Look up artist Robeson, Paul
Name: Robeson, Paul
Related information in folder 704:- Comments: 1. Photograph from the Philadelphia Tribune
2. Article in the New York Times of September 3, 2009 by Peter Applebome titled "Giving Back Stature Stolen In Red Scare"
Tracks with this artist
Title: The Four Rivers (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 15055
Artist: Gorney, J., E. Eliscu, H. Meyers
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Here is the story of the four rivers, that the eyes of the..
Title: A Din Toyre Mit Got -- אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט
Also known as: Berditshiver Kadish
Also known as: Kaddish Of Levi Yitskhok
Also known as: Levi Yitskhoks Kadish
Also known as: Dem Berditshevers Rovs Kadish
Author: Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok -- באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Composer: Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok -- באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Genre: Khasidic/Faith/
Subject: Disputation/God/Faith/Kaddish
Song Comment: Words and music traditionally credited to Rev Levi Yitskhok
Origin: Kotlyan 29/Alb A-053(a)
Transliteration: Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb A-053(a)
Translation: Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb S-086(a)/Alb A-053(a)
Music: Kotlyan 25
Additional song notes: A Dispute With God
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 105
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Engel, Yoel -- ענגעל, יואל
First line: A good day to Thee, Lord God Almighty, I, Levi Isaac...
Track comment: Recorded under title "Hassidic Chant: Kaddish"
Language: English
Style: Concert
Title: A Din Toyre Mit Got -- אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט
Also known as: Berditshiver Kadish
Also known as: Kaddish Of Levi Yitskhok
Also known as: Levi Yitskhoks Kadish
Also known as: Dem Berditshevers Rovs Kadish
Author: Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok -- באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Composer: Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok -- באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Genre: Khasidic/Faith/
Subject: Disputation/God/Faith/Kaddish
Song Comment: Words and music traditionally credited to Rev Levi Yitskhok
Origin: Kotlyan 29/Alb A-053(a)
Transliteration: Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb A-053(a)
Translation: Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb S-086(a)/Alb A-053(a)
Music: Kotlyan 25
Additional song notes: A Dispute With God
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 106
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Engel, Yoel -- ענגעל, יואל
First line: A good day to Thee, Lord God Almighty, I, Levi Isaac...
Track comment: Recorded under "Hassidic Chant of Levi Isaac"
Language: English
Style: Concert
Title: All Men Are Brothers (Eng, German)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 1182
Artist: Beethoven, Ludwig van
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Brothers, sing of...
Track comment: From 9th Symphony
Title: Ballad For Americans
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 1905
Artist: Latouche, John
Artist: Robinson, Earl
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: American Peoples Chorus
Artist: Victor Symphony Orchestra
First line: In '76 the sky was red, thunder rumbling overhead,
Track comment: Musical history of U.S., Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor
Language: English
Title: Eriskay Love Lilt (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 4748
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Bear me...sad am I without thee, when I...thee,
Title: Freedom (Eng, Czech)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 5356
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Smetna, Bedrich
First line: Freedom, freedom, flames are flying, rouse ye men...
Track comment: Moravian Hussic hymn
Language: English/Czech
Style: Hymn
Title: Go Down, Moses (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 5713
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: When Israel was Egypt's land, let my people go,
Title: Hammer Song (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 6066
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Terry, Sonny, harmonica
Artist: McGhee, Browie, guitar
First line: In this hand a hammer, ... John Henry said,
Title: Hammer Song (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 6067
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Brown, Lawrence, arr
First line: In this hand a hammer, ... John Henry said,
Track comment: Recorded under title "This Is The Hammer"
Title: Jacob's Ladder (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 7596
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: We are climbin' Jacob's ladder, we are climbin' Jacob's...
Title: Joe Hill
Author: Hayes, Alfred
Composer: Robinson, Earl
Genre: Labor
Subject: Workers/Organization/Immortality
Origin: Kinderland 18
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 7654
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Booth, Alan, piano
First line: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill, alive as you and me,
Title: Joe Hill
Author: Hayes, Alfred
Composer: Robinson, Earl
Genre: Labor
Subject: Workers/Organization/Immortality
Origin: Kinderland 18
On album: H-026(a) (Don't Mourn - Organize! Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill)
Track ID: 7656
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me,
Language: English
Title: Mexican Lullaby (Eng, Spanish)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 10334
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Vincent, Jenny, arr
First line: O hush my pretty baby, sleeping in the arms of love,
Title: On My Journey (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 11464
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: On my journy, now, Mount Zion,
Title: O Grieve You Now My Mother (Eng)
On album: xR-004(b)
Track ID: 11291
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Palmgren, S., arr
First line: O grieve you now my mother, and shed your tears for me,
Track comment: Translation from Finnish folk song
Title: Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 11262
Artist: Quilter, Roger
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Now sleeps the crimson petal now awhite,
Title: Scandalize My Name (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 13271
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Burleigh, Harry Thacker
First line: I meta my brother the other day, I gave him my righta hand,
Language: English
Title: Scandalize My Name (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 13272
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: I meta my brother the other day, I gave him my righta hand,
Title: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 14633
Artist: Dvorak
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Songs my mother taught me, in the days long...
Title: Stand Still, Jordan (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 14673
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Stand still, Jordan, stand still, Jordan,
Title: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 14753
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to cary me home,
Title: Takin' Names (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 14779
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: There's a man goin' round takin names,
Title: The Minstrel Boy (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 15143
Artist: Moore, Thomas
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Booth, Alan, piano
First line: The minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of...
Track comment: English Balland
Title: The Minstrel Boy (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 15144
Artist: Moore, Thomas
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: The minstrel boy to the war is gone, in the ranks of...
Track comment: English Ballad
Title: The Orphan (Russian)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 15162
Artist: Mussorgsky, Modest
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Booth, Alan, piano
Title: This Is The Hammer (Hammer Song)
On album: xR-004(b)
Track ID: 15292
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Brown, Lawrence, arr
First line: In this hand a hammer, ... John Henry said,
Track comment: Recorded under title "This Is The Hammer"
Title: Vi Azoy Trinkt A Keyser Tey? -- װי אַזױ טרינקט אַ קיסר טײ?
Also known as: Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser ?
Also known as: How The Kaiser Drinks Tea
Also known as: Rabosi
Genre: Humorous/Satirical/Folk
Subject: Tsar
Origin: Vinkov 3 47
Transliteration: Alb K-030(a)/Vinkov 3 47
Translation: Alb K-030(a)/Vinkov 3 47
Music: Vinkov 3 46
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 16549
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Brown, Lawrence, piano
First line: Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Track comment: Recorded under title "Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser"
Language: Yiddish
Title: Wanderer (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 16886
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Palmgren, S., arr
First line: O grieve you now my mother, and shed your tears for me,
Track comment: Translation from Finnish folk song
Title: Wanderer (Eng)
On album: R-004(b) (Paul Robeson/Ballad for Americans/Caregie Hall Concert Vol 2)
Track ID: 16887
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Palmgren, S., arr
First line: O grieve you now my mother, and shed your tears for me,
Track comment: Translation from Finnish folk song
Title: Water Me From The Lime Rock (Eng)
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 16901
Artist: Robeson, Paul
First line: Water boy, water me from the lime rock,
Title: Zog Nit Keyn Mol -- זאָג ניט קײן מאָל
Also known as: Shir Hapartizanim
Also known as: Partisaner Lid
Also known as: Partisan Song
Also known as: Al No T'amar
Also known as: Never Say
Author: Glik, Hirsh -- גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
Composer: Pokras, Dan -- פּאָקראַס, דאַן
Composer: Pokras, Dimitri -- פּאָקראַס, דימעטרי
Genre: World War II/Holocaust/Resistance
Subject: Survival/Resistance/Hope
Origin: Ephemera 1203/ Kaczer 3/ML WAH 94/Alb M-029(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Vinkov 4 65
Transliteration: ML WAH 94/Alb G-010(g)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb G-005(b)/Vinkov 4 65
Translation: Ephemera 1204/Alb G-006(b)/ML WAH 94/Alb S-083(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Vonkov IV 65
Music: ML WAH 94/Alb Z-012(a)/Rubin Voi 85/Vinkov 4 65/Kaczer 361
Additional song notes: Never Say
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album: R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID: 18166
Artist: Robeson, Paul
Artist: Brown, Lawrence, arr
Artist: Booth, Alan, piano
First line: Never say that you have reached the very end, while leaden..
First line:זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג. כאָטש הימלען...
Language: English/Yiddish
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu