Name:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins

Tracks with this artist

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:
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
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
6243
Artist:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Artist:
Berens, Harold, host
Artist:
Amstell, Billy, arr
First line:
Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
First line (Hebrew):
הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew

Wedding Samba

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Author:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Author:
Small, Allan
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Dance/Samba/Latin
Subject:
Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368
Related information in folder 485:
Document type:
Lyrics
Author:
Internet
Publisher:
International Lyrics Playground
Comments:
Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
3255
Vocal and Accompaniment:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Host:
Berens, Harold, host
Arranger:
Amstell, Billy, arr
Orchestral Version Arrangement:
Small, Allan
First line:
Way down in thhe land of the Rio Grande, when people are,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Samba

Reb Dovidl — רבּ דודל

Also known as:
A Yidisher Tants
Also known as:
Ma Yofus
Also known as:
Nign G Moll
Also known as:
Hariklaki Mou
Author:
Fuchs, F. — פֿוקס, ל
Genre:
Khasidic
Subject:
Rebe/Place/Tolne/Vasilkovne/Khasidim/Torah
Origin:
Alb J-034(a)
Transliteration:
Alb J-034(a)
Translation:
Alb P-002(b)/Alb J-034(a)
Additional song notes:
Same Melody as "Lomir Heysn Freylekh Zayn/ Yoshke Yoshke" Text credited to L. Fuchs on liner notes of Alb J-034(a) and to I. Fuchs on liner notes of B-068(a).
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
3371
Artist:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Artist:
Berens, Harold, host
Artist:
Amstell, Billy, arr
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Ikh Bin A Border Bay Mayn Vayb — איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב

Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin:
ML PYS 254
Transliteration:
ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
ML PYS 254
Additional song notes:
I'M My Wife's Border
Related information in folder 495:
Comments:
1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik 2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253. 3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
7096
Vocal:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Artist:
Berens, Harold, host
Arranger:
Amstell, Billy, arr
First line:
Ikh bin shoyn vider single, ikh fil azoy vi a yingl,
First line:
איך בין שױן װידער סינגל, איך פֿיל אַזױ װי אַ ייִנגל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Also uses melody from chorus of "Dire Gelt"
Style:
Instrumental

Hevenu Shalom Aleykhem — הבאנוּ שלוֹם עליכם

Also known as:
Lid Fun Sholom (Hevenu Shalom..)
Genre:
Folk/Hora/Israeli
Subject:
Peace
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 78/Alb E-009(a)/Bugatch 66/Alb L-015(a)
Transliteration:
Bugatch 66/Alb H-002(c)/Alb G-005(c)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb E-009(a)/Alb L-015(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 78/Alb S-085(a)/
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 78/Bugatch 66/Kammen Jaff 4
Additional song notes:
We Bring You Peace See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, page 4 English adaptation by Pearl Bernyoe
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
6482
Artist:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Artist:
Berens, Harold, host
Artist:
Amstell, Billy, arr
First line:
Hevenu shalom aleykhem
First line (Hebrew):
הבאנוּ שלוֹם עליכם
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"We bring you greetings of peace" Recording from England
Language:
Hebrew

Raisins and Almonds

Also known as:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album:
A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
Track ID:
12968
Artist:
Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
Artist:
Berens, Harold, host
Arranger:
Amstell, Billy, arr
First line:
Sleep my baby, go to sleep, as the stars above begin to peep
First line (English):
אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English