Name:
Sapoznik, Henry
Name (Yiddish):
סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Related information in folder 1011:
Comments:
1. See Folder 1010. Article dealing with founding of the Sherry Mayrent Yiddish Culture Center naming Sapoznik as Director.


2. 6/25/2010 Article in English Forward, June 25, 2010, by Rokhl Kafrissen, titled "The Revival is over, Let's Talk Continuity". The article describes the themes of revival and renaissance of Yiddish and Klezmer music.

Songs written or composed

Chicken — טשיקען

Also known as:
The Chicken Song
Also known as:
Tshiken
Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Author:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Klezmer/Humorous
Subject:
Chicken/Food/Tofu/Bagel
Song comment:
Additional Verses by Sapoznik
Transliteration:
K-030(c)/Alb Z-010(n)
Translation:
Alb K-030(c)Ephemera 1566 (p29)

Recordings

On album:
K-068(b) (Klezamir Cooks for Tante Barbara — קלעזאַמיר)
Track ID:
24042
Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Author:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist:
Klezamir
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Vocal:
Bernard, Rhoda
First line:
I know of a real good thing, winter, summer, autumn, spring
First line:
איך װײס פֿון אַ גוטער זאַך, װאָס איז גוט פֿאַר אַלע גלײַך,
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
Z-010(n) (Paul Zim New York City Klezmer Jazz Band A Yiddish Delight)
Track ID:
24832
Author:
Rockoff, Seymour
Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Vocal:
Zim, Cantor Paul
Artist:
NY City Klezmer Jewish Jazz Band
Arranger:
Barnes, Rolf
First line:
Ikh veys fun a guter zakh, vus iz gut far ale glaykh,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װײס פֿון אַ גוטער זאַך, װאָס איז גוט פֿאַר אַלע גלײַך,
Track comment:
Seymour Rockoff wrote a new verse to the song.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-026(m) (Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World To Our World)
Track ID:
28091
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal/Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Ikh veys fun a guter zakh, vus iz gut far ale glaykh, a tshiken, oy a tshikn,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װײס פֿון אַ גוטער זאַך, װאָס איז גוט פֿאַר אַלע גלײַך,
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1987 from Album K-030(c) "Kapelye's טשיקען Chicken"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer Bluegrass
On album:
005l (Hoffman, Anna/Jacobs, Jacob/ Tshiken/ Ikh Bin A Border Bay Mayn Vayb)
Track ID:
28933
On album:
019k (Goldstein, Morris/ Di Grine Kuzine/ Tshiken)
Track ID:
29330
Artist:
Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
On album:
K-030(c) (Kapelye's טשיקען Chicken)
Track ID:
2755
Author:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Ikh veys fun a guter zakh, vus iz gut far ale glaykh,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װײס פֿון אַ גוטער זאַך, װאָס איז גוט פֿאַר אַלע גלײַך,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Bluegrass Klezmer

Other tracks with this artist

Sixteen Tons (Parody)

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

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

Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin:
ML PYS 254
Transliteration:
ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
ML PYS 254
Additional song notes:
I'M My Wife's Border
Related information in folder 495:
Comments:
1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik 2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253. 3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album:
V0440 (Selected Video & DVD Clips of Klezmer, Folk and Theater Songs (Video))
Track ID:
41858
Vocal:
Finkel, Fyvush — פֿינקל, פֿײַװוּש
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Mandolin:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
My wife and I just parted, I'm back where I started, like a bachelor when I was
First line:
איך בין שוין ווידער "סינגל" פונקט אַזוי ווי אַ ייִנגל, מיט מײַן ווײַב האָב איך
Language:
Engish/Yiddish
Style:
Humorous/Vaudeville/Shund
Length:
1:53

Abi Gezunt — אַבי געזונט

Also known as:
A Bisl Zun A Bisl Regn
Also known as:
Be Healthy
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Health/Contentment
Song comment:
From the film "Mamele"
Origin:
Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-029(g)/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb D-016(a)/Warem 10/Alb B-095(b)/SM 5
Translation:
Alb D-016(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb K-030(d)/Alb K-029(g)/CD B-076(a)
Music:
ML PYS 175/SM Scher 10
Additional song notes:
As Long As You're Healthy
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
37741
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Hot Dogs — האָט דאָגס

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Vaudville/Theatre/Place/Theatre/Novelty
Subject:
Coney Island/Hot Dogs/Foods
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Dos Kleyner Mazik" - 1926
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
6856
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor Orchestra:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
First line:
Coney island hot zikh vunder, men vayst es als tsu kinder,
First line (Yiddish):
קאָני אַײַלאַנד האָט זיך װוּנדער, מען װײַסט עס אַלע קינדער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Vaudeville

Lena From Palestina

Also known as:
Palesteena
Author:
Conrad, Con
Author:
Robinson, J. Russel
Composer:
Conrad, Con
Composer:
Conrad, Con
Composer:
Robinson, J. Russel
Composer:
Robinson, J. Russel
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Dixieland/Jazz/Novelty
Subject:
Lena/Fat Lady/Palestine/Courting/Concertina/Arab
Additional song notes:
Same melody for entries titled "Chaim Popukal", "Unter Belzer - Himlen", "Gereist Un Getroffen", and "Nokh A Bisl".
Related information in folder 584:
Comments:
1. Article by Charles A. Kennedy (Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University). Titled, "When Palestine Played the Palace: Vaudeville Interprets the Balfour Declaration". Includes texts of novelty songs, Zionist songs, (all set in the Middle East), including text of "Lena From Palestina" 2. Article by Itzik Gottesman in Yiddish Forward of March 19-25, 2010, tiitled "Oyf Di Shpurn fun Lena Fun Palestina (on the track of Lena fun Palestina).
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
9070
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
First line:
In the Bronx of New York city, there's a girl that's not...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Dixieland/New Orleans/Vaudville

Lenin and Trotsky — לענין און טראָטצקי

Author:
Tessler, Morris
Genre:
Klezmer/Irony/Theater
Subject:
Politics/Bolsheviks/Capitalists/Strikers/BossesNuclearBombs
Transliteration:
K-030(b)
Translation:
K-030(b)
On album:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
9073
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
In Rusland dem nayem, in dem land dem freyen,
First line:
אין רוסלאַנד דעם נײַעם, אין דעם לאָנד דעם פֿרײַען,
Track comment:
Addition modern verse by Henry Sapoznik.
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Folk

Shiru Shabtai Tsvi — שירו שבּתאי צבי

Also known as:
Shiru
Author:
Julovsky, Yeszhe
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Historical
Subject:
Shabtai Tsvi/Messiah/Praise
Origin:
Levin N 144/SM 1312
Transliteration:
Levin N 144/SM 1312
Translation:
Levin N. 144
Music:
SM 1312
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
13954
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Written for play "Shabtai Tsvi" produced in 1923
Style:
Instrumental

