Name:
Katz, Mickey
Died:
1985
Related information in folder 850:
Comments:
1. Announcement in Yiddish Forward, 3/13/08 that the son and daughter-in-law of Mickey Katz, Ron and Madelyn Katz have contributed $1,000,000 to University of California, LA, to establish a chair in music in honor of their father.

Songs written or composed

Beygel Call Rag

Also known as:
Bagel Call Rag (Eng)
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Author:
Schoebel, Elmer
Composer:
Meyers, Billy
Composer:
Pettis, Jack
Genre:
Parody/Humorous
Subject:
Klezmer/Band Menmbers/Instruments
Song comment:
Parody of "Bugle Call Rag"/ "Pettis-Meyers" also credited on liner notes
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Bugle Call Rag"/ "Pettis-Meyers" also credited on liner notes

Recording

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
2335
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 1824 Introducting Band Memebers
Language:
Yinglish

Borsht Riders In The Sky

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Jones, Stan
Genre:
Parody/Humorous/Dialect/Novelty
Song comment:
Parody of "Riders In The Sky"

Recordings

On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21134
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
A-048(a) (All for you: collection of love songs — הכל בשבילך: אוסף שירי אהבה)
Track ID:
31732
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Shmendrik, gey nisht tsurik in corral,
First line:
שמענדריק, גיי נישט צוריק אין קאָראַל,
Language:
Yinglish/Accent/Dialect
On album:
M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:
2540
Author/Vocalist:
Marcus, Wendy
Composer:
Jones, Stan
Artist:
Mazeltones
First line:
An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Silly combination with a "Sher" motiv.
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
2541
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Ces Tzi Bon

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Betti, Henri
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parody of "C'est Si Bon"

Recordings

On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19666
Author:
Betti / Seelen / Horenz
Artist:
Don Byron Orchestra
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Ces tzi bon, modamoyzl fang shoyn on, l'parte ikh hob dir,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40721
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ces tzi bon, modamoyzl fang shoyn on, l'parte ikh hob dir,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
2725
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ces tzi bon, modamoyzl fang shoyn on, l'parte ikh hob dir,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Come On A House

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bagdasarian, Ross
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of "Come On A My House
Related information in folder 1075:
Comments:
1. Transliterated text provided by Carl Yaffee

Recordings

On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21133
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Come on my hoyz, mine hoyz, I'm gon vive you teygelekh,
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
2805
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Come on my hoyz, mine hoyz, I'm gon vive you teygelekh,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Don't Let The Shmalts... (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Willet, Slim
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Shmalts/Gas/Overeating
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes."

Recordings

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31215
First line:
Don't let the shmalts get in your eyes, don't let the lox…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Dialect
On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
3943
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Don't let the shmalts get in your eyes, don't let the lox...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 2370
Language:
English
Style:
Dialect

Dos Geshray Fun Der Vilde Katshke — דאָס גישרײַ פֿון דער װילדע קאַטשקע

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Gilkyson, Terry
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Dialect/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of "Cry of the Wild Goose"
Related information in folder 568:
Comments:
Original text of "Wild Goose" and transliteration of "Dos Geshray Fun Der Vilde Katshke". Posted on Mendele 3/27/2006 by Alina Polonskaya of Moscow, thanking her friend Mirye,-Khaye Seigel.

Recordings

On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21132
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil geyn vu di katshke geyt, and I wanna drey vi a..
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-029(g) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Thirteenth Anniversary Album)
Track ID:
21257
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Author:
Gilkyson, Terry
Composer:
Glikyson, Terry
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Ikh vil geyen vu di katshke geyt, and I wanna drey vi a...
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנע דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
4040
Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil geyn vu di katshke geyt, and I wanna drey vi a..
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
4041
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Glikyson, Terry
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Ikh vil geyn vu di katshke geyt, and I wanna drey vi a..
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Dovid Crockett

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bruns, George
Genre:
Humorous/Dialect/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Delancy St/Food/Gambler/Craps/Las Vegas
Additional song notes:
Parody of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Related information in folder 576:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Mickey Katz
Publisher:
Internet
Comments:
Song text, parody of the ballad of Davy Crockett.

Recordings

On album:
058c (Mickey Katz/ Dovid Krockett/ Tweedlee Dee)
Track ID:
30486
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Arrangement:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
Track ID:
33800
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Humorous/Klezmer
Length:
3:02
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40720
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
4178
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Arranger:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
4179
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Tenor Sax:
Leshaw, Howie
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Musical Director/Vocal/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Length:
2:55

Freylekh Jamboree

Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19661
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Clarinet:
Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22341
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Guitar:
Bain, Bob
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:
Singer, Lewis
Track comment:
Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-029(h) (The Klezmer Cconservatory Band Dancing In the Aisles)
Track ID:
25248
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Arranger:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:
5387
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mazeltones
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley of "Mazeltov Dances" and "Freylekh Jamboree".
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
5388
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Grandma's Draydl

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22342
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:
Hansell, Ralph
Track comment:
Joel Grey sings "Papa, Play For Me" to this melody/Recorded Oct 3, 1952
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
5790
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Instrumental

Herring Boats

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Weston, P.
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parrody of "Shrimp Boats"

Recordings

On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
6443
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Herring boats are coming with bagels un lox,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
017b (Katz, Mickey & Orch/ Herring Boats/ Sin)
Track ID:
29258
Orchestra Leader/Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Herring boats are coming with bagels un lox,
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40718
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Herring boats are coming with bagels un lox,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Kiss Of Meyer

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Allen, L.
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/Humorous/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of "Kiss Of Fire"/ See also "Kiss of Fire (Parody)" for another parody.

