al nehorot bavel

Recordings

On album:

B-063(a)2 (Sarah Benjamin / Lidelakh Vol 2/ 101 Favorite Yiddish and Russian Folksongs)

Track ID:

22029

Artist:

Benjamin, Sarah

First line:

Dortn in bovel, arum a taykhl, zitst der alter yisroelik...

First line (Yiddish):

דאָרטן אין בּבֿל, אַרום א טײַכל, זיצט דער אַלטער ישׂראליק...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See "Forward" Dec 16,1988, in Perl

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

J-034(a) (Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus/ Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor/Zingt — דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָניש פֿאָךקסכאָר\ בנימין שעכטער, דיריגענט\ זינגט)

Track ID:

33019

Vocal:

Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus — דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער פֿאָלקסכאָר

Conductor:

Schaechter, (Ben) Binyumen — שעכטער, (בען) בנימין

Vocal:

Pinhasik, Judith Bro — פּינהאַסיק, יהודית בראָ

Yiddish Adaptation:

Yehoyash — יהואָש

Piano:

Vines, Mitchell

First line:

Bay di taykhn fun bovl, dortn hobn mir gezesn un geveynt,

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ די טײַכן פֿון באָוול, האָבן מיר געזעסן און געוויינט,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Choral

Length:

4:50

On album:

L-024(b) (Esther Lawrence sings Songs of the Jewish People)

Track ID:

1087

Vocal:

Lawrence, Esther

First line:

Al nehorot, nehorot bavel, sham yashavnu, ya shavnu bakhinu,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

By the waters, the waters of Babylon, we lay down and wept..

Language:

Hebrew/English

On album:

B-007(i) (Theodore Bikel Song Of Songs and other Bible Prophecies)

Track ID:

1089

Vocal:

Bikel, Theodore

First line:

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept,

First line (English):

על נהרות בּבל, שם ישבנוּ גם-בּכינוּ בּזכרנוּ את-ציוֹן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "By The Rivers of Babylon"

Language:

English

On album:

T-017(a) (Yiddish Songs Of The Past Sung By Feiwel Tyberg — ייִדישע לידער פֿון אַמאָל...)

Track ID:

1091

Vocal/Arranger:

Tyberg, Feyvl — טיבערג, פֿײַװל

First line:

Dort in bovel, lebn ire taykhn, dort zitst der alter...

First line (Yiddish):

דאָרט אין בּבֿל, לעבן אירע טײַכן, דאָרט זיצט דער אַלטער ישׂראליק...

Track comment:

See "Forward" Dec 16,1988, in Perl

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Z-009(a) (Cantor Berele Zaltsman / A Voice From Behind The Iron Curtain — החזן בּרלה זלצמן קול מאחורי מסך הבּרזל)

Track ID:

1092

Artist:

Zaltsman, Cantor Berele — זלצמן, חזן בּרלה

Musical Director:

Avitsur, Eytan — אביצור, איתן

First line:

Dort in bovel, oyf di taykhn, zitst der s'roeliker faveynt,

First line (Yiddish):

דאָרט אין בּבֿל, אױף די טײַכן, זיצט דער שׂ'ראליקער פֿאַװײנט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See "Forward" Dec 16,1988, in Perl

Language:

Yiddish