PAPIROSN (Cigarettes); Yiddish 
words by HermanYablokoff  (tune, 
trad. Bulgarian). This song by 
"DerPoyets" (The Clown), 
HermanYablokoff, tells the tale of 
an orphaned cigarette peddler 
freezing in the rain on a street 
corner. Papirosn long ago entered 
the folk tradition, with several 
variants. One is the doina or 
lament in Rumanian-Yiddish style; 
another is a rollicking dance-band 
version in Klezmer style. 
Piano version, performed by SHIRIN