Recordings

On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
8500
Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oh, when I look at you, es brent by me a fire,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19675
Author:
Allen, Lester
Composer:
Hill, Robert
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
Artist:
Don Byron Orchestra
First line:
Oh, when I look at you, es brent by me a fire,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Parody of Kiss Of Fire
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40719
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oh, when I look at you, es brent by me a fire,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Litvak Square Dance

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
9243
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Mixed language, dialect
Language:
Yinglish/Dialect
On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19665
Author/Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
Artist:
Don Byron Orchestra
First line:
Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Mixed language, dialect
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22344
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
First line:
Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Language:
Yinglish

Mamaliga Dance

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
9677
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Rumanian melodies and theme.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19663
Clarinet:
Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Rumanian melodies and theme.
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22345
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Rumanian melodies and theme./ Recorded Jan 3, 1955
Style:
Rumanian melodies and theme.

Mazl Tov Dances

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:
10113
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mazeltones
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley of "Mazeltov Dances" and "Freylekh Jamboree".
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
10114
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-029(c) (A Touch of Klez! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
10115
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Orchestra Conductor:
Netsky, Hankus
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-050(a) (KlezKamp Repertory 1989)
Track ID:
10116
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Same recording as on K-022(a)
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22346
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 18, 1952
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24377
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד

Composer:
Klein, Emmanuel
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
10299
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:
װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Memdel's Songs."
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
10300
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, shpil far mir a...
First line:
װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, שפּיל פֿאַר מיר דרײדעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Seems to be the same melody as "Papa Play For Me"
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22347
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:
Hansell, Ralph
First line:
Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:
װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Memdel's Song."/ August 3, 1952

Mickey's Mishegas

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Jokes/Humor

Recording

On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22357
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
From original cast album of "Hello Solly"
Language:
English
Style:
Stand Up Comedian
Length:
2:56

Peysekh In Portugal (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Ferrao, Raol
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish/Double Entendre
Subject:
Peysekh/Portugal/Food/Gay
Additional song notes:
Parody of "April in Portugal"

Recordings

On album:
xB-062(a)
Track ID:
19672
Author:
Ferrao, Raul & Jimmy Kennedy
Artist:
Don Byron Orchestra
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Peysekh in Portugal (2x), I love to spend a peysekh in...
Track comment:
Recorded under Peysekh In Portugal
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31283
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Peysekh in Portugal, yoo-hoo (2x)…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Easy Listening/Klezmer

She'll Be Coming ' Round Di Katzkills

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Parody/Humorous/Dialect/Novelty
Song comment:
Parody of "She'll Be Comin' ' Round The Mountain"

Recordings

On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
13568
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
She'll be coming around the katzkills when she come,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21135
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
She'll be coming around the katzkills when she come,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Girl/Mikve/Bathhouse/Overeating

Recordings

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31289
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
There's a mikve in a bathhouse in Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English\Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer
On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
14371
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
There's a mikva in a bathhouse in Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 2124

Sixteen Tons (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Travis, Merle
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Food/Delicatessen
Origin:
Alb K-030(d)

Recordings

On album:
K-030(d) (Kapelye On The Air Old Time Jewish American Radio)
Track ID:
22406
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
I went to work in a delicatessen far draysik tolar un...
Track comment:
Part of WBBC Brooklyn, Brooklyn Talent Hunters
On album:
Y-022(a) (Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band Klezmerized)
Track ID:
23799
Artist:
Weinberger, Irwin & Yidishe Cup
First line:
I went to work in a delicatessen far draysik tolar un...
On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31205
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Oh, I went to woik in a delicatessen…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/Yiddish Inflection
Length:
2:50
On album:
B-214(a) (Susan Bauer: von der khupe zum Klezkamp, Klezmer-Musik in New York)
Track ID:
42633
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal??:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
I went to work in a delicatessen far draysik tolar un...
Track comment:
Part of WBBC Brooklyn, Brooklyn Talent Hunters
Language:
Yiddish/Dialect
Style:
Humorous
Length:
4:38

Sound Off (Duckworth Chant), (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Duckworth, Willie Lee (Orig)
Genre:
Novelty/Humor/Dilaect/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of Arming Marching Chant

Recordings

On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21129
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You're in the army,..., du bist nisht in der heym,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Parody of service marching song
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
42970
Vocal/ Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You're in the army,..., du bist nisht in der heym,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Parody of service marching song
Language:
Yinglish

Sweet And Gentle (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Portal, Othlio
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Female dreadnaught/Dance
Related information in folder 476:
Document type:
Text
Date:
11/28/2005
Comments:
Text of Mickey Katz parody of Sweet and Gentle from email correspondent Walter U. Christel Pachl of Austri8a

Recordings

On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19664
Author:
Portal, Moterrey & George Thorn
Artist:
Don Byron Orchestra
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Oy, she's so sweet and gentle, oykhit (?) sentimental
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Cha Cha
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31281
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ohhh, she's so sweet and gentle…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Cha-Cha/ Klezmer

The Baby, The Bubbe and You

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
David, Mack
Composer:
Hoffman, Al
Composer:
Livingston, Jay
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of The Magic Song "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo

Recordings

On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21131
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
14974
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
xG-029(b)
Track ID:
14975
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,...
Track comment:
See also "Nervn Mit Vantsn"
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
36092
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Novelty

The Bris (Katz)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Dialect
Subject:
Bris/Circumcision/Rite

Recording

On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
14991
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
The life span of most people is called "From the cradle..."
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recitation

The Family Danced

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22348
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Reeds:
Bercov, Morris
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
On album:
O-012(a) (Orient Express, Moving Shnorers)
Track ID:
27223
Artist:
Orient Express Moving Schnorers
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
15040
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

The Wedding Dance

Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
15257
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19677
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Clarinet:
Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs.
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22349
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Xylophone:
Singer, Lewis
Guitar:
Bain, Bob
Track comment:
Recorded Nov 28, 1956
Style:
Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs

Tico Tico (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Zequina, Abreu
Composer:
Olivera, Aloysio
Composer:
Drake, Ervin M.
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Language Mixing/Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Composers not attributed per se, all listed for "Tico, Tico."

Recordings

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
15327
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Senyor and senyoritas, shonyers and shnoryitos,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5083A
On album:
K-022(l
Track ID:
31284
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Senors and Senoritas, shnorers and shnoreritas, bobenyu, zeydenyu….
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Spanish/Yiddish/English

Trombonik Tants — טאאָמבאָמלק טאַמץ

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Dialect

Recordings

On album:
S-068(a) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra ...of angels and horseradish)
Track ID:
15467
Artist:
Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
Vocal:
Waldoks, Moshe, Avi Hoffman, et al
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
15468
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):
אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
15469
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):
אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19667
Artist:
Don Byron Orchestra
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):
אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22350
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):
אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Track comment:
Recorded Jan 3, 1955
Language:
Yinglish

Tsatske Kazatske — צאַטסקע קאַזאַצקע

Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Novelty
Subject:
Band Members/Klezmorim

Recordings

On album:
K-029(c) (A Touch of Klez! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
15488
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Author:
Bressler, Judy
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Every thing is hatske-tatske, lomir tantsn a kazatske,
First line:
עװרי טהינג איז האַצקע-טאַצקע, לאָמיר טאַנצן אַ קאַזאַצקע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Introduces members of the band.
Language:
English/Yiddish/Yinglish
On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
15489
Composer/Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Every thing is hatske-tatske, lomir tantsn a kazatske,
First line:
עװרי טהינג איז האַצקע-טאַצקע, לאָמיר טאַנצן אַ קאַזאַצקע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Introduces members of the band. From Victor Record 25 5084 B
Language:
English/Yiddish/Yinglish

Vos Iz A Vayb (Parody) — װאָס אַיז אַ װײַב

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Author:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Novelty/Humor/Dialect
Subject:
Wife

Recording

On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
16703
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recitation

Why Don't You Believe Me

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Douglas, Lew
Composer:
Rodde, Roy
Composer:
Laney, King
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Love/Trust

Recordings

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
17000
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Why don't you believe me, its you I adore, for ever and ever
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 2370
On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31210
First line:
Why don't you believe me, it's you I adore…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Length:
3:05

Yiddish Mule Train

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Lange, Johnny
Composer:
Heath, Hy
Composer:
Glickman, Fred
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of "Mule Train"

Recordings

On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
17439
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mule train, v'yo, mule train, oy, platsn zolstu,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
17440
Author:
Glickman / Lang / Heath
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Mule train, tek'yo, mule train, platsn zolstu paskudnak,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21136
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mule train, v'yo, mule train, oy, platsn zolstu,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Yidish Square Dance — ייִדיש סקװער דאַנץ

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Novelty/Klezmer/Dialect/Humorous

Recordings

On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
17489
Author/Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Yidl mit fidl, berl mitn bas, kum shpilt a lidl, oyfn mitn..
First line:
ייִדל מיטן פֿידל, בערל מיטן באַס, קום שפּילט אַ לידל, אױפֿן מיטן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English/Yinglish
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22356
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Yidl mitn fidl, oy, yankl mitn bas, kumt shpilt a lidl,
First line:
ייִדל מיטן פֿידל, אױ יאַנקל מיטן באַס, קומט שפּילט אַ לידל,
Track comment:
Recorded circa 1966
Language:
Yiddish/English/Yinglish

Yosl Yosl (Parody) — יאָסל יאָסל (פּאַראָדי

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Genre:
Parody/Humor?Novelty
Subject:
Bris

Recording

On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
17857
Vocal and Orchestra:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
When I was eight days old they named me Yosl, o what a...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Borscht Capades"
Language:
English
Style:
Klezmer

Sin

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Hoven, George
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Parody of "It's No Sin"

Recordings

On album:
017b (Katz, Mickey & Orch/ Herring Boats/ Sin)
Track ID:
29259
Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31288
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You take away the breathe of knobl...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre

Heym Oyfn Range

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Home/Range/Wife/Cattle

Recording

On album:
058k (Mickey Katz/ Heym Oyfn Range/ Yiddish Square Dance)
Track ID:
30502
Track comment:
Parody of "Home on the Range"
Language:
Yiddish

Yiddish Square Dance

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Dialect/Pop/Humor

Recording

On album:
058k (Mickey Katz/ Heym Oyfn Range/ Yiddish Square Dance)
Track ID:
30503

Chinderella

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Cinderella

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31177
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Mani, mani years ago, in the little matza country of ma nishtano,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Engish
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Wild Bill Hickop

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Wild Bill/Indians

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31178
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Along time ago, way out in di west, di early settlers were aving tsuris mit di..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Moby Glick

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Fisherman/Fish

Recordings

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
40739
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Ho, listen to the meyse bat a mazik of da sea, he sailed a ship called the...
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish Inflection
On album:
H-021(i)
Track ID:
31179
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Ho, listen to the meyse bat a mazik of da sea, he sailed a ship called the...
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish Inflection

Bagel Lox And The Tree Bears

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Mother/Father/Daughter/Family/Goldilox

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31180
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Mani tsisons ago, little kiddies, der lived in a jungle, punkt outside of oboken
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish inflection
Length:
3:16

Hansel And Gensel

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Family

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31181
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
In de days dat used to vozit, der lived a family by da name of Khastskele Ritsh,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish Inflection

Little Red Rosenberg

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Little Red Riding Hood

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31196
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Once ne pan a time, there lived a kleyn meydele
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Fancy Herringer

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty
Subject:
Gunfighter

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31197
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Oy, out west, dat's the place when men were men, Fancy Herringer was a bren,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

Yoshke And The Beanstalk

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Jack And The Beanstalk

Recording

On album:
K-022(i) (Katz Pajamas Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31198
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Along time ago, there lived in Scotland, an almone
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Recitation/American Yiddish inflection

That's Morris (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Waren, Harry
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Shnorer/Shlemiel/Nar/Fool

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31206
First line:
On Pitkin Avenue in old Brooklyn, when boy meets girl…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Dialect/Yiddish inflection
Length:
2:33

Roiselle From Texas (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
George, Don
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Texas/Girl

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31207
First line:
She's the sweetest little tsatske that Texas ever knew…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/Yiddish Inflection
Length:
2:34

Tweedle Dee

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Scott, Winfield
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Girl/Love

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31208
First line:
Tweedlee tweedlee tweedlee dee, Sadie you're the girl for me…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/Yiddish Inflection
Length:
2:49

You Belong To Me (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
King, Pee Wee
Composer:
Stewart, Redd
Composer:
Price, Chilton
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Train/Travel/Love

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31209
First line:
Take a choo-choo train to Casablanke, there you'll find a continental Yanke…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Dialect/ Yiddish inflection
Length:
3:23

I'm A Shlemiel Of Fortune

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Benjamin, Bennie
Composer:
Weiss, George
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Bad Luck/Shlemiel/Fool
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Wheel of Fortune"

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31211
First line:
Thirty-one red! You loose!...I'm a schlemiel of fortune…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/ Yiddish Inflection
Length:
2:39

Patcha-Me (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Astore, Luigi
Composer:
Morbelli, Riccardo
Composer:
Stanley, Eddie
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Kiss
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Batcha-Me"

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31213
First line:
I patcha-you, you patcha-me and everything goes mishige…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Length:
2:27

That Pickle In The Window (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish/Double Entendre
Subject:
Pickle/Bad Food Mixes
Additional song notes:
Parody of "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31214
First line:
How much is that pickle in the window, the one that's on top of…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

A Shmo Is A Shmo

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Brand, Oscar
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish/Klezmer
Subject:
Shmo/Bus/Courting/Girls

Recording

On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31212
First line:
I gave her the oyg she was sitting on the bus…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/Yiddish Inflection
Length:
2:24

Hey! Jealous Lover (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Walker, Bee
Composer:
Twomey, Kay
Composer:
Cahn, Sammy
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Dialect/Yinglish
Subject:
Love/Jealousy
Additional song notes:
Based On "Hey! Jealous Lover" of Sinatra fame. Could not find credits per se for composers.

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31279
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Unidentified Female Vocalist
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Lover, lover, hey jealous lover, why are you so mekhane…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Vaudeville

You're A Doity Dog

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Leiber, Jerry
Composer:
Stoller, Mike
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Dog/Low Life/Playing around
Additional song notes:
Based on Elvis Presley hit "You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog."

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31280
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You ain't nothing but a doity dog, klugin' all the time…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/ Yiddish
Style:
Rock and Roll/ Klezmer

Moscovitz Ramble

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Ory, Kid
Composer:
Gilbert, Ray
Genre:
Yinglish/Dialect
Subject:
Dance/Gaiety/Hot Band
Additional song notes:
Based on "Muskrat Ramble."

