[78-L] Jack Lawrence (1912-2009)

[David Lennick]

Definitely not Minka..an entirely different melody. But Jack's parents were 
from the Ukraine so it's likely something he heard at home.

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Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> Though he was mostly a lyricist, he wrote both the words and the music for 
>> “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” made > famous in 1940 by Dinah Shore.
> --
> Not quite. He borrowed the music from an Ukrainian tune, "Oy ne khody, 
> Hritsu", which, itself, is said to be variations of the old cossack Minka 
> theme, also used by Beethoven, Hummel and Carl Maria von Weber.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrGI0FncYc
> 
> More about the song (from a youtube discussion):
> 
> "This is a 17th century Ukrainian song by semi-legendary female author 
> Marusya Churaj. The song advises a man (Marusya's love) named Gryts' not to 
> go to vechornyci, or traditional evening party for the youth. Gryts' went to 
> this party, and was enchanted by a girl there. The song's refrain is 'lutshe 
> bylo'- it would have been better not to have gone to the party, not to have 
> known love and not to have loved, rather than to have experienced it and now 
> having to let it go."
> 
> Kristjan
>