From Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird's album "Lost Causes"www.paintedbird.netavailable as Oriente Music's RIEN 77 at www.oriente-express.deOriginal Yiddish so...
Apparently an adaption of an old yiddish song, arbetslose marsh. You can hear the similarities.
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