Name:
Mikveh

Tracks with this artist

Yosemame/Orphan Mama — יתומאַמע

Also known as:
Orphan Mama
Author:
Gordon, Sarah Mina
Author:
Gordon, Sarah Mina
Author:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Composer:
Svigals, Alicia
Composer:
Svigals, Alicia
Genre:
Literary Origin/
Subject:
Miscarriage/Child/Mother/Bird
Song comment:
Incorporates motif from Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym"
Origin:
CD M-062(a)
Transliteration:
CD M-062(a)
Translation:
CD M-062(a)
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28148
Artist:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Chabad Choir & Orch
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
First line:
Once I had a little seed, Nourished by my love, But then a shadow soon...
First line:
װאָלט איך געװען אַ פֿײגעלע װאָלט איך געפֿלױגן פֿרײַ איבער אַלע דעכער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert/Lament

Eyshes Khayil (Shenker) — אשת חיל (שענקער)

Composer:
Shenker, Ben Tsion — שענקער, בּן־ציון
Genre:
Biblical/Proverbs 31:10-31/Religious
Subject:
Wife/Home/Love/Constancy/Shabos
Origin:
Alb S-048(f)/HAL 22/Pasternak CH 143/Alb Y-003(a)
Transliteration:
CD M-062(a)/HAL 22/Pasternak CH 55/Alb Y-003(a)
Translation:
CD M-062(a)/HAL 22/Pasternak CH 143
Music:
Pasternak CH 55/HAL 22
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28149
Arranger:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Chabad Choir & Orch
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Arranger:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Eyshes khayil mi yimtsa verakhok mipninim mikhra, botakh bo leyvbalo,...
First line (Hebrew):
אשת חיל מי ימצא ורחק מפּנינים מכרה בּטה בּה לב בּעלה ושלל לא...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Khasidic/Klezmer

Mazl Tov — מזל טובֿ

Related information in folder 101:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana & Yosl Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
6/28/1981
Comments:
Text and backround of folksong titled "Mazl Tov" also known as "Es Flien Yidelekh, Zingen Lidelekh".
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28150
Artist:
Mikveh
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Klezmer/Waltz/Instrumental

Leyg Dayn Kop Af Mayne Kni (Levin) — לײג דײַן קאָפּ אױף מײַנע קני (לעווין)

Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lullaby
Subject:
Comfort/Adults/Fear
Origin:
CD G-070(a)/ML SOG 197/Levin L WM 122/Alb L-044(c)/Alb L-038(a)
Transliteration:
CD M-062(a)/CD G-070(a)/CD A-005(e)/Levin L WM 122/Alb L-044(c)/ Ephemera 1458
Translation:
CD M-062(a)/Alb T-015(c)/CD A-005(e)/ML SOG 197/Levin L WM 122/Ephemera 1468
Additional song notes:
Yiddish, Translit and Translat on Alb B-207(a) Translit and Translat on Alb L-038(a) Yiddish and Translation on Alb C-060((a) Lay Your Head On My Knees See article by Ruth Levin in Ephema folder #580 establishing Leibu Levin as the composer.
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28151
Artist:
Mikveh
Vocal/English Adaptation:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
First line:
Lay your head down on my knee, Time to go to sleep, Children sleep alone...
First line:
לײג דײַן קאָפּ אויף מײַנע קני, גוט אַזױ צו ליגן, קליינע קינדער..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Svigals credited as composer for this version
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Di Arbuzn — די אַרבוזן

Also known as:
Libster Mayne
Also known as:
S'iz Der Step
Also known as:
A Libes Lid Fun A Kolvirtke
Also known as:
Lid Fun A Kalvirtke
Author:
Abarbanel, Mendl — אַבאַרבאַנעל, מענדל
Composer:
Yomen, Ben — יאָמען, בען
Genre:
Literary Origin/Love
Subject:
Love/Harvest/Fertility/Fruit/Cherries/Watermelon/Plums/Ripe
Origin:
Alb P-003(b)/ML SOG 230/Alb N-020(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb P-003(b)/ML SOG 230/Alb N-020(a)/CD M-062(a)
Translation:
Silverman SJP p14/CD M-062(a)
Music:
ML SOG 230/Silverman SJP p14
Additional song notes:
Same melody as "Oyf Di Vegn"
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28152
Artist:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion/Arranger:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Arranger:
Raim, Ethel
Arranger:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
S'iz der step shoyn opgeshorn, un shoyn alts tsunoyfgenumen, libster mayne...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז דער סטעפּ שױן אָפּגעשאָרן, און שױן אַלץ צונױפֿגענומען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Harmony/Concert

