Goodbye Odessa - Yiddish Song

Vocal: Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, violin: Daniel Hoffman, clarinet: Ittai Binnun, accordion: Ofer Malchin, contrabass: Yehonatan Levi

record and sound: Ittai Binnun / Lars Sergel, mastering: Marek Walaszek

Oh Odessa, goodbye Odessa,

I will miss you so much,

I will never forget you,

Farewell my friends,

Let"s shout together:

Odessa Mama, I love you so much!

This Yiddish-Ukrainian song "Proshchai Odessa" was sung by Pesakh Burstein. I"ve combined it with a Ukrayinish Kek-Vok (Ukrainian Cakewalk) collected by Yale Strom.

I met a friend 50 years ago who walked from Poland at the end of 1939 to Odessa ,his parents murdered by the nazis.At 16 years old he arrived in Egypt and joined the British army saying he was 18!

He fought the germans and obtained the british nationality. Rest in pace Alex!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2TQ2ehSsKs