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31282
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Gib im a kik vi a…
First line:
גיב אים אַ קוק װי אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Dixieland/Theatre

Feet Up, Pat Him On The Pipik

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Novely/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Fatherhood/Newborn/Son
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)"

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31285
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Feet up, pat him on the pipik, lets here him laugh…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer

Shlepin' My Baby Back Home

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Turk, Roy
Genre:
Parody\Humor\Yinglish
Subject:
Overeating\Shlep
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31286
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Gee but it's great to be coming home shpeyt, shlepping my baby back home…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Theatre\Klezmer

Nature Bokher

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Ahbez, Eden
Genre:
Parody\Humor\Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Nature Boy"

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31287
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Iz geven a yunger, oy iz er geven fun hunger…
First line:
איז געװען אַ יונגער, אױ ער איז געװען פֿון הונגער…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer

Murietta Hot Springs

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Murietta/Hot Springs

Recording

On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31290
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-Up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
In New York there are the Ketskill mountains, Fallsburg and Ferndale keeps you…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Klezmer

Other tracks with this artist

Henzel Un Genzel (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
6418
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5091 B.

A High Class Wedding (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
274
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5091 A.

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע

Also known as:
Yiddishe Mame
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Memory/Family
Subject:
Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:
GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:
GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
720
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Chinatown (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
2767
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 1419

Chloye (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
2768
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Chloye, chloye, krikh arop fun un day bet, di zeyt...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5083B
Language:
Yinglish

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:
Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Immigration/Lament
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin:
Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration:
Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes:
See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017
Related information in folder 408:
Comments:
1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
3577
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
S'iz tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Dayenu — דינוּ

Genre:
Holiday/Haggadah/Passover/
Subject:
Sufficiency/Torah/Sabbath/Israel/Exodus/Egypt/Thankfullness
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 54
Transliteration:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb K-022(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Related information in folder 696:
Comments:
1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
2918
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
Ilu notan, notan lonu, Notan lonu et hatoro, Toro tovo,..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew

Feudin' and Fightin' (Parody)

Composer:
Dubin, A
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Humorous/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
5175
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Pappy, tu on di skikh un bahalt di shnaps. Here come di...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Gehakte Mambo (Parody) — געהאַקטע מאַמבאָ

On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
5579
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mambo, senoras! Mambo kapores! Mambo Tiauana! Mambo Laganev!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Home On The Range (Parody, Yid) — הײם אױפֿן רײנ"ג (פּאַראָגי, ייִדיש)

On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
6720
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Oy gib mir a heym, mit a vaybele sheyn, vu di sheps un di...
First line:
אױ גיב ניר אַ הײם, מיט אַ װײַבעלע שײן, װוּ די שעפּס און די...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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:
xK-022(a)
Track ID:
7897
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Farber, Nat
First line:
Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
First line:
הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Track comment:
Originally Sadgora (from Bukovina) melody - Nulman 102

Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב

Also known as:
I Love You Much Too Much
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
Origin:
Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
Translation:
Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
Music:
SM Scher 2
Additional song notes:
I Love You Much To Much Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533 Translate - Alb P-038(a)
Related information in folder 122:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Olshanetsky, Alexander
Publisher:
Friedman, RA
Comments:
Transliterated songtext from original sheet music. Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
7162
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, tsu zayn oyf dir in kaas,
First line:
איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, צו זײַן אױף דיר אין כּעס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
I love you much too much, You've never really known,
Language:
Yiddish/English

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:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
6224
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
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

I'm An Old Cowhand (Parody)

Composer:
Mercer, Johnny
Genre:
Comedy/Parody/Humorous/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
7014
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Hi, Ho, Shemdrick! I'm an old cow hand, from Orchard and...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Heym Oyfn Reyng (Parody, Yid) — הײם אױפֿן רײנ"ג (פּאַראָגי, ייִדיש)

On album:
xG-029(b)
Track ID:
6533
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Oy gib mir a heym, mit a vaybele sheyn, vu di sheps un di...
First line:
אױ גיב ניר אַ הײם, מיט אַ װײַבעלע שײן, װוּ די שעפּס און די...
Track comment:
See "Home On The Range" "ג"רײנ אױפֿן "הײם

Hershele At The Burlesque

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
6449
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5186 B.

Hershele At The Induction Center

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
6450
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5186 A.

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:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
6276
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Novelty arrangement of Hava Nagila/"Recorded under Keneh Hora"
Style:
Instrumental

Hermendels Kokh-A-Leyn (Parody)

Composer:
Ross, J.
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/Parody
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
6442
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
I know a ver' secluded joint, right near a place called...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Anniversary Waltz — חתונה װאַלס

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Genre:
Waltz/Love
Subject:
Wedding/Anniversary
Song comment:
Same melody as "Khasene Vals"- See entry #3271 in Heskes
Transliteration:
Alb F-048(a)
Translation:
K-022(b)/ Alb F-048(a)
Additional song notes:
See "Khasene Vals"
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
8128
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
O. how we danced on the night we were wed, We vowed our...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Saul Chapin credited as Author and Al Jolson as Composer
Language:
English

Manyana (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
9747
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5100 B.

Old Black Smidgick (Parody)

Composer:
Mercer, Johnny
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Humorous/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
11424
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, dat old black smidgick has me in its spell,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Mickey Katz Medley

Genre:
Humorous
On album:
M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:
10418
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mazeltones
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley of "Mazeltov Dances" and "Freylekh Jamboree".