Skrip Klezmerl Skripe — סקריפּ קלעזמערל סקריפּע

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wedding/Klezmer/Family/Drums/Fiddle/Bride/Dance/Relatives/
Origin:
Alb R-024(d)/Metro Scher 30/Metro Album 49
Transliteration:
K-029(b)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemeral 620/MS Sher 8
Translation:
K-029(b)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemeral 620
Music:
SM Scher 8
Related information in folder 565:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and translation of Text.
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
14555
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Medley with Mayn Shtetele Belz and Vos Du Vilst
Style:
Instrumental

Abi Gezunt Medley — אַבי געזונט מעדלי

Genre:
Medley/Klezmer
Additional song notes:
Northen Doyne/Abi Gezunt (Sung by Eve Sicular) Klezmerengue (Yosl, Yosl arranged as a klezmer merenge)
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
833
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Tenor Sax:
Leshaw, Howie
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Vocal/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
I didn't know a tsastke from a square, and I was called...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Adaptation, sounds like Cab Calloway Version
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Swing/Yinglish
Length:
3:25

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:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
21
Accomp:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
A bisl libe un a bisele glik, di zun zol shaynen, nor af..
First line:
אַ ביסל ליבע און אַ ביסעלע גליק, די זון זאָל שײַנען, נאָר אַף..
Track comment:
A Bisl Libe.../ Azoy Iz Geven/ Oygn/ Dayne/ Ikh Zing
Style:
Instrumental/Jewish Melody w Arab-Turkish Rhythm
Length:
6:51

Abe Lincoln — אײב לינקאָלן

On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
810
Artist:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Abe Lincoln, Abe Lincoln, your popular...der bafrayer iz...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
the Republic - Lincoln birthday radio broadcast 1941 WMCA
Language:
English/Yiddish

Shpil Klezmer Shpil (Ellstein) — שפּיל קלעזמער שפּיל

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Klezmer
Subject:
Klezmer/Fiddle/Memory
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
14190
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Track comment:
Includes "Shpil Klezmer Shpil" and Tarras compositions.
Style:
Instrumental

A Yor Nokh Mayn Khasene — אַ יאָר נאָך מײַן חתונה

Also known as:
Beser Tsu Blayben A Moyd
Author:
Reingold, Isaac — רײַנגאָלד, יצחק
Composer:
Reingold, Isaac — רײַנגאָלד, יצחק
Genre:
Theater/Lament/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Abuse/Misery/Marriage
Origin:
ML PYS 253/FRCS2/K-026(k)2
Transliteration:
ML PYS 253/Alb K-030(a)/K-026(k)2
Translation:
ML PYS 254/Alb K-030(a)/K-026(k)2
Music:
ML PYS 255/FRCS2
Additional song notes:
A Year Since My Wedding
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
791
Vocal:
Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
A yor nokh mayn khasene, zet vi ikh kuk oys!
First line (Yiddish):
אַ יאָר נאָך מײַן חתונה, זעט װי איך קוק אױס!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
2051
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
with Eng version- "In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn" with M. Picon
Language:
Yiddish

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
2054
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain da in jazz,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
4:14

Azoy Iz Geven Azoy Vet Es Zayn — אַזױ איז געװען אזױ װעט עס זײַן

Also known as:
Azoy Iz Geven
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Romance/Fated/Couple
Transliteration:
Warem 18
Music:
Warem 18
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
1815
Accomp:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Oy oy, azoy is geven, oy oy, azoy vet es zayn,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ אױ, אַזױ איז געװען, אױ אױ, אַזױ װעט עס זײַן,
Track comment:
A Bisl Libe.../ Azoy Iz Geven/ Oygn/ Dayne/ Ikh Zing
Language:
Yiddish

Bagel Call Rag

Additional song notes:
See "Beygle Call Rag"
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
2336
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
First line:
Rag mop, tsbrekht di kop, hu, ha, razamatz, have some lox...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

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-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
2350
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano/Arranger/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz
Length:
4:12

Der Shtiler Bulgar — דער שטילער בולגאַר

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Bulgar
Song comment:
Predecessor to "And The Angels Sing"
Music:
Comp Klez 40
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
3408
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
Length:
4:38

Di Mame Iz Gegangen — די מאַמע איז געגאַנגען

Also known as:
A Yingele Fun Poyln
Also known as:
Di Mame Hot Mikh Geshikt
Also known as:
Di Mame Hot Mir Geshikt
Also known as:
Aj lju lju
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Mother/Daughter/Arranged Marriage/Love/Yarid/Market/
Origin:
Alb R-007(g)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb B-007(b)
Transliteration:
Alb R-007(g)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb C-035(e)/Alb P-019(c)/Alb R-005(a)/Alb K-030(d)/
Translation:
Alb R-007(f)3/Alb K-005(a)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb K-030(d)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb B-007(b)
Music:
Rub Treas 54/Kremer 16
Additional song notes:
TransLit also on Alb P-038(d)
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
3658
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Oy, di mame iz gengangen in mark arayn nokh koyln,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, די מאַמע איז געגאַנגען אין מאַרק אַרײַן נאָך קױלן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Di Mashke — די מאַשקע

Also known as:
Zemer Leya'in (Di Mashke, Heb)
Also known as:
A Glezele Mashke
Author:
Gordon, Mikhl — גאָרדאָן, מיכל
Composer:
Gordon, Mikhl — גאָרדאָן, מיכל
Genre:
Folk/Anti Khasidic/Maskilik/Humorous
Subject:
Whiskey/Drink/Birth/Marriage/Death/Circumcision
Origin:
ML PYS 163/Alb N-011(a)/Vinkov 3 40/Alb P-065(a)/Sh Sh 7
Transliteration:
ML PYS 163/Alb N-011(a)/Vinkov 3 40/Alb K-030(b)/Alb K-068(b)/Alb Z-010(n)
Translation:
ML PYS 163/Vinkov 3 40/Alb K-030(b)/Alb K-068(b)/Alb L-023(a)/Sh Sh 7
Music:
ML PYS 163/Alb N-011(a)/Vinkov 3 40
Additional song notes:
Also Transliteration and Translation in Alb P-065(a) See also C-049(b) for add'l lyrics by Chaim Bergman of Lithuunia and Rabbi David Steinberg Partial Eng translation on Alb P-038€
On album:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
3675
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
B'shas der shadkhn iz a mol gekumen tsu mayn zeydn,
First line (Yiddish):
בּשעת דער שדחן איז אַ מאָל געקומען צו מײַן זײדן, דעם טאַטן מיט...
Track comment:
See comment in "RUB VOI" p 259-260.
Language:
Yiddish

Egyptian Ella

Composer:
Doyle, Walter
Genre:
Novelty
Subject:
Weight/Egypt/Fat Lady/Place/Nile/
Related information in folder 121:
Document type:
internet
Author:
Doyle, Walter
Comments:
Compete lyrics.
Related information in folder 583:
Comments:
1. Text of song from the internet, with sheet music cover.
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
4436
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
First line:
Say, Ella was a dancin' girl, and Ella started gettin' fat.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Klezmer/Jazz/Swing
Length:
4:41

Egyptian Fantasy

Composer:
Bechet, Sidney
Composer:
Reid, John
Genre:
Jazz/Instrumental
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
4439
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/New Orleans
Length:
5:18

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.
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

East Houston Street Parade

Composer:
Haggart, Bob
Composer:
Bauduc, Ray
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Jazz
Additional song notes:
Adaptation of "South Rampart Street Parade"
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
4425
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Jazz
Length:
3:05

Far Nile, Nokh Nile — פֿאַר נעילה, נאָך נעילה

On album:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
5092
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Author:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Far nile, nokh nile, a bokher, a psule, darf a yeder zayn...
First line:
פֿאַר נעילה, נאָך נעילה, אַ בּחור, אַ בּתולה, דאַרף אַ יעדער זײַן אַ...

Ikh Zing (Ellstein) — איך זינג (עלשטיין)

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Love/Shir Hashirim/Heart/Dreams/Lonliness/Longing
Transliteration:
Warem 113/ Ephemera 1447
Translation:
Ephemera 1447
Music:
Warem 113
Related information in folder 1447:
Comments:
1 112/12/2014 Translation and Transliteration of the song text provided by Chava Kramer via email on December 12, 2014
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
7252
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Track comment:
A Bisl Libe.../ Azoy Iz Geven/ Oygn/ Dayne/ Ikh Zing
Style:
Instrumental/Medley

Gut Purim Yidn — גוט פּורים ייִדן

On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
5816
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Haynt iz Purim, morgn iz oys, Git uns a groshn un varft...
First line:
הײַט איז פּורים, מאָרגן איז אױס, גיט אונדז אַ גראָשן און װאַרפֿט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn — אין מײנע אױגן ביסטו שײן

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Stutchkoff, N.
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Love
Transliteration:
Alb H-007(a)/Alb S-022(f)
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "The Love Thief" by Benjamin Ressler
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
7393
Artist:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
In mayne oygn, you're the sweetest girl I ever knew...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
with "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn"
Language:
English/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:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
5707
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Medley - Shloymele Malkele, Glik, Libes Shmertsn
Style:
Instrumental

And The Angels Sing

Also known as:
Freylekh In Swing
Author:
Mercer, Johnny
Composer:
Ellman, Ziggy
Genre:
Swing/Pop
Subject:
Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
Song comment:
Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
Origin:
Sheetmusic 1210
Music:
Sheetmusic 1210
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
5386
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Swing
Length:
4:38

Kale Bazetsn Un Marsh — כּלה באַזעצן און מאַרש

Composer:
Cherniavsky, Joseph — טשערניאָװסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Wedding
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
7791
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:28

I'm An Indian

Author:
Merrill, Blanche
Composer:
Edwards, Gus
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Dialect/Jazz
Subject:
Indian/Squal/Papoose/Feathers/Chief/Wigwam
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
7013
Piano/Arranger/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
First line:
I'm Minnie Ha Ha, Minnie Hu Hu?, Minnie Ha Ha, Aha,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Length:
3:59

In Shtetl Nikolayev — אין שטעטל ניקאָלײַעװ

Author:
Medoff, David
Genre:
Theatre/Place
Subject:
Nikolayev/Love/Conscript/Suicide/Tragedy
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(a)
Translation:
Alb K-030(a)
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
7426
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
In shtetl Nikolayev, lebn shvartsn yam, gelibt hob ikh...
First line:
אין שטעטל ניקאָלײַעװ, לעבן שװאַרצן ים, געליבט האָב איך מײַן שׂרהלע
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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

Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin:
ML PYS 254
Transliteration:
ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
ML PYS 254
Additional song notes:
I'M My Wife's Border
Related information in folder 495:
Comments:
1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik 2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253. 3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album:
P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
7094
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Ikh bin shoyn vider singl, punkt 'zoy vi a yingl, mit mayn..
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין שױן װידער סינגל, פּונקט אַזױ װי אַ ייִנגל, מיט מײַן װײַב…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Vaudeville/Theatre

Katinka — קאַטינקאַ

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Dance/Song/Laughter/Independence/Poverty/Orphan/Marriage
Translation:
Alb M-047(c) [chorus only]
Additional song notes:
From Rumshinky's operetta "Katinka"
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
7843
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the musical "Katinke"

Kinder (Bread And Candy, Fragment) — קינדער (ברעד אנד קאַנדי, פֿראַגמענט)

On album:
B-055(a) (Bread & Candy Script by Irena Klepfisz)
Track ID:
8431
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Musical Director:
London, Frank
First line:
Kinder, ir geyt vi shefelekh, vi rinder, ir trogt di zorg,
First line (Yiddish):
קינדער, איר גײט װי שעפֿעלעך, װי רינדער, איר טראָגט די זאָרג,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bread And Candy" With "Shtiler, Shtiler"
Language:
Yiddish

Itsik Vitnberg — איציק װיטנבערג

Author:
Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
Composer:
Blatner, Marvey — בלאַטנער, מאַרװײ
Genre:
Holocaust/Resistance
Subject:
Wittenberg/Vilna/Gestapo/Capture
Origin:
Kaczer 341/ML WAH 87
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(o)/ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88/Alb B-007(o)
Translation:
Alb B-007(o)/Alb V-001(d)/ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88/Alb B-007(o)
Music:
ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88
Additional song notes:
Melody from 1935 Soviet song "Partizan Zhhelezniak"
On album:
V-001(d) (Partisans of Vilna Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance)
Track ID:
7569
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
S'ligt ergets farteyet der faynt vi a khia, Der mauzer er vakht…
First line:
ס,ליקט ערגעץ פֿאָרטײעט דער פֿײַנט װי אַ חיה, דער מאוזער ער װאַכט..

Itsik Vitnberg — איציק װיטנבערג

Author:
Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
Composer:
Blatner, Marvey — בלאַטנער, מאַרװײ
Genre:
Holocaust/Resistance
Subject:
Wittenberg/Vilna/Gestapo/Capture
Origin:
Kaczer 341/ML WAH 87
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(o)/ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88/Alb B-007(o)
Translation:
Alb B-007(o)/Alb V-001(d)/ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88/Alb B-007(o)
Music:
ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88
Additional song notes:
Melody from 1935 Soviet song "Partizan Zhhelezniak"
On album:
B-055(a) (Bread & Candy Script by Irena Klepfisz)
Track ID:
7570
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Musical Director:
London, Frank
First line:
S'ligt ergets farteyt der faynt vi a khia, Der mauzer er...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'ליקט ערגעץ פֿאָרטײעט דער פֿײַנט װי אַ חיה, דער מאוזער ער װאַכט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Bread and Candy
Language:
Yiddish

Levine With Your Flying Machine — לעװין מיט זײַן פֿליג מאַשין

Author:
Bernie, Saul
Composer:
Coslow, Sam
Related information in folder 175:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Transliteration
On album:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
9132
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Es flien heldn iber groyse yamen, un men zingt fun zey fil..
First line:
עס פֿליִען העלדן איבער גרױסע ימען, און מען זינגט פֿון זײ פֿיל...
Track comment:
Levine, Levine, you're the hero of your race,...

Der Badkhn (Manger) — דער בּדחן (מאַנגער)

Also known as:
Khosn Un Kale
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך
Genre:
Literary Origin/Theatre/Wedding
Subject:
Marriage/Sorrows/Joys/Passages/Badkhn/Instruments/Fiddle/Flu
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(a)
Translation:
Alb K-030(a)
Additional song notes:
Written for the show "Der Shop" by H. Leyvik. This song is the - subject of an hour lecture by Dov Noy.
Related information in folder 442:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Itzik Manger
Publisher:
Meir Noy Collection
Comments:
Yiddish text and music from Meir Noy Collection. Also, article from the Shtetl Book, describing a badkhn from the 1840's.
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
8313
Vocal:
Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Khosn un kale, mekhutonim un fraynd, Hert vos es darshnt...
First line (Yiddish):
חתן און כּלה, מחותּנים און פֿרײַנד, הערט װאָס עס דאַרשנט דער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Chant/Concert

Libes Shmertsn — ליבעס שמערצן

Author:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Theatre
Subject:
Heart/Feelings/Pangs/Passion
Origin:
Kammen 25F 64
Transliteration:
Kammen 25F 30
Music:
Kammen 25F30
Additional song notes:
From the drama "Strarker Fun Libe"
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
9187
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Medley - Shloymele Malkele, Glik, Libes Shmertsn
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Lid Fun Umbakntn Partizan — ליד פֿון אומבאַקאַנקן פּאַרטיזאַן

Genre:
Holocaust/Lullaby/Viglid/Lament
Subject:
Father/Murder.
Transliteration:
Alb F-032(c)
Translation:
Alb F-032(c)
On album:
F-032(c) (Remember The Children Songs...Children of the Holocaust)
Track ID:
9197
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Shlof, mayn kind, shluf vider ruik ayn, biz di nakht un di..
First line:
שלאָף, מײַן קינד, שלאָף װידער רןיִק אײַן, ביז די נאַכט און די...

Motl Der Apreyter — מאָטל דער אַפּרײטער

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Labor/Tragedy/Labor/Strike/Violence/Occupation/Sweatshop
Origin:
Alt T-005(a)/ML PYS 248/Alb K-030(a)
Transliteration:
ML PYS 248/CD P-030(a)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(a)/CD P-030(a)/Ephemera 1458
Music:
ML PYS 248
Additional song notes:
Motel The Operator/ Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit
Related information in folder 291:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Gedaliah Magid
Publisher:
Forward
Date:
5/21/1999
Comments:
Translation from "Der Yiddish Vinkl".
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
10731
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Motl der apreyter, in shop dort shtendik neyt er,
First line (Yiddish):
מאָטל דער אַפּרײטער, אין שאָפּ דאָרט שטענדיק נײט ער, אַלע יאָרן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז

Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
9990
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di kinder yorn, nor vi a kholem...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Part of Medley with Vos Du Vilst and Skrip, Klezmer Skripe
Style:
Instrumental

Motl Der Apreyter — מאָטל דער אַפּרײטער

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Labor/Tragedy/Labor/Strike/Violence/Occupation/Sweatshop
Origin:
Alt T-005(a)/ML PYS 248/Alb K-030(a)
Transliteration:
ML PYS 248/CD P-030(a)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(a)/CD P-030(a)/Ephemera 1458
Music:
ML PYS 248
Additional song notes:
Motel The Operator/ Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit
Related information in folder 291:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Gedaliah Magid
Publisher:
Forward
Date:
5/21/1999
Comments:
Translation from "Der Yiddish Vinkl".
On album:
P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
10733
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Motl der apreyter, in shop dort shtendik neyt er,
First line (Yiddish):
מאָטל דער אַפּרײטער, אין שאָפּ דאָרט שטענדיק נײט ער, אַלע יאָרן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Mazl In Libe — מזל אין ליבע

Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Swing
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
10093
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Tenor Sax:
Leshaw, Howie
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Theater
Length:
3:20

Oyb S'iz Geven Gut Far Mayn Mamen Pt 1 — אױב ס'איז געװען גוט פֿאַר מײַן מאַמען

Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Mother/Memory/Modernity/Criticism
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)55
Additional song notes:
From Rumshinsky's musical comedy "Dos Mamele"
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
11809
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor Orchestra:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
First line:
A yeder eyner zogt, a yeder eyner zogt, s'iz nayer tsaytn,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ יעדער אײנער זאָגט, אַ יעדער אײנער זאָגט, ס'איז נײַער צײַטן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

My Little Cousin

Author:
Cohen, Cy
Author:
Braverman, Sam
Author:
Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
Composer:
Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
Composer:
Braverman, Sam
Composer:
Cohen, Cy
Genre:
Novelty/Pop
Subject:
Cousin/Love/Marriage/Proposal
Additional song notes:
Takeoff of "Di Grine Kuzine" See comment in Gottlieb 147
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
10835
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Tenor Sax:
Leshaw, Howie
Arranger/Musical Director/Vocal/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Have you heard about my little cousin, she has boys...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Jazz
Length:
5:01

S'iz Gut (Gebirtig) — ס'איז גוט (געבירטיג)

Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Folk Poet/Holocaust
Subject:
Sarcasm/Irony
Origin:
Gebir MLZ 132/Gebir ML 115/Gebir Lemm 257
Transliteration:
CD K-059(b)
Translation:
Gebir SIMC 147/CD K-059(b)
Music:
Gebir MLZ 132/Gebir ML 115/Gebir Lemm 257
On album:
B-055(a) (Bread & Candy Script by Irena Klepfisz)
Track ID:
13154
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Musical Director:
London, Frank
First line:
S'iz gut (3x), di yidelekh shrayen, s'iz gut, der soyne...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז גוט (3), די ייִדעלעך שרײַען, ס'איז גוט, דער שׂונא...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Bread and Candy, with Vayl Ikh Bin A Yidele
Language:
Yiddish

Ot Azoy (Beckerman) — אָט אַזױ (בעקערמאַן)

Also known as:
Hot Azoy
Composer:
Beckerman, Shloymke — בעקערמאַן, שלױמקע
Composer:
Beckerman, Shloymke — בעקערמאַן, שלױמקע
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Khosidl
Music:
Comp Klez 64
Additional song notes:
That's The Way
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
11595
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Style:
Instrumental

Oygn (Instr, Medley) — אױגן (אינסט, מעדלי)

On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
12000
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Accomp:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
In mayn harts arayn, zenen dayne oygn, far dayne shvartse...
First line:
אין מײַן האַרץ אַרײַן, זענען דײַנע אױגן, פֿאַר דײַנע שװאַרצע אױגן,
Track comment:
A Bisl Libe.../ Azoy Iz Geven/ Oygn/ Dayne/ Ikh Zing
Style:
Instrumental

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:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
11733
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Sha sha, es zol zayn shtil! Der rebe kumt fun shul.
First line (Yiddish):
שאַ שאַ, עס זײַן שטיל! דער רבּי קומט פֿון שול. שאַ, שאַ! ער איז...
Language:
Yiddish

Shloymele Malkele — שלמהלע מלכּהלע

Also known as:
Oy Malkele Oy Shloymele
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Brother/Sister/Love/
Origin:
Metro Scher 30
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/SM Scher 9
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)55
Music:
SM Scher 9
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Dos Galitsiyaner Rebele". Shloymele" is an imposter and not biologically related to (Malkele)
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
14050
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
A shvester bin ikh dir a trayer, Oy, bruderl, her zikh nor..
First line:
אַ שװעסטער בין איך אַ טײַערע, אױ ברודער, הער זיך נאָר אײַן,
Track comment:
Medley - Shloymele Malkele, Glik, Libes Shmertsn
Style:
Instrumental

Shloymke And Nifty — שלױמקע און ניפֿטי

Composer:
Beckerman, Shloymke — בעקערמאַן, שלױמקע
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
14052
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Two Bulgar Medley
Style:
Instrumental

Terkersher Yaleveyove Tants — טערקעשער יאַלעװעיאָװע טאַנץ

Also known as:
A Few Bowls Terkish
Also known as:
Terk In Amerika
Also known as:
Turk In America
Composer:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Terkish
Song comment:
Brandwein usually credited as composer
On album:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
14922
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist:
Maltz, Ken — מאַלץ, קען
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Sher — שער

Also known as:
Rusishe Sher
Also known as:
Rusisher Sher
Also known as:
Russian Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Rushisher
Also known as:
Sher, Russian
Also known as:
Galician Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Galacian
Also known as:
Sher, Galitsianer
Also known as:
Galitsianer Sher
Also known as:
Russian Scissors
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Dance
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
13639
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Abe Shwartz's Famous Sher".

Tsu Eyns Tsvey Dray — צו אײנס צװײ דרײַ

Author:
Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב
Composer:
Eisler, Hans
Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Hope/Purpose/Resistance
Origin:
Alb V-001(a)/ML WAH 80
Transliteration:
ML WAH 80/Alb F-005(a)/Alb K-059(c)/Alb L-038(b)_
Translation:
Alb F-005(a)/Alb K-059(c)/Alb L-038(b)_
Music:
ML WAH 80
Additional song notes:
Music by Eisler, based on Berthold Brecht (See liner notes Alb L-038(b)
On album:
V-001(d) (Partisans of Vilna Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance)
Track ID:
15648
Arranger:
Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Es hot undz dos lebn gerufn, dos lebn oyf zunike teg,
First line (Yiddish):
עס האָט אונדז דאָס לעבן גערופֿן, דאָס לעבן אױף זוניקע טעג,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Militant March

The Shiek Of Avenue B

Author:
Kalmar, Bert
Composer:
Friend, Cliff
Composer:
Ruby, Harry
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theatre/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Lover/Reputation
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
15208
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
First line:
On the east side of New York, on Avenue B, is a gut...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Dixieland/Duet
Length:
3:28

Vos Du Vilst, Dos Vil Ikh Oykh — װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Constancy
Transliteration:
Alb H-007(a)/Warem 220/SM Moskow 51
Music:
Warem 220/SM Moscow 52
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Pini From Pinchev"
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
16673
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Vos du vilst, dos vil ikh oykh, Du bist mayn harts, mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך, דו ביסט מײַן האַרץ, מײַן מוח,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Instrumental

Vos Zol Ikh Ton Az Ikh Hob Im Lib — װאָס זאָל איך טאָן אַז איך האָב אים ליב

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Love/Lament
Subject:
Charlatan/Pimp/Abuse/Court/Judge/Sentence/Family
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Molly Dolly"
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
16750
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Ikh ken a meydl, a eydele, bay tate mame, vi a blum zi bliet
First line:
איך קען אַ מײדל, אַן אײדעלע, בײַ טאַטע מאַמע, װי אַ בלום זי בליִט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the musical "Molly Dolly"

Vot Ken You Makh? Es Iz Amerike! — װאָט קען יו מאַך? עס איז אַמעריקע?

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Shund/Humor
Subject:
Customs/America/Europe/Life Style/
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb G-048(d)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Additional song notes:
How do you figure it out ? What can you do? It's America See Ephemera 1458 - Aaron lebedeff credited with lyrics Sholom Secunda with music
On album:
K-030(c) (Kapelye's טשיקען Chicken)
Track ID:
16751
Artist:
Kapeyle and Michael Alpert — קעפּעליע און מיקעל אַלפּערט
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,

Vu Bistu Geven ? — װוּ ביסטו געװען ?

