Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition
- Album ID:
- F-034(b)
- Format:
- Cassette X64
- Publisher:
- Fat Uncle Records
Contents
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
- Also known as:
- Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
- Author:
- Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Genre:
- Immigration/Lament
- Subject:
- Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
- Origin:
- Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Additional song notes:
- See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version.
Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit.
See Gottlieb p. 147.
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate
What's Not To Like 2017
- Related information in folder 408:
- Comments:
- 1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine".
2. 2. Original text with 8 verses
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 3602
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Artist:
- Fink, Shayla
- First line:
- I'd like to tell you about my cousin, from the old country,
- First line:
- ס'איז צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען...
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Der Milyoner Fun Delancy Street — דער מיליאָנער פֿון דעלענסי סטריט
- Author:
- Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
- Composer:
- Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
- Genre:
- Theater/Novelty
- Subject:
- Millionaire/Riches/Immigration
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1458
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1458
- Additional song notes:
- Attributed to Leo Fuchs
What's Not To Like 2017
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 3231
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Vocal:
- Herscovits, Eli
- First line:
- Ikh bin der milioner fun Delancy Street,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מיליאָנער פֿון דעלענסי סטריט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
Freylekh (#3, Finjan, Instr) — פֿרײלעך (3#, פֿינדשאַן, אינסטר)
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 5366
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
Hercovits Hora And Sirba — הערסקאָװיץ באָראַ און סירבאַ
- Composer:
- Herscovits, Eli
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 6438
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Style:
- Instrumenta;/Klezmer
Mayn Tatns Nign (Instr) — מײַן טאַטנס ניגון (אינסטר)
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 10007
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "My Father's Nigun"
Oyfn Boydem Shloft Der Dakh — אױפֿן בױדעם שלאָפֿט דער דאַך
- Also known as:
- Afn Boydem Shloft Der Dakh
- Author:
- Hirshbeyn, Peretz — הירשבײן, פּרץ
- Composer:
- Shafir, Berl — שאַפֿער, בערל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Lament
- Subject:
- Poverty/Child/Hunger/Clothing/Attic/Roof/Goat/Straw
- Origin:
- Vinkov 3 159/Seculetz 40/Alb B-090(x)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 3 159/Alb B-090(x)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 3 159/Alb J-004(a)
- Music:
- Vinkov 3 159/Seculetz 39
- Additional song notes:
- The Attic Sleeps on the Roof
See "The Great Need" for Shostakovitch adapation
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 11839
- Author:
- Shafir, Berl — שאַפֿער, בערל
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Vocal:
- Finjan
- First line:
- Oyf boydem shloft der dakh, Tsugedekt mit shindelekh;
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן בױדעם שלאָפֿט דער דאַך, צוגעדעקט מיט שינדעלעך:
- Language:
- Yiddish
Nokh A Glezl Vayn — נאָך אַ גלעזל װײַן
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
- Genre:
- Klezmer
- Subject:
- Drinking/Joy/Fears
- Additional song notes:
- Another Glass of Wine
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 11224
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Track comment:
- Has "Greek" or "Mediterranean" Sound & Style
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Hora/Doyne
Sher — שער
- Also known as:
- Rusishe Sher
- Also known as:
- Rusisher Sher
- Also known as:
- Russian Sher
- Also known as:
- Sher, Rushisher
- Also known as:
- Sher, Russian
- Also known as:
- Galician Sher
- Also known as:
- Sher, Galacian
- Also known as:
- Sher, Galitsianer
- Also known as:
- Galitsianer Sher
- Also known as:
- Russian Scissors
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Genre:
- Dance
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 13101
- Artist:
- Finjan
Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע
- Author:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- Composer:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal
- Subject:
- Rumania/Place/Food/Women
- Origin:
- GYF 12
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1
- Translation:
- Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)
- Music:
- Warem 175/GYF 12
- Related information in folder 397:
- Document type:
- Text
- Comments:
- Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation.
Also, various versions.
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 13061
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Artist:
- Finjan
- First line:
- Ay! Rumenye, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.
- First line (Yiddish):
- עײַ, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 15946
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Artist:
- Fink, Shayla
- First line:
- Hobn mir a nigundl, In nakhes un in freydn, Zingen mir es,
- First line (Yiddish):
- האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל, אין נחת און אין פֿרײדן, זינגען מיר עס,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Hoben Mir a Niggundel"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Vu Bistu Geven ? — װוּ ביסטו געװען ?
- Also known as:
- Prohibition Bulgar
- Also known as:
- Vu Bistu Geven Far Prohibition
- Author:
- Segalovitsh, Zusman — סעגאַלאָװיטש, זוסמאַן
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Love/Aging/Separation/Dowry/Regret
- Song comment:
- Same melody as "Motl Der Oprator"
- Origin:
- Vinkov 1 47/CD M-066(a)/Alb C-060(a)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
- Translation:
- Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/CD K-081(a)CD M-066(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
- Music:
- Vinkov 1 47
- Additional song notes:
- Segalovitsh credited with lyrics on CD Z-011(f) but Khana Mlotek in ML SOG 47 indicates that the song was "collected" from Segalovitsh.
- Related information in folder 524:
- Document type:
- Text
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 4/13/2001
- Comments:
- Original Yiddish text.
- On album:
- F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
- Track ID:
- 16798
- Artist:
- Finjan
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Where Where You Before Prohibition"
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs