Jewish Freilach Songs

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Freilach is a Yiddish expression that means happy or cheerful, and is commonly used to refer to a form of music. On Jewish Freilach Songs, Nathan Prince Nazaroff sings classic Jewish folk songs from Eastern Europe such as the well-known Tumbalalaika and Vander Ich Mir Lustig (While I'm Happily Walking), with it's very familiar melody accompanying himself on the accordion and the octofone (a mandolin-like string instrument). Liner notes include song lyrics in their original Yiddish and in the Hebrew transliteration as well as their English translation.