Why does everyone call this song Korobushka? The name of the song is Korobeiniki. Korobushka is in the lyrics. "Korobeiniki" means "peddlers", and "korobushka" is referring to a small box or a crate. It's in the lyrics. It's not a song about boxes, it's a song about peddlers.
"Yiddish" is a language and perhaps a culture, and if you speak Yiddish, it means "Jewish", but if you're speaking English, there is no such thing as a "Yiddish dance". Since Jewish law forbids mixed dancing, and most Russian shtetl yiddish-speaking Jews were observant until at least around 1875 it would have been absolutely unthinkable for a couples dance to be considered "Yiddish". It's a great song, though - the words are about a peddler who apparently seduces one of his customers.
Why does everyone call this song Korobushka? The name of the song is Korobeiniki. Korobushka is in the lyrics. "Korobeiniki" means "peddlers", and "korobushka" is referring to a small box or a crate. It's in the lyrics. It's not a song about boxes, it's a song about peddlers.
"Yiddish" is a language and perhaps a culture, and if you speak Yiddish, it means "Jewish", but if you're speaking English, there is no such thing as a "Yiddish dance". Since Jewish law forbids mixed dancing, and most Russian shtetl yiddish-speaking Jews were observant until at least around 1875 it would have been absolutely unthinkable for a couples dance to be considered "Yiddish". It's a great song, though - the words are about a peddler who apparently seduces one of his customers.