A-001(a)

Eynzam (Hirsh) — אײנזאַם (הירש)

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Lonliness/Alienation/Mice/Drunkeness/Wine/Tavern

Origin:

Alb L-001(a)/ML MTAG 162/Manger 183/R-024(d)/W-035(a

Transliteration:

Alb L-001(a)/ML MTAG 162/R-07(f)4/R-024(d)/Alb S-098(b)/W-035(a)

Translation:

Leftwich GP 569/R-07(f)4/B-069(a)/R-024(d)/Alb S-098(b)/W-035(a)

Music:

ML MTAG 163/Manger Roz 324/

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

5020

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Keyner veyst nit vos ikh zog, keyner veyst nit vos ikh vil,

First line (Yiddish):

קײנער װײסט ניט װאָס איך זאָג, קײנער װײסט ניט װאָס איך װיל,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Pop

Ele Bele — עלע בעלע

Author:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Composer:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Genre:

Folk/Humor/Literary Origin

Subject:

Riches/Poverty/Values/Family/Insult/

Origin:

Seculetz 117/Alb B-024(a)/Vinkov 3 227/CD G-070(a)/Alb L-066(b)

Transliteration:

Alb D-004(k)/Vinkov 3 227/CD G-070(a)/Alb L-066(b)

Translation:

CD G-070(a)/Alb L-066(b)

Additional song notes:

"Ele Bele" - an insulting folk expression -song expresses defiance to poverty

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

4525

Vocal/Accordion:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Vilstu shof un rinder - hob ikh, feygl, Gots a vunder...

First line (Yiddish):

װילסטו שאָף און רינדער - האָב איך, פֿײגל, גאָטס אַ װוּנדער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Concert

Gegangen Iz A Yingele — געגאַנגען איז אַ ייִנגעלע

Composer:

Landinski, S. I. — לאַנדינסקי, ש. י.

Genre:

Folk/Children

Subject:

Boy/Bird/Nest/Capture/Compassion/Release/Swallow/Mother

Origin:

Pozniak 103

Music:

Pozniak 102

Related information in folder 782:

Comments:

1. Article by Chana Mlotek publish in the Yiddish Forward titled "Gegangen Iz A Feygele" sugggesting that reader recalls a variant of "Gegangen Iz A Feygele and giving background of the song.

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

5578

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Gegangen iz a yingele, in vald tsvishn zangen,

First line:

געגאַנגען איז אַ ייִנגעלע, אין װאַלד צװישן זאַנגען, און האָט אַ...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Fisher Lid — פֿישער ליד

Also known as:

Fishelekh

Author:

Greenblatt, Aliza — גרינבלאַט, עליזה

Composer:

Greenblatt, Aliza — גרינבלאַט, עליזה

Composer:

Reimer, Issac

Genre:

Literary Origin/Love

Subject:

Fisherman/Occupation/Melancholy/Occupation

Origin:

Grn TsL 7/Bugatch 115/Alb N-002(a)/Alb R-022(a)/ML PYS 34/Alb 007(a)

Transliteration:

Bugatch 115/Alb L-004(d)/Alb N-002(a)/Alb R-022(a)/ML PYS 34/Alb B-007(a)/

Translation:

Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-004(d)/Alb N-002(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(a)

Music:

Grn TsL 7/Bugatch 115/ML PYS 34

Additional song notes:

Org, Translit & Translat in Alb B-211(a)

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

5269

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Fort a fisher oyfn yam, er fort aroys baginen, s'vil der...

First line (Yiddish):

פֿאָרט אַ פֿישער אױפֿן ים, ער פֿאָרט אַרױס באַגינען, ס'װיל דער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Leyg Dayn Kop Af Mayne Kni (Levin) — לײג דײַן קאָפּ אױף מײַנע קני (לעווין)

Author:

Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער

Composer:

Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו

Genre:

Literary Origin/Lullaby

Subject:

Comfort/Adults/Fear

Origin:

CD G-070(a)/ML SOG 197/Levin L WM 122/Alb L-044(c)/Alb L-038(a)

Transliteration:

CD M-062(a)/CD G-070(a)/CD A-005(e)/Levin L WM 122/Alb L-044(c)/ Ephemera 1458

Translation:

CD M-062(a)/Alb T-015(c)/CD A-005(e)/ML SOG 197/Levin L WM 122/Ephemera 1468

Additional song notes:

Yiddish, Translit and Translat on Alb B-207(a) Translit and Translat on Alb L-038(a) Yiddish and Translation on Alb C-060((a) Lay Your Head On My Knees See article by Ruth Levin in Ephema folder #580 establishing Leibu Levin as the composer.

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

9160

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Leyg dayn kop oyf mayne kni, gut azoy tsu lign, kleyne kinder

First line (Yiddish):

לײג דײַן קאָפּ אויף מײַנע קני, גוט אַזױ צו ליגן, קליינע קינדער..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Klingen Gleker — קלינגען גלעקער

Author:

Broderson, Moyshe — בראָדערזאָן, משה

Composer:

Glatshteyn, Yisroel — גלאַטשטײן, ישׂראל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Bells/Havdola/Shabos/Mother/Father/Wine/

Origin:

Bugatch 198/Alb R-024(d)/Sheet Music #684

Transliteration:

Bugatch 198

Music:

Bugatch 198/Sheet Music #684

Additional song notes:

Bells Are Chiming Sheetmusic lists composer as "Israel Gladstone"

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

8528

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Klingen gleker, klingen glokn, bim un bam, zingt der zeyde,

First line (Yiddish):

קלינגען גלעקער, קלינגען גלאָקן, בים און באַם , זינגט דער זײדע,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Di Verbe — די ווערבע

Author:

Bialik, Khaim Nakhman — ביאַליק, חיים נחמן

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Love/Fate Marriage/Mismatch/Objection/Future/Age/Willow Tree

Origin:

Kinderbuch 199/Vinkov 2 167/Alb L-001(d)/Alb R-024(d)

Transliteration:

Kinderbuch 199/Album K-002/Vinkov 2 167//Alb L-001(d)/Alb R-024(d)

Translation:

Kinderbuch 199/Album K-002/Vinkov 2 167/Alb L-001(d)/Alb R-024(d)

Music:

Kinderbuch 199/Vinkov 2 167

Additional song notes:

The Willow Tree

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

9259

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Nit baytog un nit bay nakht, gey ikh mir arum fartrakht,

First line (Yiddish):

ניט באַטאָג און ניט בײַ נאַכט, גײ איך מיר אַרום פֿאַרטראַכט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Oyfn Fidele — אַױפֿן פֿידעלע

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

11842

Author:

Halter, F. — האַלטער, פֿ.

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Kh'hob bakumen a geshank, a fidele, in di strunes iz...

First line (Yiddish):

כ'האָב באַקומען אַ געשאַנק אַ פֿידעלע, אין די סטרונעס איז...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Rabeynu Tam — רבּינו תּם

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Rubin, Hertz — רובין, הערץ

Genre:

Literary Origin/Humorous

Subject:

Simpleton/Fool/Rebbe/Rebetsn/Golden Peacock/Queen Of Turkey

Origin:

ML MTAG 170/Alb A-001(b)/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-112(a)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 170/Ephemera 1435

Translation:

Alb B-046(a)/Manger Wolf 104/Alb G-112(a)/Ephemera 1435

Music:

ML MTAG 170

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 747:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

12561

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Lomir zingen dos sheyne lid, haydl didl dam, fliet di...

First line (Yiddish):

לאָמיר זינגען דאָס שײנע ליד, הײַדל דידל דאַם, פֿליִט די גאָלדענע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Shikhelekh (Molodovsky) — שיכעלעך (מאָלאָדאָווסקי)

Author:

Molodovsky, Kadya — מאָלאָדאָװסקי, קאַדיע

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin/Children

Subject:

Little Shoes/Desire/Nails/Shoemaker/Display/Poverty

Additional song notes:

Little Shoes

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

13769

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Tantsn flink di tshvekelekh, baym dem shuster oyf der hant,

First line (Yiddish):

טאַנצן פֿלינק די טשװעקעלעך, בײַם דעם שוסטער איף דער האַנט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Tsipele — ציפּעלע

Author:

Broderson, Moyshe — בראָדערזאָן, משה

Composer:

Glatshteyn, Yisroel — גלאַטשטײן, ישׂראל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Child/Desires/Love/Kiss

Origin:

Alb W-001(a)/Kinderbukh 54/Gelb GB 57/Alb B-090(x)/Sh Sh 401

Transliteration:

Alb W-001(a)/Kinderbukh 54/Alb B-090(x)

Translation:

Alb W-001(a)/Kinderbukh 54/Sh Sh 400

Music:

Kinderbukh 54/Gelb GB 7

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

15616

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Es hot di kleyne tsipele, farbisn zikh a lipele,

First line (Yiddish):

עס האָט די קלײנע ציפּעלע, פֿאַרביסן זיך אַ ליפּעלע,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Concert/Pop

Undzer Nigndl — אונדזער ניגונדל

Also known as:

A Nigndl (Undzer Nigndl)

Also known as:

Hobn Mir A Nigndl

Also known as:

Our Song

Author:

Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום

Composer:

Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום

Genre:

Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Family/Melody/Tune/Parents/Children/Grandparents/Joy

Origin:

ML MTAG 158/Shternheim 70/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb C-015(a)

Transliteration:

Shernheim 70/Alb C-015(a)/ML MTAG 158/Alb D-016(a)/Alb R-001(a)

Translation:

Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 2 68/Alb R-022(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb L-024(b)Alb M-129(a&b)

Music:

Shternheim 70/ML MTAG 158/Gold Zem 86/

Additional song notes:

Our Melody Also Translation and transliteration on Alb 126(a) J. Vernik credited as composer on Alb W-034(b)

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

15938

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Hobn mir a nigundl in nakhes un in freydn, zing es mir, zing es mir

First line (Yiddish):

האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל, אין נחת און אין פֿרײדן, זינגען מיר עס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Hobn Mir a Nigundl"

Language:

Yiddish

Ver Hot Aza Yingele — װער האָט אַזאַ ייִנגעלע

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

16452

Author:

Fleishman, Janet

Composer:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Fun dem himl tsugeshikt, a yingele mir, mit an oytser...

First line:

פֿון דעם הימל צוגעשיקט, אַ ייִנגעלע מיר, מיט אַן אוצר מיר באַגליקט

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Originally "Ver Hot Aza Meydele"

Yankele — יאַנקעלע

Also known as:

Shlof Mayn Yankele

Also known as:

Shlof Shoyn Mayn Yankele

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Folk/Lullabye

Subject:

Child/Sleep/Teeth/Crying/Student/Wet/Khosn

Origin:

ML MTAG 08/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 60/Alb L-022(a)/Alb F-024(e)/

Transliteration:

GYF 63/ML MTAG 08/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb R-001(a)/Alb P-001(a)/Alb L-022(a)

Translation:

Alb H-006(a)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 63/Alb O-001(c)/Alb P-001(a

Music:

ML MTAG 09/GYF 61/

Additional song notes:

See also Ephemera 918 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration

Related information in folder 745:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

17141

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Shlof zhe mir shoyn, Yankele, mayn sheyner, Di eygelekh,

First line (Yiddish):

שלאָף זשע מיר שױן, יאַנקעלע, מײַן שײנער, די אײגעלעך, די...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish