several half-remembered Russian songs.]
After singing, Lipkovitch translates the song in English: Father Abraham, little blind man Yitzokh, little wanderer Jacob why don’t you pray to beg G-d to bring us to our land.

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Citation

“Oy, avrom avrom,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/1972.
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