Also known as:
Prohibition Bulgar
Also known as:
Vu Bistu Geven Far Prohibition
Author:
Segalovitsh, Zusman — סעגאַלאָװיטש, זוסמאַן
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Love/Aging/Separation/Dowry/Regret
Song comment:
Same melody as "Motl Der Oprator"
Origin:
Vinkov 1 47/CD M-066(a)/Alb C-060(a)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
Translation:
Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/CD K-081(a)CD M-066(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
Music:
Vinkov 1 47
Additional song notes:
Segalovitsh credited with lyrics on CD Z-011(f) but Khana Mlotek in ML SOG 47 indicates that the song was "collected" from Segalovitsh.
Related information in folder 524:
Document type:
Text
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
4/13/2001
Comments:
Original Yiddish text.
On album:
K-030(b) (Kapelye Presents LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MACHINE)
Track ID:
16796
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Conductor:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Track comment:
Recorded under "Vu Bistu Gevezn Far Prohibition"
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs

Yidl Mitn Fidl — ייִדל מיטן פֿידל

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Folk
Subject:
Klezmer/Musicians/Life/Nature/Joy
Origin:
ML PYS 258/Alb L-044(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Alb I-013(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb L-044(c)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Qalb L-044(c)/Alb B-122(a)
Music:
Warem 240/ML PYS 258
Additional song notes:
Little Jew With His Fiddle (?) From the film of the same name.
Related information in folder 1002:
Comments:
1. Internet article by Rhoda (Rokhl) Bernard, with original Yiddish text, transliteration and translation of the song.
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
17539
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Shpil du fidl, shpil, Shpil far mir a libe lid,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל דו פּידל, שפּיל, שפּיל פֿאַר מיר אַ ליבע ליד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From film of same name with Molly Picon.
Language:
Yiddish

Yas — יאַס

Also known as:
Mayn Shtetele Yas
Also known as:
Mayn Shtetl Yas
Author:
Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס
Composer:
Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס
Genre:
Place/Memory
Subject:
Shtetl/Yas/Home
Origin:
GYF 56/Alb F-024(e)
Transliteration:
Alb K-07(b)/GYF 59
Translation:
GYF 59
Music:
GYF 57
Related information in folder 804:
Comments:
1. Yiddish Text
On album:
K-045(b) (Klezmer Plus! Featuring Sid Beckerman & Howie Leess)
Track ID:
17175
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Tenor Sax:
Leess, Howie
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
In Odes/ Yass/ Part of "Shtetl Medley"
Style:
Instrumental

Yiddisher Charleston

Also known as:
Yiddishe Charleston
Author:
Rose, Billy
On album:
K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
17517
Trombone:
Bragin, Ted
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
3:04

Yiddish Ragtime Medley

Genre:
Rag/Novelty/Dialect/Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Yidl On His Fiddle/Yidishe Rag Yidishe Rag lyrics and music written by Joseph H. McKeon, Harry M. Piani and W. Raymond Walker. See Heskes p 50
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
17480
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Piano/Arranger/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Yidishe yidishe rag, oy, der yidishe rag, wiggle and...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Novelty
Length:
3:34

Yom Pom Pom — יאָם פּאָם פּאָם

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Klezmer/Humorous
Subject:
Speech/Silence
Song comment:
From the musical "Mazl Brukhe"- 1927/ Satirizes Boris Tomoshevsky
Transliteration:
Alb W-031(a)
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
17731
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor Orchestra:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
First line:
Redn, zogt men dos, is zilber, ober shveygn iz gold,
First line:
רעדן, זאָגט מען דאָס, איז זילבער, אָבער שװײגן איז גאָלד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the musical "Mazl Brukhe"- 1927

Shprayz Ikh Mir (Teitelbaum) — שפּרײַז איך מיר (טײַטעלבאום )

Also known as:
Mit Gikhe Trit
Author:
Kahn, Sh. — כּהן, ש.
Composer:
Teitelbaum, Eliyahu — אליהו טײַטעלבאום
Genre:
Drinking
Subject:
Drinking/Market Day/Fair/Horse/Inn
Origin:
Alb L-001(a)/ML MTAG 70/Alb K-051(e)
Transliteration:
Alb L-001(a)/ML MTAG 70/Alb K-051(e)/Alb K-26(d)2/Alb P-038(a)/Alb S-098(b)
Translation:
Alb K-26(d)2/Alb K-051(e)/Alb S-098(b)/Ephemera 1566 (p 19
Music:
ML MTAG 70
On album:
P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" — מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג)
Track ID:
18667
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Conductor:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Shprayz ikh mir mit gikhe, mit gikhe trit,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּרײַז איך מיר מיט גיכע, מיט גיכע טריט, נאָך אַ פֿערדל צום יאַריד
Language:
Yiddish

My Yiddishe Mammy

Author:
Cantor, Eddie
Composer:
Cantor, Eddie
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Vaudeville
Subject:
Mother/Place/South/Swanee/Dixie/Cotton
Additional song notes:
Taakeoff on "My Yidishe Mame" and "Mammy"
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22799
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
First line:
Down south, that's where all the cotton grows, down south where the Swannee…
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz
Length:
3:28

Kretshme Lidl — קרעטשמע לידל

Genre:
Swing/Klezmer
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22800
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Clarinet:
Musiker, Ray
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Style:
Instrumental
Length:
6:27

Mickey Katz Medley

Genre:
Humorous
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22801
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Boats/ Kiss of Meyer/ Geshey Fun Vilde Katshke/ Thats Morris
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect
Length:
3:38

Khosn Kale Mazl Tov — חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ

Also known as:
Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
Also known as:
Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
Genre:
Folk/Wedding/Rite
Subject:
Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22802
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Clarinet:
Musiker, Ray
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
3:25

Ot Azoy Medley — אָט אַזױ מעדלי

Genre:
Scat/Klezmer
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22804
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Track comment:
Various Melodies including Ot Azoy Neyt A Tailor
Language:
English
Style:
Scat/Klezmer/Swing/Jazz
Length:
6:31

Ot Azoy Says The Tailor

Also known as:
Utt Da Zay
Also known as:
That's The Way The Tailor Sews
Author:
Mills, Irving
Composer:
Ram, Buck
Genre:
Novelty/Swing
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Clothes/Sewing
Song comment:
Takeoff of "Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder"
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and Ot Azoy Says The Tailor (The Tailor Song).
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22805
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
First line:
My mother used to sing to me, a plaintive little melody,
Track comment:
Part of "Ot Azoy Medley" - This Song from Cab Calloway

Leybke Beethoven's Doyne

Composer:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Genre:
Humorous/Instrumental/Parody
On album:
K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
Track ID:
22806
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Track comment:
Parody of Beethoven Music
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:20

Levine Der Groyser Held — לעװין דער גרױסער װעלט

On album:
K-030(d) (Kapelye On The Air Old Time Jewish American Radio)
Track ID:
22401
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Author:
Tobias, Charles
Composer:
Herschal, Harry
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
In an aeropleyn iz dos geveyzn, vi a groyser man hot...
First line:
אין אַן אַעראָפּלײן איז דאָס געװעזן, װי אַ גרױסער מאַן האָט...
Track comment:
Part of WCOP Boston, Jews In The News

Ikh Hob Gekent A Meydele — איך האָב געקענט אַ מײדעלע

On album:
K-030(d) (Kapelye On The Air Old Time Jewish American Radio)
Track ID:
22420
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger:
Sapoznik, Pearl — סאַפּאָזניק, פּערל
First line:
Ikh hob gekent a meydele, sheyn vi di velt, orum un eynt...
First line:
איך האָב געקענט אַ מײדעלע, שײן װי די װעלט, אָרון און אײנט...
Track comment:
Part of KGFJ Los Angeles-A Gast In Shtib

Geyt A Grine Katshke (Di Grine..) — גײט אַ גרינע קאַטשקע (די גרינע...)

On album:
T-027(b) (Di Grine Katshke The Green Duck — די גרינע קאַטשקע)
Track ID:
26241
Vocal:
Childrens' Chorus
Author:
Maud, Zuni (1891-1956) מאַוד, זוני (1891-1956)
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Geyt a grine katshke mit a royte noz, vil zi shmekn tabak,
First line:
גײט אַ גרינע קאַטשקע, מיט אַ רױטער נאָז, װיל זי שמעקן טאַבאַק,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Di Grine Katshke"

Di Grine Katshke (Geyt A Grine..) — די גרינע קאַטשקע (גײט אַ גרינע...)

On album:
xT-027(b)
Track ID:
26242
Vocal:
Childrens' Chorus
Author:
Maud, Zuni (1891-1956) מאַוד, זוני (1891-1956)
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Geyt a grine katshke mit a royte noz, vil zi shmekn tabak,
First line (Yiddish):
גײט אַ גרינע קאַטשקע, מיט אַ רױטער נאָז, װיל זי שמעקן טאַבאַק,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Di Grine Katshke"
Language:
Yiddish

Take Me Out To The Ball Game — נעם מיך מיט צו דער באַל גײם

Also known as:
Nem Mikh Mit Tsu Der Ball Geym
Also known as:
Lomir Geyn Tsu Dem Ball Shpil (Video)
Author:
Norworth, Jack
Composer:
von Tilzer, Albert
Genre:
Folk/Americana
Subject:
Baseball/Food/Sport
On album:
P-030(a) (Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen)
Track ID:
26160
Vocal:
Patinkin, Mandy
Conductor:
Stern, Eric
Arranger:
Ford, Paul
Yiddish Adaptation:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
Nem mikh mit tsu der ball geym, tsum oylem lomir dokh geyn,
First line (Yiddish):
נעם מיך מיט צו דער באַל גײם, צום עולם לאָמיר דאָך גײן,
Track comment:
With "Got Bentsh Amerike"
Language:
Yiddish

Sidney's Eygene Bulgars — סידניס אײגענע בולגאָרס

Composer:
Beckerman, Sid
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Bulgar
On album:
K-026(m) (Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World To Our World)
Track ID:
28093
Artist:
Klezmer Plus
Clarinet:
Beckerman, Sid
Saxophone:
Leess, Howie
Keyboard:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Artist:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Artist:
Gross, Ken
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Percussion:
Salzberg, Si
Track comment:
Originally recorded in 1991 Klezmer Plus! Album K-045(b)
Style:
Freylekhs

My Yiddishe Mammy

Author:
Cantor, Eddie
Composer:
Cantor, Eddie
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Vaudeville
Subject:
Mother/Place/South/Swanee/Dixie/Cotton
Additional song notes:
Taakeoff on "My Yidishe Mame" and "Mammy"
On album:
K-035(d)2
Track ID:
32890
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
First line:
Down south, that's where all the cotton grows, down south where the Swannee…
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz
Length:
3:28

Khosn Kale Mazl Tov — חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ

Also known as:
Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
Also known as:
Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
Genre:
Folk/Wedding/Rite
Subject:
Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)
On album:
K-035(d)2
Track ID:
32892
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Clarinet:
Musiker, Ray
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
3:25

The Shiek Of Avenue B

Author:
Kalmar, Bert
Composer:
Friend, Cliff
Composer:
Ruby, Harry
Genre:
Vaudeville/Theatre/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Lover/Reputation
On album:
K-035(d)1
Track ID:
32886
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
First line:
On the east side of New York, on Avenue B, is a gut...
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Dixieland/Duet
Length:
3:28

O Katerina — אָ קאַטערינע

Author:
Gilbert, Billy
Composer:
Fall, Goldstein
Genre:
Humorous/Vaudville/Novelty
Subject:
Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Fat Lady/Bride/Weight Loss
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
30711
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Tenor Sax:
Leshaw, Howie
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Vocal/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
O Hymie sailed from Rotterdam, but first stopped in Amsterdam
First line:
איך זינג יעצט פֿון סאַמי קאַץ, ער איז נישט קייִן יאָלד, און נישט קייִן לץ,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Dialect/Duet
Length:
3:34

And The Angels Sing

Also known as:
Freylekh In Swing
Author:
Mercer, Johnny
Composer:
Ellman, Ziggy
Genre:
Swing/Pop
Subject:
Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
Song comment:
Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
Origin:
Sheetmusic 1210
Music:
Sheetmusic 1210
On album:
K-035(d)1
Track ID:
32871
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Swing
Length:
4:38

That Red Hot Bulgarian Charleston Dance

Composer:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Jazz
Additional song notes:
Traditional Klezmer Melody set to a Charleston Beat
On album:
K-035(d)1
Track ID:
32882
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:54

Yiddish Ragtime Medley

Genre:
Rag/Novelty/Dialect/Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Yidl On His Fiddle/Yidishe Rag Yidishe Rag lyrics and music written by Joseph H. McKeon, Harry M. Piani and W. Raymond Walker. See Heskes p 50
On album:
K-035(d)1
Track ID:
32883
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
First line:
Yidishe yidishe rag, oy, der yidishe rag, wiggle and...
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Novelty
Length:
3:34

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

Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin:
ML PYS 254
Transliteration:
ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
ML PYS 254
Additional song notes:
I'M My Wife's Border
Related information in folder 495:
Comments:
1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik 2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253. 3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album:
S-103(a) (Hank Sapoznik And The Youngers of Zion/ The Protocols)
Track ID:
32664
Artist:
Youngers Of Zion
Tenor Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Fiddle:
Segelstein, Cookie
Bass, BBb Helicon:
Rubin, Mark
First line:
My wife and I just parted, and I'm back where I started,
First line:
איך בין שױן װידער סינגל, פּונקט אַזױ װי אַ ייִנגל, מיט מײַן װײַב…
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Suggestive of Bluegrass
Length:
3:21

