Stranger from Convergence by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
Adapted from “May-ko mashmalon” by Avrom Reyzen and “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”, American folk song
Tracklist
| 5. | Stranger | 4:01 |
Lyrics
What is the meaning of the rain?
What does it teach me?
Down the windowpane
The drops roll down like dismal tears.
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
A-traveling through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright land to which I go.
What is the meaning of my life?
What does it teach me?
To decay, to wither in its youth,
To grow old before its time.
To “eat days” and swallow tears,
To sleep upon my hard fist…
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
A-traveling through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go.
To die here in this world,
Waiting for The World to Come...
Credits
Arranged by Anthony Russell, Joshua Horowitz and Cookie Segelstein
Anthony Russell, vocals
Joshua Horowitz, piano and tsimbl
Cookie Segelstein, fiddle
Stuart Brotman, cello
License
All rights reserved.
Ten years after making his professional debut in the world premiere of Philip Glass's opera Appomattox, Anthony Russell is now a vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in Yiddish art and folk song.