Mayn Yingele (My Little Son)

DESCRIPTION: Yiddish: The father comes home to his little boy, whom he sees "only while he sleeps." The mother tells him that he is a fine boy but he misses his father. But father can only be there while the child sleeps; he must work all day
AUTHOR: Morris Rosenfeld
EARLIEST DATE: 1887
KEYWORDS: work family separation foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-TheBalladOfAmerica, pp. 290-291, "Mayn Yingele (My Little Son)" (2 texts (1 English, 1 Yiddish), 1 tune)
File: SBoA290

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