What a beautiful, haunting song

I don't know if you are familiar with the terrible Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, but this song became an anthem of remembrance and a call for reform in the aftermath of the fire.146 garment workers died when fire broke out, locked in by the people who ran the factory as a matter of practice.  123 of those dead were women, and the workers were primarily Italian or Jewish immigrants/  The youngest of the victims whose ages are known were 14.  The oldest was 43, although most were teenage and young adults.  Yesterday I heard a beautiful song 'Mayn Rue Plats' (My Resting Place), composed by Morris Rosenfeld, a former employee of Triangle.  The lyrics are beautiful, and they are presented in both Yiddish and English at the Jewish Women's Archive, along with an audio clip as performed by the Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston Workmen's Circle.

Here is another beautiful rendition, recorded by Vocolot, the Jewish women's a cappella quartet based in California, on their album, Behold! :

Morris Rosenfeld also wrote Requiem in response to the fire itself, four days after the tragedy.