The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon

Album ID:
K-091(a)
Publisher:
Golden Crest Records 4018
Language:
Yiddish/English
Provenance:
Gift of Jerry Wasserman, November 2001
Genre:
Theatre
Where produced:
New York
Comment:
Back cover has cast pictures including Bruce Adler as a child.
Number of tracks:
10

Contents

Gants Long Island Redt — גאַנץ לאָנג אײַלאַנד רעדט
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Gossip/Place Long Island
Song comment:
From 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"/ Yiddish lyrics by Picon, English by Secunda
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28337
Vocal:
Adler, Julius
Vocal:
Saltzman, Esta — זאַלצמאַן, עסטע
Vocal:
Winters, Ann
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Hello. Oh, I don't believe it! It's a lie, Goodbye.
First line:
... ס'איז אַ ליגן, ס'איז פּלאָפּלירײַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
An Akteritse — אַן אַקטעריסע
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Novelty Song
Subject:
Occupations/Actress/Knowledge/Yiddish Theatre
Song comment:
From the 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28338
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Teater iz a modne zakh (2), bay undz in teater freygt men keyn shaylis,
First line (Yiddish):
טעאַטער איז אַ מאָדנע זאַך (2), בײַ אונז אין טעאַטער פֿרעגט מען...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Song and Dance/Light
Am Yisroel Chai (Kosher Widow) — עם ישׂראל חי (כּשר אלמונה)
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Zionist
Subject:
Impossibility/Unity/Persistance/Survival
Song comment:
From 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"/ Yiddish lyrics by Picon, English by Secunda
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28339
Vocal:
Serebroff, Muni
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Duet/Operetta/Waltz
Di Belles Fun Bell Harbor — די בעלס פֿון בעל האַרבאָר
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Novelty
Subject:
Age/Men
Song comment:
From 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"/ Yiddish lyrics by Picon, English by Secunda
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28340
Vocal:
Schoenfeld, Mae
Vocal:
Jacobson, Henrietta
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Mir zenen di belles fun bell harbor, mir zenen di bell harbor chicks
First line:
מיר זענען די בעלס פֿון בעל האַרבאָר, מיר זענען די בעל האַרבאָר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English/Yinglish
Style:
Duet/Waltz/Song and Dance/Humorous/Light
Am Yisroel Chai (Kosher Widow) — עם ישׂראל חי (כּשר אלמונה)
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Zionist
Subject:
Impossibility/Unity/Persistance/Survival
Song comment:
From 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"/ Yiddish lyrics by Picon, English by Secunda
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28341
Vocal:
Kosher Widow Ensemble
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
They said that it couln't be done (2), regirn an eygn yidish land, s'vet der..
First line:
...רעגירן אַן אײגן ייִדיש לאַנד, ס'װעט דער ייִד קײן מאָל ניט טעון..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Triumphant
Lekhaim (Kosher Widow) — לחיים (כּשר אלמנה)
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Drinking/Drunkeness/Whiskey
Song comment:
From the 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28342
Vocal:
Serebroff, Muni
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Jacobson, Irving
First line:
Lekhaim briderlekh, a trink iz der iker, hot gezogt der feter yoshke,
First line (Yiddish):
לחיים ברידעלעך, אַ טרינק איז דער עיקר, האָט געזאָקט דער פֿעטער יאָשקע…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Duet
Mazl Tov (Kosher Widow) — מזל טובֿ (כּשר אלמנה)
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Novelty
Subject:
Events/Rites Of Passage/Celebration
Song comment:
From 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"/ Yiddish lyrics by Picon, English by Secunda
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28343
Vocal:
Schoenfeld, Mae
Vocal:
Adler, Julius
Vocal:
Jacobson, Henrietta
Vocal:
Saltzman, Esta — זאַלצמאַן, עסטע
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
First line:
Mazl tov (3), dos vintshet zikh bnai yisroel, mazl tov (2) mirtshem (2) bay dir
First line:
מזל טובֿ (3), דאָס װינטשעט זיך בּני ישׂראל, מזל טובֿ (2) מירטשעם..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Congratulatory
M'nemt Eykh Oyf Der Hutska — מ'נעמט אײַך אױף דער הוטסקאַ
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Novelty
Subject:
Seduction/Duplicity/Trickery/Bluff
Song comment:
From 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"/ Yiddish lyrics by Picon, English by Secunda
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28344
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Ven a man zogt dir, "du bist mayn one and only gal", zolst visn s'iz gefonfetת
First line:
װען אַ מאַן זאָגט דיר, "דו ביסט מײַן װאָן און אָנלי גאַל" זאָלסטו...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English/Yinglish
Style:
Humerous
Ikh Darf Dikh Vi A Lokh In Kop — איך דאַרף דיך ווי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/Novelty/Humorous/Sarcasm/Vaudeville
Subject:
Rejection/Needs/Insults/Qualities/Food/Broken Promises
Song comment:
From the 1959 musical "Kosher Widow"
On album:
K-091(a) (The Kosher Widow/ Original Cast Album Starring Molly Picon)
Track ID:
28345
Vocal:
Adler, Julius
Vocal:
Saltzman, Esta — זאַלצמאַן, עסטע
Conductor, Orchestra:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Ikh darf dikh hobn vi a lokh in kop, vi a milkhike blintse darf a fleyshikn top
First line (Yiddish):
איך דאַרף דיך האָבן װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ, װי אַ מילכיקע בלינצע..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Humerous/Swing/Song and Dance