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2/21/2014

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Since I've posted videos of the song "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" not once but twice, I wanted to share another "Matchmaker, matchmaker" song that I just came across. 

You might remember that last time, I talked about how matchmakers weren't always completely honest with their clients. Well, this song illustrates just how some brides felt about the subject, once their weddings were over:

Shadkhan, shadkhan
a klog tsu dir
Vos hostu gehat tsu mir!
Tsugenumen di shadkhones
Opegekoylet on rakhmones
A klog tsu dir, a klog tsu dir!

Matchmaker, matchmaker
woe to you!
Oh, what did you want with me?
You took my dowry,
And slaughtered me without pity,
A curse on you, a curse on you!
from Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia by ChaeRan Freeze
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