[52] For short notices of Gordon and his work, see B. Woloderski, _A kurze Biographie vun Michel Gordon_, in _Hausfreund_, Vol. II. pp. 147-149, and necrology in _Hausfreund_, Vol. III. p. 312. [53] Other poems by M. Gordon than those contained in his collective volume are to be found in _Jüd. Volksblatt_, Vol. VIII. (Beilage) pp. 93, 94, 362, 363; Vol. IX. No. 16; _Hausfreund_, Vol. I. pp. 39-43; Vol. II. pp. 73-75, 261-264; _Familienfreund_, Vol. I. pp. 3-6. [54] In this conjunction a few of the very many cradle songs will be mentioned here as an offset to the statement, frequently heard, that the Jews have no songs of that character; in the chapter on the traditional folksongs there have been mentioned a few such; add to these the one given in _Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für jüdische Volkskunde_, Heft II. p. 49. Of the literary cradle songs, the best are Abramowitsch's _Alululu, bidne Kind, Wēh is' der Mame, wēh und wünd_ (in _Dās klēine Menschele_, p. 121); Linetzki's _Varschliess schōn deine Äugen_ (in _Der bœser Marschelik_, p. 66); Goldfaden's _Schlāf' in Freuden, Du wēisst kēin Leiden_ (in _Die Jüdene_, p. 6); S. Rabinowitsch's _Schlāf', mein Kind_ (with music, in his _Kol-mewasser_, col. 25, 26). [55] Some of Goldfaden's poems may be found in: _Kol-mewasser_; _Jisrulik_; _Wecker_, pp. 7-15, 56-62; _Der jüdischer Handelskalender_, pp. 114-118; _Familienfreund_, Vol. I. pp. 27-35, Vol. II. pp. 57-59; _Hausfreund_, Vol. II. pp. 5-7; _Volksbibliothēk_, Vol. II. pp. 188, 247, 267, 268; _Dās hēilige Land_, pp. 25-29; _New Yorker Illustrirte Zeitung_. [56] A song expressive of this sentiment, under the title _Unsere liebe Schwester un' Brüder_, appeared in _Jüd. Volksblatt_, Vol. I. (1881), No. 2. Other poems were printed in the same year in Nos. 1 and 5; another poem was printed in _Jüd. Volksbibliothēk_, Vol. I. pp. 295, 296. A review of his collected poems is given in _Voschod_, Vol. VI. (1886), Part. II. pp. 26-31. For necrology see _Hausfreund_, Vol. III. p. 312. [57] Cf. Abrahams, _Jewish Life in the Middle Ages_, pp. 198 ff. It is not uncommon in Judeo-German literature to meet with the description of the old-fashioned badchen and his craft, but probably the best illustrations of his performances are to be found in the following works: Linetzki, _Dās chsidische Jüngel_, pp. 94 ff.; Gottlober, _Dās Decktuch_, pp. 43 ff. (2d act, 2d scene); _Der krummer Maschelik mit a blind Äug'_, Es is' sēhr schoen zu lejenen die Lieder, wās der Marschelik hāt gesungen, un' wie er hāt Chossen-kale besungen, un' see sennen noch kēin Mal nit gedruckt gewor'en: Kukariku! Der Marschelik is' dā, Warsaw, 1875; U. Kalmus, _Geschichte vun a seltenem Bris un' a genarrte Chassene_, _Theater in vier Akten_, Warsaw, 1882, pp. 65-72.