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8th Day’s Mumbai Song

Brothers Shmuel and Bentzy Marcus of the 8th Day band performed a tribute song to the Holtzbergs, "Yiddishe Mameh of Mumbai," on LA's KTLA morning show. Video

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awesome
July 18, 2011 2:30 am

I love yiddisher mama and yalili that your bro sang in SA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please
December 2, 2009 6:24 pm

can you please put it as an audio! thank you

A S
December 1, 2009 5:02 pm

there are a lot of songs made for mumbai http://mumbaimusictribute.com/

awesome
December 1, 2009 4:01 pm

ITS PERFECT… its not one of those teary songs… its just POSITIVE.. beautiful!

amazing... great song
December 1, 2009 1:01 pm

from the heart….

lyrics..
December 1, 2009 3:32 am

#3: it sounds like “Evil knocked and our hearts fell out..” ?

to whom? :-)
December 1, 2009 1:47 am

“being already familiar with it” doesn’t help – you can’t understand 8th day songs! 🙂 Which is way cool!

missing lyrics
December 1, 2009 1:32 am

evil knocked, and our hearts fell out

impressed
December 1, 2009 12:35 am

nice song

Hmmm...
November 30, 2009 10:38 pm

Weird but if it gets the message across so be it.

these guys are good.
November 30, 2009 8:52 pm

go 8th day!

To #7
November 30, 2009 7:38 pm

It’s nice & poetic in it’s own way, no need for any directive or message, just allow it to seep into your heart & from there u will find what it means to u.

injecting positive
November 30, 2009 5:19 pm

it seems that this song injects something positive in all of the negative. kol hakavod 8th day.

to whom?
November 30, 2009 5:11 pm

song is decent, but it doesn’t talk to the world to teach them awareness of Mumbai, the Holtzbergs, or the Rebbe’s words. Its only for those who are already familiar with it all, so its singing to the choir.
I only get moved by messages to those who need the awakening.

benzy u rock man!
November 30, 2009 4:15 pm
moving
November 30, 2009 4:12 pm

i was very moved by this song.

song
November 30, 2009 3:55 pm

why do they seem happy as they are singing??
am i missing the point??

lyrics
November 30, 2009 3:48 pm

So holy, so pure So holy… Lucky is the mom that had ya Lucky is the dad that raised ya Lucky is the school that schooled ya So holy, so pure So holy… Oh, midnight came and the lights went out The whole world cried when they heard you shout Like never before… Oh, like never before Oh, all the angels and the dreaming men Rushed to the scene just to hold your hand To see what’s going on… Hey, what’s going on? Oh, Yiddishe Mama in the sky Yiddishe Mama, don’t you cry Yiddishe Mama, lullaby Yiddishe Mama of… Read more »

8th day is wow
November 30, 2009 3:36 pm

this is an incredible song, when can i buy this on cd?

whoo!
November 30, 2009 3:23 pm

i like it!
nice lyrics

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