B-069(a)

Ovnt Lid (Hacken) — אָװנט ליד (האַקען)

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Evening/Nature/Piety/Poetry/Regrets/Wine

Origin:

Manger Illust/Man Roz 253/Alb A-001(l)/Alb K-095(a)

Transliteration:

Hacken 1 46/Alb A-001(l)/Alb K-095(a)

Translation:

Album B-069(a)/Alb A-001(l)/Alb K-095(a)

Music:

Hacken 1 46

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23604

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger/Clarinet:

Leshaw, Howard, arr

First line:

Quiet evening, darkening gold, I sip a wine tonight,

First line:

שטילער אָװנט, טונקל גאָלד, איך זיץ בײַם גלעזל װײַן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English/Yiddish

A Meydl In Di Yorn — אַ מײדל אין די יאַרן

Genre:

Lament/Love

Subject:

Aging/Dowry/Pedigree/Yikhes/Nadn/

Origin:

ML SOG 24/Bugatch 111/Vinkov 1 4/Ber Fef 196/Alb B-090(x)

Transliteration:

ML SOG 24/Bugatch 111/Vinkov 1 4/Alb B-090(x)

Translation:

ML SOG 24/Vinkov 1 4/Alb Z-018(a)/Alb B-069(s)

Music:

ML SOG 24/Bugatch 111/Vinkov 1 4

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23606

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Leshaw, Howard, arr

First line:

Ikh bin dokh shoyn a meydl in di yorn, vos hostu mir...

First line (Yiddish):

איך בין ראָך שױן אַ מײדל אין די יאַרן, װאָס האָסטו מיר פֿאַרדרײט..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Mayn Mames Eydeml (Eng, Yid) — מײַן מאַמעס אײדעמל (ענגליש, ייִדיש)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23607

Author/Composer:

Nichols A. & N. Holiner

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

First line:

You don't have to have a hanker, to be a broker or a banker,

First line:

דאַרף זיך ניט קלערן און זיך שװערן, אַ רײַכער פֿינאַנציר צו װערן,

Audio:

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Track comment:

You don't have to have a hanker to be a broker or a banker..

In Der Finster (Landau) — אין דער פֿינסטער (לאַנדױ)

Author:

Landau, Zisha — לאַנדוי זישע

Genre:

Love/Literary Origin/Passion

Subject:

Love/Darkness/Passion/Tenderness/Flexibility

Origin:

Bugatch 119/Alb B-012(t)/ML SOG 56/Alb W-035(a)

Transliteration:

ML SOG 56/Alb B-012(t)/Alb N-020(a)/Bugatch 119/CD L-054(a)/Alb W-035(a)

Translation:

Alb N-020(a)/CD L-054(a)/Alb W-035(a)/C-035(e)

Music:

Bugatch 119/ML SOG 56

Additional song notes:

In The Darkness

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23609

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

First line:

In der finster - zenen dayne oygn shener, in der finster...

First line:

אין דער פֿינסטער - זענען דײַנע אויגן שענער, אין דער פֿינסטער...

Audio:

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Track comment:

In the darkness, your face is milder, milder,

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Chanteuse

A Rege — אַ רגע

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23610

Author/Composer:

Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Leshaw, Howard, arr

First line:

Ven du zolst keyn mol mer nisht zayn un ikh bin keyn mol...

First line:

װען דו זאָלסט קײן מאָל מער נישט זײַן און איך בין קײן מאָל...

Audio:

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Track comment:

Introduced by "Goodbye" by Gordon Jenkins (Eng)

Goodbye (Eng)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23611

Author:

Jenkins, Gordon

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Leshaw, Howard, arr

First line:

I'll never forget how we promised one day, we'd love one...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Introduces "A Rege" by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

Eynzam — אײנזאַם

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)/Sh Sh 419

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)/Sh Sh 418

Music:

ML MTAG 163/Manger Roz 324/

Additional song notes:

Lonely Addtl translation by Ruth Whitman in PJ5191.E3 W5

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23612

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Leshaw, Howard, arr

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:

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Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Jazz/Blues

Nor A Mame — נאָר אַ מאַמע

Author:

Einhorn, Dovid — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Composer:

Glatshteyn, Yisroel — גלאַטשטײן, ישׂראל

Genre:

Folk/Lullaby/Viglid

Subject:

Mother/Unique/Child/Cradle

Origin:

ML SOG 6/ML PYP 251/Alb J-020(b)/Gelb GB 30/ Sh Sh 251/Ephemera 918/

Transliteration:

ML SOG 6/Vinkov 1 125/Alb J-020(b)/Ephemera 918/Alb B-211(a)

Translation:

ML SOG 6/Vinkov 1 125/Alb J-020(b)/Sh Sh 250/Ephemera 918/Alb B-211(a)

Music:

ML SOG 6/Vinkov 1 125Vinkov 1 125/Gelb GB 30

Additional song notes:

Only A Mother Translit also in Alb b-211(a)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23613

Artist:

Berk, Phyllis

First line:

Alie-lulie, alie-lulie, shlof, mayn tayere, in ru,

First line:

אַליע-ליולע, אַליע-ליולע-- שלאָף, מײַן טײַערע, אין רו,

Audio:

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Track comment:

Introduces "Lullabye" by Mercer & Arlen (Eng)

Lullabye (Eng, Mercer)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23614

Author:

Mercer, Johnny

Composer:

Arlen, Harold

Artist:

Berk, Phyllis

First line:

It seems like yesterday, I heard the grown up laughter,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Introduced by "Nor A Mame"

Mayn Mame Hot Gevolt...Khasene — מײַן מאַמע האָט געװאָלט זײַן אױף מײַן...

Author:

Bromberg, David — בראָמבערג, דוד

Composer:

Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל

Genre:

Literary Origin/Lament

Subject:

Mother/Wedding/Loss

Additional song notes:

My Mother Should Have Been At My Wedding

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23615

Vocal:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

First line:

My mother longed to see the day when I was wed,

First line:

מײַן מאַמע האָט געװאָלט זײַן אױף מײַן חתונה, אױ, טעג און נעכט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/English

Lost In The Stars (Eng)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23618

Author:

Anderson, M.

Composer:

Weill, Kurt

Artist:

Berk, Phyllis

Artist:

Berk, Phyllis

First line:

Before Lord God made the sea and the land, he held all...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Mayn Alte Heym (Yid, Eng) — מײַן אַלטע הײם (ייִדיש, ענגליש)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23619

Vocal/English Adaptaton:

Berk, Phyllis

Arranger:

Leshaw, Howard, arr

First line:

Zayt mir gezunt ikh bin mir shoyn greyt tsu forn…

First line:

זײַט מיר געזונט, איך בין גרײט צו פֿאָרן,

Audio:

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Track comment:

Phylis, Berk, Eng

Language:

Yiddish/English

Tikun Olam (Yid) — תּיקון עוֹלם (ייִדיש)

On album:

B-069(a) (Phyllis Berk Takes Yiddish Song Mainstream Coming of Age)

Track ID:

23620

Author/Composer:

Perry, Roslyn Bresnick

Artist:

Berk, Phyllis

Artist:

Bresnick, M. arr

First line:

Tikun olam, der zeyde zogt, dos tuen yidn muzn tun,

First line:

תּיקון עוֹלם, דער זײדע זאָגט, דאָס טוען ייִדן מוזן טון,

Audio:

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