Tates, mames, kinderlekh

Tates, mames, kinderlekh (טאַטעס מאַמעס קינדערלעך), also known as Barikadn (באַריקאַדן), is a Yiddish song from the 1920s associated with the socialist General Jewish Labour Bund movement. The song describes a workers' strike in Łódź; as men, women and children joined in to construct barricades in the streets of the city. Tates, mames, kinderlekh was written by Shmerke Kaczerginski, who later became a Communist Party activist and a partisan fighter. Kaczerginski was only 15 years old at the time the song was written in 1926. The song rapidly became widely popular in the Jewish community in Poland.

Recordings

 * "In Love And In Struggle: The Musical Legacy Of The Jewish Labor Bund", featuring Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper, Dan Rous with The New Yiddish Chorale and The Workmen's Circle Chorus, 1999 [translates the lyrics into English] Recording
 * "The Klezmatics - On Holy Ground", The Klezmatics, 2010 Recording
 * "A Tribute to Vilna", Jewish Labour Bund Melbourne, 2013 Recording
 * "In Der Heym/Down Home", Michael Alpert & Craig Judelman, 2023 [translates the lyrics into English] Recording