Baleboste Zisinke (Folk) — בּעל-הבּיתטע זיסינקע (פֿאָלק)

Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Housewife/Hostess/Food/Sweet Rolls
Song comment:
See "Balaboste Zisinke (Weisgall)" - 001496 - Art Song
Transliteration:
CD W-010(a)
Translation:
CD W-010(a)
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28153
Background Vocals/Arranger:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Arranger:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Baleboste zisinke, zisinke zise baleboste, baleboste zisinke, zisinke...
First line (Yiddish):
בּעל-הבּיתטע זיסינקע, זיסינקע זיסע בּעל-הבּיתטע, בּעל-הבּיתטע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Klezmer/Concert

Borsht (Folk) — באָרשט (פֿאָלק)

Genre:
Folk/Food/Love
Subject:
Love/Food/Borsht
Origin:
Alb R-034(c)
Transliteration:
CD M-062(a)/Alb C-035(e)/Alb O-007(d)/Alb R-034(c)/
Translation:
Alb R-034(c)/CD M-062(a)/Alb O-007(d)/Ephemera 1566 (p22
Additional song notes:
Contains "traveling motif" from "Ikh Bin A Meydl In Di Yorn".
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28143
Artist:
Mikveh
Accordion/Arranger:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
First line:
Ikh hob nokh aza borsht nit gegesn, ikh nukh aza tom nisht gefilt, Ikh ken...
First line (Yiddish):
איך האָב נאָך אַזאַ באָרשט ניט געגעסן, איך האָב נאָך אַזאַ טעם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert/Klezmer

Gasn Nign (Mikveh) — גאַסן ניגון (מיקװה)

Genre:
Folk/Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28144
Artist:
Mikveh
Accordion/Arranger:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Vos Vet Zayn — װאָס װעט זײַן

Genre:
Folk/Khasidic
Subject:
Meshiekh/Ingathering/Paper Brodge/Food/Roast Doves
Transliteration:
CD K-068(e)/CD M-062(a)/Alb K-042(c)
Translation:
Alb K-042(c)/CD M-062(a)
Related information in folder 280:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/15/1999
Comments:
Response to letter from Prof Robert A. Rothstein, dealing with text of a variant of Vos Vet Zayn under the title of "Es Vet Zayn Shayn Un Fayn Az Moshiekh Vet Du Zayn.
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28145
Arranger:
Sklamberg, Lorin
Arranger:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Chabad Choir & Orch
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
First line:
Vos vet zayn, vos vet zayn az meshiekh vet kumen tsu geyn? Gebrotene toybn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס װעט זײַן, װאָס װעט זײַן, אַז משיח װעט קומען צו גײן?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Hora/Concert

Di Fayerdike Libe — די פֿײַערדיקע ליבע

Also known as:
Fayerdike Libe
Genre:
Folk/Love
Subject:
Love/Passion/Desire/Forbidden/Lament
Origin:
Alb W-017(c)/Lehman 166
Transliteration:
Alb W-017(c)/Alb M-062(a)
Translation:
Alb W-017(c)/CD M-062(a)
Music:
Lehman 166
Additional song notes:
The Passionate Love/The Fiery Love
Related information in folder 1560:
Comments:
1 3/16/2017 Yiddish text, transliteration and translation entered in Ephemeral on March 16, 2017
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28146
Arranger:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
First line:
Di fayerdike libe, vos tut in maynem hartsn brenen, vu kumt aroys undzer...
First line (Yiddish):
די פֿײַערדיקע ליבע, װאָס טוט אי מײַנעם האַרצן ברענען--
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Ay Ay Ay Mazl Tov — אײַ אײַ אײַ מזל טובֿ

