KulturFestNYC: The Modicut Project: World Premiere, 16 Jun 2015
"Muntergang and Other Cheerful Downfalls"
with Great Small Works and Edward Portnoy
Tuesday, June 16, 7:00pm
YIVO
15 W. 16th St., NYC
Aching to sing along with Yosl Cutler’s and Zuni Maud’s Modicut puppets on June 16th? Now you can – here is the chorus to one of their satirical songs, "I’m the Boss of my Shop," in the voice of a cranky Lower East Side garment-industry sweatshop boss:
Ikh bin der bos ba mir in shap shap shap
Di arbet muz leyfn hori yop yop yop
Ikh hob faynt in mitn drinen
Az me zingt ba di mashinen
Ikh bin der bos ba mir in shap shap shap
I'm the boss of my shop shop shop
The work has to be quick hurry up up up
I hate it when they suddenly start
Singing at their sewing machines
I'm the boss of my shop shop shop
More info: yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=205&aid=1364
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