Lebn zol Kolumbus! (Long Live Columbus!) Yiddish theater song with English subtitles.

From 1915, lyrics by Boris Tomashefsky, music by Perlmutter and Wohl. I sang the version found on the sheet music, including a second verse about Leo Frank and a third verse about the Smith-Burnett Immigration Bill, which sought to choke off immigration by imposing a literacy test. For more about this song (and its parody, "Vert a boarder"), see www.yiddishpennysongs.com/2015...

[@marklondon3823]

Thanks for posting this. I remember a quote from Sam Levenson (Leben..). That led me to your post.

[@andyrendell7430]

Fascinating social history in respect of the way the lyricists were absolutely time- bound with regard to attitudes to countries/ rulers which flipped over the course of time- eg Germany/ Austria Good/Bad, then later reversed in WW2,now back again; America? Hmm,too soon to say?

[@youtubesangryopinionramble1465]

What do Palestinians think of Columbus?