Name:
De Curtis, Ernesto

Songs written or composed

Reyzele Dem Shoykhets — רײזעלע דעם שוחטס

Author:
Segalovitsh, Zusman — סעגאַלאָװיטש, זוסמאַן
Composer:
De Curtis, Ernesto
Genre:
Literary Origin/Tragedy
Subject:
Father/Daughter/Shoykhet/Love/Tresses/Shears/Suicide/Piety
Origin:
ML PYP 364/Sh Sh 371
Translation:
Sh Sh 370
Additional song notes:
Reyzele the Shoykhets Daughter

Recordings

On album:
B-063(a)2 (Sarah Benjamin / Lidelakh Vol 2/ 101 Favorite Yiddish and Russian Folksongs)
Track ID:
22035
Vocal:
Benjamin, Sarah
First line:
Sheyn iz reyzele dem shoykhets, vos zi hot a guter natur,
First line (Yiddish):
שײן איז קײזעלע דעם שוחטס, װאָס זי האָט אַ גוטער נאַטור,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Field Recording/Folk/Acapella
On album:
S-008(c) (Lea Szlanger in Song — לאה שלאַנגער זינגעציק)
Track ID:
31000
Vocal:
Szlanger, Lea — שלאַנגער, לאה
First line:
Sheyn iz rayzele dem shoykhets hot a yunger harts in…
First line (Yiddish):
שײן איז רײַזעלע דעם שױכעץ האָט אַ יונגער האַרץ אין...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Cabaret
On album:
F-069(a) (Sarah Fersht /Field Tape/From Reel To Reel)
Track ID:
36582
Vocal:
Fersht, Sarah — פֿערשט, שרה
First line:
Es vet kraynen di lokn, un es vet bay veynen di oygn...
First line (Yiddish):
עס וועט קריינען די לאָקן, און עס וועט בײַן וויינען די אויגן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Field Recording/Folk/Acapella
Length:
5:16

Me

Author:
Sherman, Allan
Author:
Busch, Lou
Composer:
De Curtis, Ernesto
Composer:
Aveling, Claude
Genre:
Parody/Humor
Subject:
Toes/Fingers/Body
Additional song notes:
Sung to melody of "Come Back to Sorrento."

Recording

On album:
S-101(a) (My Son, The Celebrity Allan Sherman)
Track ID:
31300
Vocal:
Sherman, Allan
First line:
Counting both feet, I have ten toes, they're not lady toes…
Language:
English
Style:
Theatre