HAVANA - LA HABANA Jews in Cuba

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Views of jewish life in Havana and
major tourist atractions.
song: Channa from Havanna, sung by
The Barry Sisters.
The song was written in 1952 by Eli Basse,
a yiddish theatre legend from the 1930s
through the 1950s.
Eli Basse's 1952 Klezmer-mambo hit for the
Barry Sisters "Channa from Havanna"
Photos of Cuban Jews and jews in Cuba.

Lyrics for CHANNA FROM HAVANA

Mister Cohen who lives next door
says " married life is just a bore
since my wife Channa wemt and took
thar ten day cruise.
It cost me finef hindert dullars ($500.-)
and that's a lot of mullars,
now my channa is mechulah
so's my finef hindert dullars ($500.-)
and poor me I got the blues...

Oy zi loyft arim un zi schrayt,
Un far mir zi hot nit kein zayt,
she's a regular "carmen bananas"
since my Channa came back from Havana..
Wen ich freygt ihr epes zug "si"
un wos meint zi epes " si, si "
Un zi rift ihr bandeiro bandana (*?)
since my Channa came back from Havana..

Ich vil a bissel " yo te amo"
that's meaning love,
but she calls me an ox,
each time I want some "yo te amo",
that's also love,
it's costing me a silver fox,
and that ain't lox...

I say stop, or else is goodbye
she says ay ya yay alevai,
menschen kauf bei mir nit mekaner,
since my Channa came back from Havana

What should I do?, I´m asking you
now she calls my baba lekach "babalu".

'''''''''''''tug bis zwei,
mit a mexikaner sie rift "jose"
Sie schrayt ¨jose¨is a ¨grando caballero¨,
I remember when his name was Sam Shapiro.

Ken nit essen mir latkes because,
latkes I don´t like with chili sauce,
and she even has her little brother Morris,
calling for heise enchiladas.

sie schrayt "ole",
schrayt ich oy vey,
Oh what happenned to my Channa,
Sie will zayn a mexikaner,
ken sie zayn a Mexikaner,
venn sie iz du a galicianer,
from Minsk?,
so, take her away.
Ole.

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Title: Khane From Havana (Eng, Yid) -- חנה פֿון
האַװאַנאַ
(ענגליש
, ייַדיש

Title: Khane From Havana (Eng, Yid) -- חנה פֿון האַװאַנאַ (ענגליש, ייַדיש)
On album: O-005(d) (A Gala Concert with Moishe Oysher & The Barry Sisters Vol 2)
Vocal Barry Sisters (Claire & Myrna) שװעסטער באַרי
First line: Mister Cohen who lives next door, says married life is...
First line:זי לױפֿט אַרום און זי שרײַט, און פֿאַר מיר זי האָט ניט קײַן צײַט,

Сёстры Бэрри
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