Author:
Hoffman, Joseph
Composer:
Hoffman, Joseph
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Fate/Luck/Congratulations
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28147
Arranger:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Arranger:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Ay ay ay mazl tov, mazl mazl mazl tov, ay ay ay mazl tov, ay mazl tov,
First line (Yiddish):
אײַ אײַ אײַ מאַזל טובֿ, מזל מזל מזל טובֿ, אײַ מזל טובֿ,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Freylekhs/Bulgar/Klezmer

Royz Royz — רױז רױז

Also known as:
Golus Goles
Genre:
Folk/Khasidic/
Subject:
Rose/Exile/Golus/Shkhine/Forest
Song comment:
Adapted from Hungarian Gypsy shepherd tune
Origin:
Kipnis 100 224/Alb R-034(h)
Transliteration:
Rubin Voi 247/Alb M-026(a)/Alb R-034(h)
Translation:
Rubin Voi 247/M-062(a)/Alb 034(h)
Additional song notes:
Kipnes, p 224 credits the "Riminiver Rebbe" with the text after - hearing a shepherd singing "Royz Royz". Khana Mlotek is cited in - CD liner notes that text was composed by "Rabbi Isaac Taub" after - hearing the shepherd. Pasternak, p 160 (Beyond Hava Nagila) - credits "Rabbi Isaac of Kalev", also that some credit "Rabbi - Hershel of Riminev" / Brave Old World credits Isaac of Kalev.
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28139
Artist:
Mikveh
Vocal/Arranger:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet/Arranger:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
First line:
Royz, royz, vi vayt bistu, vald, vald, vi groys bistu, volt di royz nisht…
First line (Yiddish):
רױז, רױז, װי װײט ביסטו, װאַלד, װאַלד, װי גרױס ביסטו,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Art Song/Concert

Heart Of The World

Author:
Kushner, Tony
Composer:
Svigals, Alicia
Genre:
Literary Origin/Chasidic
Subject:
World/Faith/Connections/Time/Existence
Origin:
CD M-062(a)
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28140
Artist:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
Arranger:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Far away, at one end of the world, the world atop a mountain, Pouring from..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Concert

Soreles Bas Mitsve — שׂרהלהס בתּ מצוה

Author:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Composer:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Bas Mitsve/Daughter/Rite/Parents/Family
Song comment:
Text adapted from Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman's "Tsu Benyumeles Bar Mitsve"
Transliteration:
M-062(a)
Translation:
M-062(a)
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28141
Artist:
Mikveh
Vocal/Text Adaptation:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
Arranger:
Schaechter, (Ben) Binyumen — שעכטער, (בען) בנימין
Arranger:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
First line:
Tsi veyst ir voser tog s'iz haynt, s'iz soreles basmitsve, se kumen noente..
First line (Yiddish):
צי װײסט איר װאַסער טאָג ס'איז הײַנט? ס'איז שׂרהלהס ב בת-מיצװה!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Celebratory/Concert/Klezmer/Bulgar

A Gutn Ovnt Brayne — אַ גוטן אָװנט ברײַנע

Also known as:
Brayne
Also known as:
Oy Brayne
Genre:
Folk/Family/Lament
Subject:
Wife Abuse/Husband/Wife/Neighbor/
Origin:
Kipnis 100 165/Vinkov 2 91
Transliteration:
Alb C-035(e)/Gold Zem 94/Vinkov 2 91/CD M-062(a)
Translation:
Vinkov 2 91/CD M-062(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 90/Gold Zem 92
On album:
M-062(a) (Mikveh — מיקװה)
Track ID:
28142
Arranger:
Mikveh
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Clarinet:
Leverett, Margot
Double Bass:
Parrotti, Nicki
Violin/Arranger:
Svigals, Alicia
First line:
A gutn ovnt brayne, di beste shkheyne mayne, dos harts vert in mir farbrent,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גוטן אָװנט, ברײַנע, די בעסטע שכנה מײַנע. דאָס האַרץ װערט אין..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Lament/Hora/Art Song/Concert/