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Title: 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: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 5264
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Lead Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Vocal, Accordion Kahn, Daniel
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
tzoura Cohen, Bob
First line: Fort a fisher oyfn yam, er fort aroys baginen, s'vil der fisher minhastom…
First line (Yiddish):פֿאָרט אַ פֿישער אױפֿן ים, ער פֿאָרט אַרױס באַגינען, ס'װיל דער פֿישער מן־הסתּם
Track comment: Recorded under title "Fishelekh"
Language: Yiddish
Title: Hava Nagila (Nathanson) -- הבה נגילה
Also known as: Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as: Living With the H Tune
Author: Nathanson, Moshe
Genre: Folk/Hora
Subject: Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song Comment: See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin: Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration: Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation: Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music: Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes: Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
- Comments: 1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
Track ID: 41636
Music Box/Whistle Kahn, Daniel
Style: Instrumental
Length: 0:20
Title: Freylekhs (Nazaroff) -- פֿרײלעכס (נאַזאַראָף)
Author: Nazaroff, Nathan "Prince"
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41625
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Second Fiddle/Mandolin Cohen, Bob
Poyk (Marching Drum and Cymbol) Melin, Hampus
Whistle Shepherd, Merlin -- שעפּהערד, מערלין
Style: Klezmer/Instrumental
Length: 3:12
Title: Meydlekh Vi Blumen -- מײדלעך װי בלומען
Author: Nazaroff, Nathan "Prince"
Genre: Waltz
Subject: Girls/Flowers/Tempting/Charms/Power/Beauty/Light
Transliteration: Album N-002(b) - Partial
Translation: Album N-002(b)- Partial
Additional song notes: Girls Are Like Flowers
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41626
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Mandolin Cohen, Bob
First line: Meydlekh vi blumen, reytsend un sheyn, zogt vi nemt ir dem tsoyber un kheyn…
First line:מײדלעך װי בלומען, רײצענד און שײַן, זאָגט װי נעמט איר דעם צויבער און חן...
Language: Yiddish/English
Style: Waltz
Length: 4:00
Title: Der Kaptsn -- דער קבּצן
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41627
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Russian Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Yiddish Vocal Cohen, Bob
Ukulele Kahn, Daniel
First line: Hob ikh kinder kleyne fil, kinder hoylen nakhes, ho ikh khoyves mer vi hor…
First line:האָב איך קינדער קליינע פֿיל, קינדער הוילן נחת, האָב איך חו
Track comment: Similar verses to "A Mazkdiker Yid" on same album.
Language: Yiddish/Russian
Style: Joyful/Rhyming Couplets (Chestshukas?) Light Hearted
Length: 1:24
Title: A Mazldiker Yid -- אַ מזלדיקער ייִד
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41631
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Vocal/Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Vocal/Mandolin Cohen, Bob
Poyk (Marching Drum and Cymbol) Melin, Hampus
Whistle Shepherd, Merlin -- שעפּהערד, מערלין
Vocal Gurzhy, Yuriy
First line: Oy, ikh bin a mazldiker, mazldiker yid, vi ikh gey, vi ikh shtey, her ikh nor…
First line (Yiddish):אױ, בין איך אַ מזלדיקער, מזלדיקער ייִד, װי איך גײ, װי איך שטײ, הער איך נאָר...
Track comment: Similar verses to "Der Kaptsn" on same album.
Language: Yiddish
Title: Maidlid -- מיידליד
Genre: Love
Subject: Roads/Fields/Girlfriend/Encounter/Kisses/Strokes/Embrace
Transliteration: Album N-002(b)
Translation: Album N-002(b)
Additional song notes: Maidensong
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41632
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle/tsuras Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
First line: Oyf di vegn reyne, oyf di felder fraye, vel ikh mir aroysgeyn zikhn mayn getraye
First line (Yiddish):אויף די וועגן ריינעת אויף די פֿעלדער פֿרײַע, וועל איך מיר אַרויסגיין זיכן מײַן
Language: Yiddish
Style: Folk/Klezmer
Length: 3:06
Title: Ikh Flee -- איך פֿלי
Author: Nazaroff, Nathan "Prince"
Genre: Klezmer
Subject: Travel/Restlessness/No Time/Placeless/All Over/Border/Harbor
Transliteration: Album N-002(b)
Translation: Album N-002(b)
Additional song notes: I Fly
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41633
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle/tsuras Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Poyk (Marching Drum and Cymbol) Melin, Hampus
First line: Ikh for, ikh for, ikh loyf in fli,ikh hob keyn tsayt, ikh hob kayn ri (ru?),…
First line:איך פֿאָר, איך אָר, איך לויף אין פֿלי, איך האָב קיין צײַט, איך האָב קיין רי..