Kayn Kotsk Fort Men Nit — קײַן קאָצק פֿאָרט מען ניט

Genre:
Khasidic/Folk
Subject:
Place/Pilgrimage/Kotsk
Transliteration:
R-007(f)4/Alb S-103(a)
Translation:
R-007(f)4/Alb S-103(a)
Music:
Alb S-103(a)
On album:
S-103(a) (Hank Sapoznik And The Youngers of Zion/ The Protocols)
Track ID:
32667
Artist:
Youngers Of Zion
Tenor Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Fiddle:
Segelstein, Cookie
Bass, BBb Helicon:
Rubin, Mark
First line:
Ka kotsk, furt men nisht, ka kotsk, geyt men, Vayl kotsk kedokh,...
First line (Yiddish):
קאַ קאָצק פֿאָרט מען נישט, קיין קאָצק גײט מען,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk
Length:
3:53

Ot Azoy Medley — אָט אַזױ מעדלי

Genre:
Scat/Klezmer
On album:
K-035(d)2
Track ID:
32894
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Track comment:
Various Melodies including Ot Azoy Neyt A Tailor
Language:
English
Style:
Scat/Klezmer/Swing/Jazz
Length:
6:31

Ot Azoy Says The Tailor

Also known as:
Utt Da Zay
Also known as:
That's The Way The Tailor Sews
Author:
Mills, Irving
Composer:
Ram, Buck
Genre:
Novelty/Swing
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Clothes/Sewing
Song comment:
Takeoff of "Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder"
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and Ot Azoy Says The Tailor (The Tailor Song).
On album:
K-035(d)2
Track ID:
32895
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
My mother used to sing to me, a plaintive little melody,
Track comment:
Part of "Ot Azoy Medley" - This Song from Cab Calloway

Leybke Beethoven's Doyne

Composer:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Genre:
Humorous/Instrumental/Parody
On album:
K-035(d)2
Track ID:
32896
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
Track comment:
Parody of Beethoven Music
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:20

Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע

Author:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Composer:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal
Subject:
Rumania/Place/Food/Women
Origin:
GYF 12
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)
Music:
Warem 175/GYF 12
Related information in folder 397:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation. Also, various versions.
On album:
K-035(d)2
Track ID:
32898
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Trombone:
Levitt, David
Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
Rubinstein, Danny
Drums:
Horn, Shelly
First line:
Ekh! Rumenye, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.
First line (Yiddish):
עך, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
4:55

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-035(d)1
Track ID:
32885
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz
Length:
4:12

Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן

Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
On album:
S-103(a) (Hank Sapoznik And The Youngers of Zion/ The Protocols)
Track ID:
32660
Artist:
Youngers Of Zion
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Fiddle:
Segelstein, Cookie
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyen…
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Mournfully
Length:
5:37

That Red Hot Bulgarian Charleston Dance

Composer:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Jazz
Additional song notes:
Traditional Klezmer Melody set to a Charleston Beat
On album:
K-035(b) (Kosher Kitschin' with the Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
Track ID:
32864
Bass:
Abruzzo, Tom
Trombone:
Bernardi, Paul
Drums:
Salzberg, Si
Artist:
Original Klezmer Jazz Band
Piano/Arranger/Musical Direction:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Banjo/Guitar:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Trumpet:
Gross, Ken
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Chernet, Joel
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:54

Seven Forty — זיבן פֿערציק

Also known as:
7:40 A.M.
Also known as:
7:40
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Subject:
Train/Bars ??
Additional song notes:
Title refers to train schedule or time that bars open in Odessa See Ephemera 1406
Related information in folder 1406:
Comments:
1. 7/1/2014 Article provided by Chava Kramer, Israel and entered in Ephemera on July 1, 2014,explaining, among other things, that 7:40 was the scheduled arrival time of a train to Odessa. 2. /1/2014 Article provided by Chava Kramer, Israel and entered in Ephemera on July 1, 2014,explaining, among other things, that 7:40 was the departing time of a train from Odessa..
On album:
G-095(a) (German Goldenshteyn / A Living Tradition)
Track ID:
36277
Artist:
The Goldenshteyn Memorial Orchestra
Poyk:
Alexander, Aaron
Trombone:
Blacksberg, Dan
Accordion:
Horowitz, Joshua
Tuba:
Rubin, Mark
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Fiddle:
Segelstein, Cookie
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Clarinet:
Kontorovich, Alex
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
6:15

Etele/ A Life In Klezmer (Video)

Genre:
Klezmer/Documentary
Subject:
Elaine Hoffman Watts/Susan Lankin Watts/Hoffman Family
On album:
V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:
36343
Performer:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Performer:
Watts, Susan
Performer:
Dolgin, Josh
Performer:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Performer:
Netsky, Hankus
Performer:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Performer:
Staaf, Carmen
Director:
Dornfield, Barry
Director:
Kodish, Debora
Language:
English
Style:
Documentary

Bagopole (Video)

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Subject:
Place/Shtetl
Additional song notes:
Bagopoli is a destroyed shtetl in Eastern Europe
On album:
V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:
36754
Xylophone:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:
Krush, Jay
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:
Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:
Staaf, Carmen
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

A Gute Nakht Mishigas (Video) — אַ גוטע נאַכט משוגעת (ווידיאָ)

Genre:
Klezmer/Waltz
Subject:
Cares/Concerns/World/Craziness/Relief/
Additional song notes:
Good Night Craziness
On album:
V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:
36758
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Vocal/Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:
Krush, Jay
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:
Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:
Staaf, Carmen
First line:
A gute nakht (3), mayn mishigas, shlof mayn tsuris, shlof mayn troyerik harts
First line:
אַ גוטע נאַכט מײַן משוגעת, שלאָף מײַן צרהות, שלאָף מײַן טרויער,...
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Lullaby/

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

Author:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Composer:
Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
Subject:
Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
Origin:
ML PYS 254
Transliteration:
ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)
Music:
ML PYS 254
Additional song notes:
I'M My Wife's Border
Related information in folder 495:
Comments:
1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik 2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253. 3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
On album:
V0040
Track ID:
41813
Vocal:
Finkel, Fyvush — פֿינקל, פֿײַװוּש
Mandolin:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Piano:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
Clarinet:
Maltz, Ken — מאַלץ, קען
First line:
My wife and I just parted, I'm back now where I strated, like a bachelor when I
First line:
איך בין שױן װידער סינגל, פּונקט אַזױ װי אַ ייִנגל, מיט מײַן װײַב האָב איך...
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
American/TheaterVaudville/Klezmer
Length:
1;55