Mekhaye War Dance (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
10192
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5095 B. Parody of "Hawaian War Chant"

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht
Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
Also known as:
El Chiclerito
Also known as:
Freylekhe Yidelekh
Also known as:
Sigaryot
Also known as:
Kupite Papirosy
Author:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Composer:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
Origin:
Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
Music:
Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
Additional song notes:
Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
12071
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
A kalte nakht, a nebeldike finster umetum, shteyt a...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Shalom (Milk And Honey)

Author:
Herman, Jerry
Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Peace/Greeting/Language
Song comment:
From the musical "Milk & Honey", book by Don Appell
Origin:
Alb K-022(b)
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
13496
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
Shalom, shalom, you'll find shalom, The nicest greeting...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Milk and Honey"
Language:
English

Sadir Dance (Parody)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
13213
Artist:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor 25-5095 A. Parody of "Sabre Dance"

Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Parody)

Author:
Russo, Dan
Author:
Erdman, Ernie
Author:
Kahn, Gus
Author:
Fio Rito, Ted
Composer:
Russo, Dan
Composer:
Erdman, Ernie
Composer:
Kahn, Gus
Composer:
Fio Rito, Ted
Genre:
Parody/Novelty/Dialect
Subject:
Train/Parting/Affection/Catskills
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
15406
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Train leaving for Liberty, Monticello, Mt. Clemens,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Toreador Song (Parody)

On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
15420
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bizet, Georges
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, mayn Meyer, du brenst a fayer, every time that you...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See "Toreador Song (Parody)" - From the opera "Carmen"
Language:
Yinglish

Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Pop
Subject:
Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
Origin:
GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
Music:
Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
Additional song notes:
Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
13701
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himl a matone,
First line (Yiddish):
שײו װי די לבֿנה, ליכאיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

St. Looey Blues (Parody)

Composer:
Handy, W. C.
Genre:
Parody/Novelty/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
14669
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oh, I hate to see that evenen sun go down, Ikh glakh nit...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

The Little White Knish That Cried

Composer:
Ray, Johnny
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Dialect/Humorous
Subject:
Delicatessen/Food
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
15125
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Hia, I went a walking bay Moyshe's delicatessen,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Tico Tico (Parody, Tickle Tickle)

On album:
G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:
15328
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:
Senors un senoritas, shnorers un shnororitas, bobenues...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Sholem Aleykhem (Goldfarb) — שלוֹם עליכם (גאָלדפֿאַרב)

Also known as:
Zay Gezunt (Zamberg)
Author:
Zanberg, Paul
Composer:
Tobias, Harry
Composer:
Goldfarb, Rabbi Israel
Composer:
Goldfarb, Samuel E.
Genre:
Hymn/Zmiros/Sabbath
Subject:
Angels/Peace/Sabbath
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 78/Pasternak CH 68/Alb Y-003(a)/Zim 14/Goldfarb 3 84
Transliteration:
Zim 13/Alb M-030(a)/Boiberik 07/Alb J-030(a)/Goldfarb 1 173/Goldfarb 3 84
Translation:
Alb J-030(a)/Zim 14/Coopersmith 78/Boiberik 07/Pasternak CH 68
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 78/Zim 13/Pasternak CH 54/Goldfarb 1 173
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
17941
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
First line:
Zay Gezunt means "be healthy!" Zay Gezunt means "be well!"
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English

Home On The Range (Parody, Yid) — הײם אױפֿן רײנ"ג (פּאַראָגי, ייִדיש)

On album:
B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
19662
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Performer:
Byron, Don & Orch
First line:
Oy gib mir a heym, mit a vaybele sheyn, vu di sheps un di...
First line:
אױ גיב ניר אַ הײם, מיט אַ װײַבעלע שײן, װוּ די שעפּס און די...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Hilliard Medley No 1

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20817
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Great To Be Back/ Kidush/ Khad Gadyo/ Mo'oz Tsur/ Habeyn...

Great To Be Back (Eng, Medley)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20818
Author/Composer/Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
It's great to be back in Chicago, so nice to be back in...
Track comment:
Great To Be Back/ Kidush/ Khad Gadyo/ Mo'oz Tsur/ Habeyn...

Khad Gadyo (Medley) — חד גדיא (מעדלי)

Genre:
Holiday/Passover/Peysekh
Subject:
Kid/Goat
Translation:
Vorbei 219
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20820
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Khad gadya, khad gadyo, dizan aba bisrey zuze, khad gadyo,
First line (Aramaic):
חד גדיא, חד גדיא, דזבּין אבּא בּתרי זוּזי, חד גדיא, חד גדיא,
Track comment:
Great To Be Back/ Kidush/ Khad Gadyo/ Mo'oz Tsur/ Hebeyn...
Language:
Aramaic

Mo'oz Tsur — מעוֹז צור

Also known as:
Mo'oz Tsur (Davidson)
Also known as:
Mo'oz Tsur (Shenker)
Also known as:
Mo'oz Tsur (Pinchik)
Also known as:
Rock Of Ages
Composer:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
Composer:
Pinchik, Cantor Pierre S.
Composer:
Shenker, Ben Tsion — שענקער, בּן־ציון
Genre:
Holiday/Khanike/Religious/Hymn
Subject:
Faith
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 28/Alb S-104(a)/Coopersmith HCB 8
Transliteration:
Coopersmith NJS 28/Alb S-104(a)/Coopersmith HCB 8
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 28/Alb B-026(b)/Vorbei 206/Alb S-104(a)/Coopersmith HCB 8
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 28//Coopersmith HCB 8
Additional song notes:
See Vorbei 206 for origins and history of the song.
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20821
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Mo'oz tsur yeshuosi, lekho no'a lesebeyakh, Tikon beys tfilosi
First line (Hebrew):
מעוֹז צוּר ישוּעתי, לך נאה לשׂבּח, תּכּוֹן בּית תּפלתי, ושם תּוֹדה נזבּח.
Track comment:
Great To Be Back/ Kidush/ Khad Gadyo/ Mo'oz Tsur/ Habeyn...
Language:
Hebrew

