The Man From Vilna - Shulem and Yanky Lemmer

[Music] [Applause] i met a man last sunday he was on his way back home from a wedding in chicago he was traveling alone he said he came from vilna a survivor i could tell i helped him with his suitcase he could not walk very well as steward gave us coffee as we settled on the plane i asked him why he bothers at his age there'd be no blame no sim joyce a burden although i miss my dear late wife then he shared with me a story that has changed my view of life we dance round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong from evening until morning filling up the shoe with song though we had no see freight toy run to clutch close to our hearts in the place we held the future of a past soul torn apart i remember liberation joy and fear both intertwined where to go and what to do and how to leave the pain behind my heart said go to vilner dear i pray it once again for the chance to find a loved one or perhaps a childhood friend it took many months to get there from late spring to the fall [Music] and design many others close to 400 and all there was healing darkened souls now mixed with light when someone proudly cried out since toy rise tonight we danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong from evening until morning filling up the shoe with song though we had no see freighter enough to clutch close to our hearts in the place we held the future of a past [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we ran as one towards the our spirits in a trance we tore apart the barricade in defiance we would dance but the scene before us he shook us through the core scraps of cedar bullet holes blood stains on the floor turning to the eastern wall we looked on in the sphere there'd be no scrolls to dance with the holy ark was big then we heard two children crying a boy and girl who no one knew we realized no children were among us but those two we dance round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong from evening until morning filling up the showy song though we had no see free torah to gather in our arms in the place we held those children the jewish people would live on we danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong from evening until morning filling up the shoe with song though we had no see freddie to clutch and hold up high in the place we held those children are high [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you