I'd missed this before:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/freedman/lookupwork?hr=&what=Expectation%20Waltz
but lyrics would still be great!
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Ian Nagoski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> hi, guys.
> curious thing:
>
> a customer walked into my shop today as I was playing Marika Papagika's
> "Smyrneiko Papagika" (recorded mid-1919 by Greek immigrants to New York) and
> mentioned to me that, being in a klezmer band, he knew the closing
> (instrumental) melody as the "Expectation Waltz," which he says have words
> in Yiddish. He also said that the tune is also found in Russian under the
> name "O Zdiane." And sure enough, a quick google search bore out the
> Expectation Waltz, for instance this YouTube clip of a six-year-old girl
> playing it rather beautifully:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhujMCwys5E
>
> I've had no luck coming up with the Russian version. Probably I'm spelling
> it wrong. Can anyone help? Does anyone have lyrics to those?
>
> Being as Smyrneiko Minore is one of all-time favorite songs, I can't
> believe I'd never known this before. But there's something nice about this
> thickening of the plot...
>
> thanks!
> Ian
>
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