Zol Nokh Zayn Shabos — זאָל נאָך זײַן שבּת

Also known as:
Got Fun Avrom (Golub)
Also known as:
Bobenyu (Golub)
Author:
Roisenblat, Chaim — רױזענבלאַט, הײם
Composer:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Shabos/Havdola/Grandmother
Origin:
ML PYP 274/ML PYS 207/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 68/Alb G-044(a)Sh Sh 273/SM 183/Box 8
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 71/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 207
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 71/Alb K-047(a)/Alb G-044(a)Sh Sh 272
Music:
Golub Songs 24
Additional song notes:
Shabos Should Not Be Over
Related information in folder 744:
Comments:
1. See folder 743
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20822
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Habeyn yakir li ephraim, im yeled shaashuim,
First line:
הבּן יקיר לי אפרים אם ילד שׁעשׁעים כּי מדי דבּרי בּוֹ שכר...
Track comment:
Great To Be Back/ Kidush/ Khad Gadyo/ Mo'oz Tsur/ Habeyn...

Exodus With Shema (Medley)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20823
Author:
Gold, Ernest
Composer:
Boone, Pat
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Shema Yisroel, Adonay Elohenu, Adonay Ekhod.
First line:
שמע ישׂראל יהוֹה אלהינוּ יהוֹה אחד.
Track comment:
Great To Be Back/ Kidush/ Khad Gadyo/ Mo'oz Tsur/ Habeyn...

Hilliard Medley No 2

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20824
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Mayn Yidishe Meydele/ Mayn Shtetele Belz/ Sheyn Vi Di Levona

Mayn Yidishe Meydele — מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע

Author:
Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Charm/Beauty/Love
Origin:
Kammen 25F 61
Transliteration:
Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
Music:
Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
Additional song notes:
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5 From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
Related information in folder 370:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
8/13/1999
Comments:
Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele. Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
Related information in folder 1502:
Comments:
1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20825
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Mayn Yidishe meydele, zi iz azoy sheyn, Mayn Yidishe...
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, זי איז אַזױ שײן, מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, מיט...
Language:
Yiddish

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:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20828
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
From across the sea, I hear this melody, singing tenderly,
First line:
הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Track comment:
Recorded under "Dance Everyone Dance"
Language:
English/Hebrew

Dance Everyone Dance (Hava Nagila) — הבה נגילה (ענגליש, עבֿרית)

On album:
xH-031(a)
Track ID:
20829
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe (attributed)
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
From across the sea, I hear this melody, singing tenderly,
First line (English):
הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Track comment:
Recorded under "Dance Everyone Dance"
Language:
English

Hilliard Medley No 3

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20830
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Uscadare-Soshee/ Yidish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn

Hello How Do You Do (Eng)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20831
Author/Composer/Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Hello, how do ya do, you know, my trips around the world...
Track comment:
Uscadare-Soshee/ Yidish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn

You Got To Have A Little Mazl — אַז מע האָט אַ ביסל מזל

Also known as:
A Mensh Darf Hobn Mazl
Author:
Beekman, Jack
Author:
Wayne, Artie
Composer:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Genre:
Pop/Swing/Scat
Subject:
Luck/Fate/Money/Possessions/World
Origin:
Alb K-026(k)2
Transliteration:
Alb K-026(k)2
Translation:
Alb K-026(k)2
Additional song notes:
Yiddish - English
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20832
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
You gotta have a little mazl, cause mazl means good luck, .
Track comment:
Uscadare-Soshee/ Yidish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn
Language:
English

Uscadare Soshee (Eng, Russian)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20833
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
And if you want a song to thrill you with romance right, .
Track comment:
Uscadare-Soshee/ Yidish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn

Yiddish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn — ייִדיש רעדט זיך אַזױ שיין

Also known as:
Yiddish Yiddish
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
Genre:
Theatre/Language
Subject:
Yiddish/Language
Origin:
Rauch 117/Alb K-068(d)/Alb N-026(a)
Transliteration:
Rauch 117/Alb K-068(d)/Alb N-026(a)
Translation:
Alb K-068(d)/Rauch 117/N-026(a)
Music:
Rauch 114
Additional song notes:
Yiddish speech sounds so beautiful…
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20834
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Vayl yidish iz dokh azoy sheyn, yidish iz dokh mule kheyn,
First line:
װײל ייִדיש איז דאָך אַזױ שײן, ייִדיש איז דאָך מלא חן,
Track comment:
Uscadare-Soshee/ Yidish Redt Azoy Sheyn

Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב

Also known as:
I Love You Much Too Much
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
Origin:
Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
Translation:
Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
Music:
SM Scher 2
Additional song notes:
I Love You Much To Much Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533 Translate - Alb P-038(a)
Related information in folder 122:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Olshanetsky, Alexander
Publisher:
Friedman, RA
Comments:
Transliterated songtext from original sheet music. Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20835
Vocal:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
I love you much too much, I've known it from the start,
First line:
איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "I Love You Much Too Much".
Language:
Yiddish/English

Milk And Honey Medley (Eng)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20836
Author/Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Milk & Honey/ Shalom/ Mazl Tov

Milk And Honey (Eng, Medley)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20837
Author/Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
This is the land of milk and honey, this is the land of...
Track comment:
Milk & Honey/ Shalom/ Mazl Tov

Shalom (Milk And Honey, Eng, Med)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20838
Author/Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Shalom, shalom, you'll find shalom the nicest greeting you..
Track comment:
Milk & Honey/ Shalom/ Mazl Tov
Language:
English

Mazl Tov (Milk And Honey, Eng Med)

On album:
H-031(a) (Memories Of My Father's House The Exciting Voice of Jack Hilliard — זכּרונות בּית אבּי)
Track ID:
20839
Author/Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Artist:
Hilliard, Jack
Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Just sing, sing a song of mazl tov, keep mazl at your side,
Track comment:
Milk & Honey/ Shalom/ Mazl Tov

Bagel Call Rag

Additional song notes:
See "Beygle Call Rag"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21130
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Rag mop, where's the kop? Ho ha, raz mataz, have some lox...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 1824 Introducting Band Memebers
Language:
Yinglish

Bar Mitzvah Special

Composer:
Singer, Lewis
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22339
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arrranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Style:
Instrumental

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:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22343
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
Track comment:
Recorded Jan 19, 1953
Style:
Instrumental/Novelty

Simcha Time

Author:
Unknown
Composer:
Unknown
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/
Subject:
Food/Wedding/Family/Celebration/Klezmer
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22351
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):
Farber, Nat
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:
Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
First line:
Come on, one and all, let's be freylekh, let us have a ball,
Track comment:
Recorded Sep 30, 1964
Language:
Yinglish

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:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22352
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger Orchestral Version:
Small, Allan
English Lyrics:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:
Klein, Rafael Mendez
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Bass:
Breen, Larry
First line:
The wedding is over, good luck, the bride, she's happy...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded Dec 20, 1950
Language:
English

Beygelekh — בײגעלעך

Also known as:
Bublitshki
Also known as:
Question
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin:
Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/
Music:
Moskow SM 61
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22354
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Violin:
Raderman, Lou
Track comment:
Recorded Nov 24, 1964
Style:
Instrumental

Fountainbleu Freylekh

Composer:
Unknown
Genre:
Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22355
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler, Yiddish) — טאָג אײַן טאָג אויס

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater/Musical
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22358
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
1:48

Darktown Strutters Ball

On album:
H-041(a) (Hello, Solly)
Track ID:
31247
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Musical Director:
Hausman, Al
First line:
Ikh vel kim(en) far dir in a taxi Khane…
First line:
איך װעל קים(ען) פֿאַר דיר אין אַ טאַכי האָנע...
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Jazz

Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler, Yiddish) — טאָג אײַן טאָג אויס

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater/Musical
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing
On album:
H-041(a) (Hello, Solly)
Track ID:
31248
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Musical Director:
Hausman, Al
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Sabbath Prayer

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Sabbath/Faith/Daughters/Prayer//Ruth/Esther/Shield/God
Origin:
Ephemera 1614
Additional song notes:
From "Fiddler on the Roof
Related information in folder 1614:
Comments:
1 2/27/2018 Lyrics to Sabbath Prayer from "Fiddler" entered in ephemera on February 27, 2018
On album:
K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID:
31303
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Manny
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Trombone:
Shepard, Thomas
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Rubin, Meyer
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Percussion:
Flynn, Frank
Percussion:
Bunker, Larry
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Klezmer/Theatre
Length:
2:33

If I Were A Rich Man

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wealth/Poverty/House/Livestock/Wife/Servants/Importance/
Additional song notes:
From "Fiddler On the Roof" 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"
On album:
K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID:
31304
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Manny
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Trombone:
Shepard, Thomas
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Rubin, Meyer
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Percussion:
Flynn, Frank
Percussion:
Bunker, Larry
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Theatre
Length:
2:52

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:
H-041(a) (Hello, Solly)
Track ID:
31249
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Musical Director:
Hausman, Al
Style:
Klezmer

Katz, Mickey, Stories 2

Genre:
Humor, Jewish
Subject:
Senior Citizens/Catholicism/Language
On album:
H-041(a) (Hello, Solly)
Track ID:
31264
Storyteller:
Katz, Mickey
Language:
English

Katz, Mickey, Stories 1

Genre:
Humor, Jewish
Subject:
Judaism/Hunchback/Catholic Priest
On album:
H-041(a) (Hello, Solly)
Track ID:
31265
Storyteller:
Katz, Mickey
Language:
English

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:
Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Immigration/Lament
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin:
Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration:
Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes:
See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017
Related information in folder 408:
Comments:
1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
H-041(a) (Hello, Solly)
Track ID:
31258
Vocal/ Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Musical Director:
Hausman, Al
First line:
Tsu mir iz gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven…
First line (Yiddish):
צו מיר איז געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer