Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom

Album ID:
B-007(d)
Publisher:
Elektra Records EKS 7200

Contents

Les Guitares De L'exil (French)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
9087
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Tu ne m'as pas dit que les guitares de l'exil,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Die Moorsoldaten
Also known as:
Peat Bog Soldiers
Also known as:
Zumpland
Author:
Langhoff, Wolfgang
Author:
Esser Johann
Composer:
Goguel, Rudi
Genre:
Prisoner
Subject:
Swamp/Concentration Camp/Borgermoor/
Origin:
Gelb Zingt 17 (Yid)/Alb B-007(d)/Silverman TUF 3/Kinderland 30
Translation:
Alb B-007(d)/Silverman TUF 3/Kinderland 30/Alb V0121
Music:
Gelb Zingt 18/Silverman TUF 3
Additional song notes:
Performed at a cultural night (Zirkus Konzentrati/Concentration - Camp Circus) in the Borgermoor Concentration Camp.
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
3860
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Far and wide as the eye can wander, heath and bog are...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Wohin auch das Auge blicket, Moor and Heide ringsherum,
Language:
German/English
Style:
March
Eyten Bamidbar (Isaiah 41:19) — אתּן בּמדבּר (ישעיה מא)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
5062
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Composer:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
Arranger:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Eyten bamidbar arez sheta vehadas ve'ets shaman osim...
First line:
אתּן בּמדבּר ארז שטה והדס ועץ שמן אשׂים בּערבה
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the accacia tree,
Ezekiel 37 (Eng) — יחזקאל לן (ענגליש)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
5069
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Composer:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and the Lord carried me...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "The Vision Of The Bones"
Follow The Drinking Gourd (Eng)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
5293
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Follow the drinking gourd (2x), for the old man is waiting..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Folk
MacPherson's Lament (Eng)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
9560
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
First line:
Farweel, ye dungeons dark and strong, farweel farweel to…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Mrs McGrath (Eng)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
10787
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Oh, Mrs McGrath! the sergeant said, would you like to make..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
One Sunday Morning (Eng)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
11493
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
One Sunday morning, while on the way for Mass,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Oriol (Eagle, Russian)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
11536
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Ekh oriol, ty oriol, ty lyetayesh vysako,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Poale Tsien Shvue (Variant) — פּועלי ציון שבֿועה (װאַריאַנט)
Related information in folder 600:
Comments:
1. Article published in Yiddish Forward of 2/15/2002 by Chane Mlotek, including text of the Poale Tsien Shvue as originally written by Yeshua Pelovitz.
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
12286
Author:
Felovitsh, Y. — פֿעלאָװיטש, י,
Composer:
Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Mir heybn di hent kegn mizrekh un shvern, unzere trern mit..
First line:
מיר הײבן די הענט קעגן מיזרח און שװערן, אונדזערע טרערן מיט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sung version different from published text
Scots Wha Hae (Eng)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
13285
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Scots wha hae wi' Wallece bled, Scots wham Bruce has often..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Un Du Akerst — און דו אַקערסט
Author:
Zhitlovsky, Khaim — זשיטלאָװסקי, חיים
Genre:
Literary Ortigin/Class/Revolutionary/Protest
Subject:
Labor/Work/Poverty/Exploitation
Origin:
Vinkov 4 06/ML MTAG 90
Transliteration:
Vinkov 4 06/ML MTAG 90
Translation:
Vinkov 4 06/ML MTAG 90
Music:
Vinkov 4 06/ML MTAG 90
Additional song notes:
And You Plow
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
15895
Author:
Zhitlovsky, Khaim — זשיטלאָװסקי, חיים
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Un du akerst un du zeyst, un du fiterst un du neyst,
First line:
און דו אַקערסט און דו זײסט, און דו פֿיטערסט און דו נײסט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Transl from German poem by George Herwegh
Language:
English/Yiddish
The Rising Of The Moon (Eng)
On album:
B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
Track ID:
15196
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Hellerman, Fred
First line:
Oh! then tell me, Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)