“Mir kumen on” (We’re on the way)

“We’re on the way,” with words (in Yiddish) by Nokhem Yud and music by Yankl Troupianskim. This was the theme song of a film by the same name made in 1936. The film is a docudrama about the Jewish Socialist Bund’s Medem Sanatorium. It is sung by a chorus of the child actors in the film. The refrain goes: “We’re on the way, we’re on the way!/We’re on the way, we’re on the way!/And strong and sure is our step./We’re on the way from village and city./With passion in our eyes/With hearts yearning for happiness/ We’re on the way, we’re on the way!”