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The Cobbler’s Song
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Shlomo reclines within his shrine Woe to my days, woe to my nights Everyone knows how he is Nobody knows about me Woe to my days, woe to my nights As if it means something to anybody. If I have a…

Contributor:

Nathan Alterman

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1963

Subjects:

Class, Labor, Israel/Israelis, Music, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry, Music
Moses
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Dramatic poem by Angiolo Orvieto Music by Giacomo Orefice

Contributor:

Angiolo Orvieto

Places:

Florence, Kingdom of Italy (Florence, Italy)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Art, Labor, Jewish identity, Israel/Israelis, Class, Music, Performing arts, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry, Performing Arts, Music
Worker’s Song
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 Written down while working in the fields, patterned after the Arabic working song and sung to that tune.O I have my life and my labor!Yah ḥai li, li-hah-‘amali!Awaken, my brothers, there’s no time…

Contributor:

Bar-Nash (Noah Shapiro)

Places:

Zikhron Ya'akov, Ottoman Palestine (Zikhron Ya‘aqov, Israel)

Date:

1895

Subjects:

Labor, Class, Jewish identity, Economic life, Music, Performing arts, Poetry

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Popular Poetry
The Great Sea Misfortune of the Titanic
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A terrible calamity on the great ocean Happened to the ship Titanic at night It crashed hard into an iceberg Suddenly the ship began to sink, The strongest, best ship in the world, Carrying thousands…

Contributor:

Yehoshue Rayzner

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Class, Modernity, Migration, Technology, Death, Music, Performing arts, Poetry

Categories:

Performing Arts, Popular Poetry, Music

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