Language: Yiddish/Russian
Style: Folk/Klezmer
Length: 2:20
Title: Yidl Mit Zayn Fidl -- ייִדל מיט זײַן פֿידל
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41634
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Vocal, Accordion Kahn, Daniel
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
First line: Oy yidl mit zayn fidl, s'iz vert milionen gelt, er hot dem bestn shmitshik,…
First line:אוי ייִדל מיט זײַן פֿידל ס'איז װערט מיליאָנען געלט, ער האָט דעם בעסטן שמיטשיק,
Language: Yiddish/Russian/English
Length: 4:42
Title: Krasnoarmeymeyskayn Pesn'
Genre: Soviet Revolutionary Song
Subject: Trar/Dowfal/Bourgeoisie/Soviet/Powers/Lenin/Proletariat
Translation: Album N-002(b)
Additional song notes: Red Army Song
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41635
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle Kahn, Daniel
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Language: Russian/English
Length: 3:40
Title: Vander Ikh Mir Lustik -- װאַנדער איך מיר לוסטיק
Author: Nazaroff, Nathan "Prince"
Genre: Folk/Humorous
Subject: Carefree/Wanderer
Origin: Alb N-002(a)
Transliteration: Alb N-002(a)/Alb N-002(b)
Translation: Alb N-002(a)Alb-N-002(b)
Additional song notes: While I'm Happily Walking
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41620
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Vocal/Guitar Alpert, Michael -- אַלפּערט, מישקע
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Mandolin Cohen, Bob
Poyk (Marching Drum and Cymbol) Melin, Hampus
First line: Vander ikh mir lustik, in regn in dem feld, zing ikh mir a freylekhs, fayf ikh
First line (Yiddish):װאַנדער איך מיר לוסטיק, אין רעגן אין דעם פֿעלד, זינג איך מיר אַ פֿריילעכס,...
Language: Yiddish
Style: Klezmer/Freylekhs
Length: 5:16
Title: Tum Balalayke (Variant Nazaroff) -- טום באַלאַלײַקע (נאַזעראָף װאַריאַנט)
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41621
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Mandolin Cohen, Bob
Poyk (Marching Drum and Cymbol) Melin, Hampus
First line: Iz geven a friling ovnt, hot getsitert in di luftn, yugent libe, lippenmurmel.,
First line (Yiddish):איז געװען אַ פֿרילינג אָװנט האָט געציטערט אין די לופֿטן, יוגנטליבע, ליפענמורמל
Language: Yiddish
Style: Folk/Waltz
Length: 4:03
Title: Ir Fregt Mikh Vos Ikh Troyer -- איר פֿרעגט מיך װאָס איך טרױער
Also known as: Akh Pi Vodka
Author: Nazaroff, Nathan "Prince"
Genre: Folk/Lament/Drinking
Subject: Love/Deception/Vodka/Friend/Sweetheart
Origin: Alb N-002(a)/CD M-066(a)
Transliteration: Alb N-002(a)
Translation: Alb N-002(a)/CD M-066(a)
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41622
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Lead Vocal/Accordion Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
Vocal/Guitar Alpert, Michael -- אַלפּערט, מישקע
First line: Ir fregt mikh vos ikh troyer, vos veyn ikh oyfn kul,
First line:איר פֿרעגט מיך װאָס איך טרױיער, װאָס װײן איך אױפֿן קול,
Language: Yiddish/Russian
Style: Folk
Length: 4:17
Title: Arum Dem Fayer -- אַרום דעם פֿײַער
Genre: Folk
Subject: Campfire/Singing/Dancing/Dreams
Origin: ML MTAG 176/Alb A-002(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-020(b)
Transliteration: ML MTAG 176/Alb A-002(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-020(b)/Alb R-001(b)/Fried 473
Translation: Sheet Music 760/Alb A-002(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-020(b)/R-001(b)/Levin N 171
Music: Levin N 171/ML MTAG 176
Additional song notes: Around The Fire
On album: N-002(b) (The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince)
Track ID: 41624
Arranger The Brothers Nazaroff
Vocal/Accordion/Whistle Kahn, Daniel
Vocal Korolenko, Psoy
Vocal/Guitar Alpert, Michael -- אַלפּערט, מישקע
Fiddle Shulman-Ment, Jake
tsuras (?)/Second Fiddle Cohen, Bob
First line: Arum dem fayer iz ales liber, di nakht iz tayer, mir zingen lider, un zol di…
First line:אַרום דעם פֿײַער איז אַלעס ליבער, די נאַכט איז טײַער, מיר זינגען לידער,...
Track comment: Recorded with a Russian song.
Language: Yiddish/Russian
Style: Joyful/Folk
Length: 3:25
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