Songs written or composed
Ikh Vil A Khusn — איך װיל אַ חתן
- Also known as:
- I Want A Fellow (Eng, Yid)
- Author:
- Reilly, Betty
- Composer:
- Tanzman, Yosef — טאַנזמאַן, יוסף
- Genre:
- Novelty/Theatre/Vaudville
- Subject:
- Marriage/Bridegroom/Love
- Song comment:
- See Hershkes entry 3222
Recordings
- On album:
- K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)
- Track ID:
- 6997
- Vocal:
- Kane, Harriet
- Accomp.:
- Marty Levitt Orchestra
- First line:
- Ikh vil a khusn, oy s'iz shlekht, that's all I think of...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Melody line is from "Vu Zaynen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor?"
- Language:
- English/Yiddeish
- Style:
- Klezmer
- On album:
- G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
- Track ID:
- 18615
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- In my recent tour abroad, to entertain the GIs there,
- First line:
- אױ, איך װיל אַ חתן, אױ אַ שרעק,...שטאַרב איך אַװעק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- On album:
- F-034(c) (Finjan Crossing Selkirk Avenue)
- Track ID:
- 21043
- Vocal:
- Fink, Shayla
- Vocal:
- Posen, Kinzey
- Vocal/Accompaniment:
- Finjan
- First line:
- In my recent tour abroad, in each village and each hamlet...
- First line:
- איך דאַרף אַ מאַן, איך דאַרף אַ קװעטש,
- Track comment:
- Original credited to Betty Reilly, Joe Lieb, Joe Tanzman
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24276
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- In my recent tour abroad, to entertain the GIs there,
- First line:
- אױ, איך װיל אַ חתן, אױ אַ שרעק,...שטאַרב איך אַװעק,
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Swing/Freylekhs
Estoy Acabando
- Author:
- Reilly, Betty
- Composer:
- Jimenez, Homero
Recording
- On album:
- 060g (Reilly, Betty/ Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln/ Estoy Acabando)
- Track ID:
- 30587
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
Sebastian
- Author:
- Reilly, Betty
- Composer:
- Ariza, Hillario
Recording
- On album:
- 061g (Reilly, Betty/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sebastian)
- Track ID:
- 30608
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
Other tracks with this artist
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:
- 061g (Reilly, Betty/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Sebastian)
- Track ID:
- 30607
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln — איך װיל זיך שפּילן
- Author:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Composer:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Genre:
- Theater/Pop/Double Entendre/Humorous
- Subject:
- Father/Opposition/Sin/Play
- Origin:
- Moskow SM 36/SM 1310
- Transliteration:
- Moskow SM 36/SM 1310
- Music:
- Moskow SM 36/SM 1310
- Additional song notes:
- I Want To Play
- On album:
- 060g (Reilly, Betty/ Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln/ Estoy Acabando)
- Track ID:
- 30588
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
Di Grine Kuzine (Parody) — די גרינע קוזינע (פּאַראָדיע)
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- On album:
- G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
- Track ID:
- 18616
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- I'm the rose whom Johnny Doughboy married on Erin's isle,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Parody
Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln (Parody, E, Y) — איך װיל זיך שפּילן (פּאַראָדיע)
- On album:
- G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
- Track ID:
- 18617
- Composer:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- Some gals enjoy good music, go to lectures and read books,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
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:
- G-004(c) (Mink...Shmink (As Long As You're Healthy) Jenny Goldstein)
- Track ID:
- 18618
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- You gotta have a little mazl, cause mazl means good luck,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- 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:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24271
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- I'm the Rose who Johnny Doughboy wed one day on Erin's isle,
- First line:
- אָט אַ קומט דער אודזער אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...
- Track comment:
- Novelty, Variant, Irish, Dialect version
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln (Parody, E, Y) — איך װיל זיך שפּילן (פּאַראָדיע)
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24274
- Composer:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- Some gals enjoy good music, go to lectures and read books,
- First line:
- כ'כאָב אַלײן געזוכט זיך צוהות,
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Ikh Vil A Khosn
- On album:
- 052b (Reilly, Betty/ Ikh Vil A Khosn/ Tierra Va Tembla)
- Track ID:
- 30248
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
Tierra Va Tembla
- On album:
- 052b (Reilly, Betty/ Ikh Vil A Khosn/ Tierra Va Tembla)
- Track ID:
- 30249
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
Mazl — מזל
- Also known as:
- Mayn Mazl
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament/Waltz
- Subject:
- Life/Fate/Happiness/Regret
- Song comment:
- Introduced in the film "Mamele".
- Origin:
- GYF 48/Alb F-024(e)/Metro Scher 30
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(a)/Warem 136/GYF 48/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/SM Scher 7
- Translation:
- Alb T-015(c)/GYF 51/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/
- Music:
- Warem 136/GYF 49/MS Scher 7
- Additional song notes:
- Luck/Fate
Karsten Troyke characterizes this erroneously as "Traditional" On Alb T-028(b) it is recorded under title "Mazl Du Shaynst Amol Far Yeydem"
- On album:
- 022g (Reilly, Betty/ Mazl/ You Don't Learn That In School)
- Track ID:
- 29391
- Artist:
- Reilly, Betty
You Don't Learn That In School
- On album:
- 022g (Reilly, Betty/ Mazl/ You Don't Learn That In School)
- Track ID:
- 29392
- Artist:
- Reilly, Betty