Name:
Ruth

Tracks with this artist

Hot A Yid A Vaybele — האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע

Author:
Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
Composer:
Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Marriage/Husband/Wife/Conflict/Incompetent/Food
Origin:
Kammen JT 66/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
Transliteration:
Rubin Voi 165/Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
Translation:
Rubin Voi 165
Music:
Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
Additional song notes:
A Jew Has A Wife! See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 12 for transliteration and music
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
6851
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Hot a yid a vaybele, hot a vayb a yidele,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע, האָט אַ װײַב אַ ייִדעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

A Bisl Libe Un A Bisele Glik — אַ ביסעלע ליבע און אַ ביסעלע גליק

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Fate/Youth/Memory
Transliteration:
Warem 22/SM Moskow 58/SM Moskow 59/Ephemera 1520 p6
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)55/Ephemera 1520 p 6
Music:
Warem 22/SM Moskow 58/SM Moskow 59/Ephemera 1520 p6
Additional song notes:
A little Love and a Little Luck
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
20
Artist:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
A bisl libe un a bisele glik, di zun zol shaynen, nor af..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ביסל ליבע און אַ ביסעלע גליק, די זון זאָל שײַנען, נאָר אַף..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

A Kind On A Heym — אַ קינד אָן אַ הײם

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Child/Divorce/Suffering/Joyless/Lonliness
Origin:
SM Dropsie 48
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1325/SM Dropsie 48
Music:
SM Dropsie 48
Additional song notes:
A Child Without A Home
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
361
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
A kind on a heymele, an opgehakt beymele,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קינד אָן אַ הײמעלע, אַן אָפּגעהאַקט בײמעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

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:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
2341
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
First line (Yiddish):
עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Glik — גליק

Author:
Meisell, Bella — מײַזעל, בעלאַ
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Fate/Happiness/Love
Song comment:
From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
Origin:
Alb T-028(f)
Transliteration:
Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26
Music:
Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p
Additional song notes:
Luck
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
5702
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Glik, du bist gekumen tsu mir, ober a bisl tsu shpet--
First line (Yiddish):
גליק, דו ביסט געקומען צו מיר, אָבער אַ ביסל צו שפּעט--
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Sha Sha Es Zol Zayn Shtil — שאַ שאַ עס זאָל זייִן שטיל

Also known as:
Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn
Author:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Author:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Author:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Humorous
Subject:
Rebe/Rebetsn/Khasidim/Food
Origin:
ML PYS 148
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/ML PYS 148
Translation:
Alb K-030(b)/ML PYS 150
Music:
Kammen Jaf 06/ML PYS 148
Additional song notes:
Gottlieb credits Moskowitz as composer. Others credit King as composer,
Related information in folder 401:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Additional verse. (May be vulgar?)
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
11740
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Sha sha, es iz shoyn shpet, Oy, oy, der rebe geyt,
First line (Yiddish):
שאַ שאַ, עס איז שױן שפּעט, אױ, אױ. דער רבּי גײט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

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:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
12085
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
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

Raisins and Almonds

Also known as:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
12946
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..
First line (Yiddish):
אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

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:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
13718
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himel a matone
First line:
שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ

Also known as:
Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
ML PYS 274
Transliteration:
Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
Translation:
Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
Additional song notes:
What Was Once Is No More
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
16680
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Vu Iz Dos Gesele — װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע

Also known as:
Vi Iz Dos Gesele
Genre:
Folk/Love/Waltz/Lament
Subject:
Love/Dwelling/Memory/Street
Origin:
Alb H-007(a)/Jaffee Kam 13/Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/ Oyfn Veg 121
Transliteration:
Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121/ Oyfn Veg 121
Translation:
Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121
Music:
Jaffe Kam 13/Estella 6/
Additional song notes:
Where Is The Little Street (Alleyway?)
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
16811
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz di shtub, vu iz mayn yingele vemen..
First line (Yiddish):
װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז די שטוב, װוּ איז מײַן ייִנגעלע װעמען..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Vu Zaynen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor? — וווּ זענען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Fate/Complaint/Hope/Folk Belief/Bargin/Few
Origin:
SH 1322
Transliteration:
SH 1322
Music:
SH 1322
Additional song notes:
Where Are My Seven Good Years
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
16852
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
08/23/11 RAF: Truncated

Yosl Yosl — יאָסל יאָסל

Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Love/Desire/Attraction
Song comment:
See "Joseph Joseph" - English Adaptation
Origin:
Alb K-068(d)/Alb K-007(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/Estella 6/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-068(d)/ephemera 1456
Translation:
Alb K-068(d)
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
Also see "Joseph Joseph" for English adaptation
Related information in folder 1456:
Comments:
1. 3/10/15 Transliterated text provided by Chava Kramer via internet and entered in Ephemera on March 10, 2015
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
17839
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Yosl, Yosl, mayn khies geyt mir azhe oys nokh dir,
First line (Yiddish):
יאָסל, יאָסל, מײַן חיות גײט מיר אַשז אַרױס נאָך דיר,
Track comment:
08/23/11 RAF: Does not appear to be on tape
Language:
Yiddish

Zog Zog Zog Es Mir — זאָג זאָג זאָג עס מיר

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Courting/Romance/Affirmation
Origin:
Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Metro Scher 8/Alb M-068(a)04/SH 580
Translation:
SH 580
Music:
Metro Scher 8/SH 580
Additional song notes:
Tell It To Me From the musical "Goldele Dem Bekers"
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
18177
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Zog, zog, zog es mir, ikh vil es hern shoyn fun dir, di kleyne, di sheyne verter
First line:
זאָג, זאָג, זאָג עס מיר, איך װיל עס בערן שױן פֿון דיר, די קליינע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)