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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:

D-041(a) (Lillian Davis: Yiddish Songs)

Track ID:

42414

Vocal:

Davidson, Lillian

Vocal:

Davidson, Becky

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz di shtub, vu iz dos meydele vemen kh'hob lib, do iz dos

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז די שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מיידעלע װעמען כ'האָב ליב,...

Language:

Russian/Yiddish/English

Style:

Duet/Folk/Acapella/Waltz

Length:

0:56

Friling Ekstaz — די ערשטע װאָך

Author:

Pozner, I. I. — פּאָזנער, י. י.

Composer:

Malin, Yekhezkl — מאַלין, יחזקל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Children/Spring/Joy/Seasons

On album:

K-025(a) (Kinder Lider far der Heym un Shul Muzik fun Yekhezkl Malin — קינדער לידער פֿאַר דער שול און הײַם מיט מוזיק פֿון יחזקל מאַלין)

Track ID:

5462

Vocal:

Yaari, Sara — יערי, שׂרה

Piano:

Graff, Leon Arye — גראַף, ל. אַ.

Arranger:

Gutman, A.

First line:

Der friling iz do, iz do, iz do, der toyber friling iz do,

First line (Yiddish):

דער פֿרילינג איז דאָ, איז דאָ, איז דאָ, דער טױבער פּרילינג איז דאָ

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

A Mishpokhe — אַ משפחה

Genre:

Rececitive/A Finger Shpil-A Child's Finger Game

Subject:

Family Characteristics/Father/Mother/Brother/Sister/Baby

Origin:

Alb L-004(a)

Translation:

Alb L-004(a)

Additional song notes:

A Family

On album:

L-044(d) (Ruth Levin: Tsigele-Migele — ציגעלע־מיגעלע)

Track ID:

42872

Vocal/Spoken Word:

Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ

First line:

Dos iz der tate-lib un gut, dos iz der mame-oykh lib un gut, dos iz der bruder-hoykh un groys, dos iz der svesterl…

First line (Yiddish):

דאָס איז דער טאַטע-ליב און גוט, דאָס איז די מאַמע-אויך ליב און גוט, דאָס איז דער ברודער-הויך און גרוס, דאָס איז דער...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Acapella/Childrens Finger Game/

Length:

0:45

A Bris — אַ ברית

Author:

Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם

Genre:

Literary Origin/Spoken Word

Subject:

Ritual/Circumcision/Family/Yiddish/Joy/Covenant/Emotion

Origin:

Ephemra 1329 (text titled "Yiddish")

Additional song notes:

A Circumcision

On album:

V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))

Track ID:

37126

Vocal:

Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם

First line:

Yidish iz toyre, yidish iz sheyn, yidish iz likht, freyd, simkhe, yidish iz chay

First line (Yiddish):

ייִדיש איז תּורה, ייִדיש איז שיין, ייִדיש איז ליכט, פֿרייד, שׂמחה,...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Spoken Word/Literary Origin

Length:

3:37

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-007(f)3 (Yiddish Folksongs Ruth Rubin — ייִדישע פֿאָלקסלידער)

Track ID:

12044

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Transliteration and translation with album notes

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-068(a) (Ben Belfer, baritone/ Florence Belfer, piano Yiddish Songs)

Track ID:

23545

Artist:

Belfer, Cantor Ben

Piano:

Belfer, Florence

Arranger:

Kosakoff, Reuben — קאָסאַקאָף, רואבֿן

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

S-041(b) (Oksana Sowiak Yiddish Songs 2)

Track ID:

12049

Vocal:

Sowiak, Oksana

Guitar/Arranger:

Stingl, Anton

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded in Germany

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-071(a) (Bagg Street Klezmer Band Go Meshuggah!)

Track ID:

24103

Artist:

Bagg Street Klezmer Band

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Papir" with "Kolemeyke"

Style:

Instrumental

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)

Track ID:

35849

Vocal:

Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul

Piano/Arrangement:

Rosenzweig, Joyce

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn zis-lebn...

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס־לעבן...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Art Song

Length:

3:16

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

Z-005(a) (Raquel Zipris Recital En Hebreo E Isisch)

Track ID:

12052

Artist:

Zipris, Raquel

Artist:

Ribas, Mike, cond and arr

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded in Argentina

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)

Track ID:

23145

Artist:

Summergrad, Leo

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

K-014(a) (Songs of our Past / Marilyn Krimm, Soprano)

Track ID:

12040

Artist:

Krimm, Marilyn

Artist:

Hodge, Nancy, piano

Arranger:

Alexius, Carl J.

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Music credited to Elokum Zunzer.

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

T-022(a) (Nizza Thobi Mir Lebn Ejbig)

Track ID:

12056

Artist:

Thobi, Nizza

Artist:

Herchenhahn H. Quartet

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded in West Germany-Includes stanzas not usually heard

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-007(c) (Jewish Folk Songs / Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

12043

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Arranger:

Neuman, Richard J.

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Transliteration and translation with album notes

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-045(a) (The Bluestein Family / Where Does Love Come From?/ Fun Vanen Heybt Zikh On A Libe — פֿון װאַנען הײבט זיך אָן אַ ליבע ?)

Track ID:

12063

Author:

Dicker, Naomi, Eng

Artist:

Bluestein Family

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Paper is snow white and ink is so black,

Language:

Yiddish/English

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

T-015(b) (Talila et l'ensemble KOL AVIV Chants Yiddish Vol 2)

Track ID:

12050

Vocal:

Talila

Artist:

Kol Aviv Ensemble

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

K-068(c) (The Klezical Tradition/Mishpokhe Lider/Fraidy Katz, vocalist)

Track ID:

24145

Vocal:

Fraidy Katz

Artist:

Klezical Tradition

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-011(b) (Hana Roth Anim Zmirot — חנה רות אנעים זמירות)

Track ID:

12046

Artist:

Roth, Chana — רוט, חנה

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-003(h) (Sidor Belarsky & Masha Benya Once Upon A Time — אַמאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, ייִדיש לעבן אין מזרח-אײראָפּע)

Track ID:

12053

Artist:

Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר

Artist:

Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר

Narrator:

Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל

Vocalist:

Benya, Masha — בעניע, מאַשאַ

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

K-026(e)1 (Musique Des Klezmorim Vol 1 Duo Peylet-Cuniot)

Track ID:

12064

Artist:

Peylet, Nano & Denis Cuniot

Arranger:

Cuniot, Denis

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Style:

Instrumental

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

S-093(b) (Leo Summergrad / Madeline Simon /Memories — זכרונות)

Track ID:

30009

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn zis lebn, tsit dokh..

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Length:

002:48

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

F-018(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Sung By Mort Freeman)

Track ID:

12060

Vocal:

Freeman, Mort — פֿרימאַן, מאָרט

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

M-035(d) (Sima & Arnold Miller Heritage:The Art of the Yid. Song Vol 4)

Track ID:

12042

Vocal:

Miller, Sima

Piano:

Miller, Arnold

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-007(e)2 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

33848

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

G-006(d) (Sarah Gorby Chansons Yiddish, Russes Et Tsiganes)

Track ID:

18795

Vocal:

Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה

Artist:

Metehen, Jacques orch dir

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

G-028(a) (Geduldig Und Thimann / Mojschele Majn Frajnd — געדולדיג אוּנד טימאן מוֹשה'לע מיין פרײַנד)

Track ID:

20113

Vocal:

Thiman, Albert — טימאַן, אַלבערט,

Vocal:

Geduldig, Edward

Arranger:

Windholz, Teddy

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-011(c) (Hana Roth I Canti Del Popoplo Ebraico)

Track ID:

12047

Artist:

Roth, Chana — רוט, חנה

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

A-035(c) (Aufwind Junge Jorn Jiddische Lieder)

Track ID:

24125

Vocal:

Koch, Claudia

Artist:

Aufwind

Vocal:

Reich, Hardy

Vocal:

Rohde, Andreas

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

M-043(a) (Miriam Meghnagi Shirat Miriam Canto Esilato-Songs in Exile)

Track ID:

12058

Artist:

Meghnagi, Miriam — מגנגי, מרים

Guitar:

Ascione, M. o Domenico

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded in Italy

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

G-013(d)3 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 05 and 06)

Track ID:

12051

Artist:

Katzman, Dr. Theodore, Narration

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Lecture 5, Song of the Golden Land, Letter Songs

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-007(a) (Theodore Bikel Sings More Jewish Folk Songs)

Track ID:

12055

Vocal:

Bikel, Theodore

Director/Arranger:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

N-026(a) (An Afternoon Of Yiddish Art Song)

Track ID:

27746

Piano:

Rosenzweig, Joyce

Vocal:

Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn zis lebn tsit oys...

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Art Song/Concert/Performance Recording

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

028b (Ossovitzky, Simon/ A Briv/ Berish Balagole)

Track ID:

29543

Vocal:

Ossovitzky, Simon

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס…

Track comment:

Recorded under "A Briv"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

G-062(a)1 (Gebrider Moyshele Unlabled Cassette (Side A))

Track ID:

24254

Vocal/Guitar:

Gebrider Moyshele

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

T-031(b) (Yiddish Balkans /Michele Tauber/Misha Nisimov/Frederic Fraysswe/Efim Zubritsky — מיט אַ ייִדישן טעם)

Track ID:

32085

Vocal:

Tauber, Michele

Accordion/Arranger:

Nisimov, Misha

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn…

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Concert

Length:

2:42

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-003(j) (Sidor Belarsky Special Requests)

Track ID:

12054

Artist:

Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר

Arranger:

Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

S-093(b) (Leo Summergrad / Madeline Simon /Memories — זכרונות)

Track ID:

27764

Vocal:

Summergrad, Leo

Piano:

Simon, Madeline

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn zis lebn, tsit dokh..

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Length:

002:48

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

S-002(a) (Martha Schlamme Favorite Yiddish Songs)

Track ID:

12048

vocal:

Schlamme, Martha

Arranger/Conductor:

Matlovsky, Samuel

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

F-002(b) (Rejoice Torah In Song Wedding In The Old Country)

Track ID:

12059

Vocal:

Freeman, Mort — פֿרימאַן, מאָרט

Director/Arranger:

Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל

Artist:

Rejoice Orchestra

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

B-122(a) (Banda Klezmer Brasil /Brazil Klezmer Band / Mishmash a Brasilleira)

Track ID:

37059

Artist:

Klezmer Brazil Band

Clarinet/Musical Direction/Arranger:

Travossos, Alexandre Fracalanza

Violin:

Graton, David

Vocal:

Sznajder, Debby

Viola/Acoustic Guitar:

Maluf, Julio Giudice

Accordion:

Barletta, Luciana

Contra Bass:

Dias, Neimar

Percussion:

Marini, Ricardo

Keyboards:

Travossos, Tania Frankiel

"Bandolim" and "Cavaquinho":

Carra, Camilo

Bass Trombone:

Moreira, Joao Paulo

Trumpet:

de Melo, Luciano Jose

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn zis lebn, tsit dokh..

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

2:43

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

O-003(a) (Simon Ossovitzky in Yiddish Songs — שירי עם בּיידיש סימון אָוסוביצקי מיט דעם טריאו עמנואל ברי)

Track ID:

12041

Vocal:

Osovitsky, Shimon — אָסאָװיצקי, שמעון

Artist:

Bruh, Emil Trio, accomp — בּרו, עמיל טריִאָ, באַגלײַטונג

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "A Brif"

Language:

Yiddish

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

Z-011(c) (Ben Zimet Chants Yiddish — בען זימעט יידישע פֿאָלקס־לידער)

Track ID:

12039

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Violin:

Karachevsky, Maurice — קאַראַשװסקי, מאָריס

Clarinet:

Lasry, Teddy

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Track comment:

Recorded in France

A Papir Vil Bageyn Zelbstmord — אַ פּאַפּיר װיל באַגײן זעלבסטמאָרד

Author:

Lutski, Avrom — לוצקי, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Paper/Suicide/Fright/

Origin:

Alb W-005(a)

Translation:

Alb W-005(a)/Ephemera 628

On album:

W-005(a) (Lazar Weiner songs Musical Settings of Yiddish Poetry)

Track ID:

513

Vocal:

Sauler, Bianca — סאַולער, ביאַנקאַ

Piano:

Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר

First line:

A papir iz nimis gevorn dos lebn, iz er tsugefaln tsu a rels

First line:

אַ פּאַפּיר איז נמאס געװאָרן דאָס לעבן, איז ער צוגעפֿאַלן צו אַ רעלס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

O-008(c) (Claire Klein Osipov Sing To Me In Yiddish Vol II)

Track ID:

26682

Vocal:

Osipov, Claire Klein

Piano/Arranger:

Stuart, Wendy Bross

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

M-037(b) (Is Gewejn A Folk Vol 1 Lutz Elias & Massel Klezmorim)

Track ID:

12057

Vocal:

Elias, Lutz

Artist:

Massel Klezmorim

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

Track comment:

Recorded in Germany, sung with German accent

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

G-006(r) (Recital De Canciones Folkloricas En Yidish Sarah Gorby)

Track ID:

19003

Vocal:

Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה

Conductor:

Galperin, Jascha

Arranger:

Andreani, George

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

P-030(a) (Mandy Patinkin Mamaloshen)

Track ID:

26153

Artist:

Patinkin, Mandy

Conductor:

Stern, Eric

Arranger:

Ford, Paul

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

12045

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

Y-018(c)2 (Tanja Solnik Lullabies and Love Songs)

Track ID:

25389

Artist:

Solnik, Tanja

Artist:

Nesteruk, Gary, piano, accordian

Guitar/Mandolin:

Hershman, Jim

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Ven Dos Fidele Shpilt — װען דאָס פֿידעלע שפּילט

On album:

G-001(d) (Henri Gerro Rosita Londner Mazl Tov Yidn — מזל טובֿ ייִדן שירים בּיידיש)

Track ID:

16382

Vocal:

Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ

First line:

Fregt bay zikh, vos iz dos libe, iz es frayndshaft, iz es…

First line (Yiddish):

פֿרעגט בײַ זיך, װאָס איז דאָס ליבעת איז עס פֿרײַנדשאַפֿט, איז עס…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

K-014(a) (Songs of our Past / Marilyn Krimm, Soprano)

Track ID:

186

Artist:

Krimm, Marilyn

Artist:

Hodge, Nancy, piano

Arranger:

Alexius, Carl J.

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

A Lid (Greenblatt) — אַ ליד (גרינבלאַט)

Author:

Greenblatt, Aliza — גרינבלאַט, עליזה

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Poetry/Heart/Feelings/Song

Origin:

Gelb Gezang 57/ Alb B-011(a)

Transliteration:

Gelb Gezang 27/Alb B-011(a)

Translation:

Alb B-011(a)

Music:

Gelb Gezang 27

On album:

B-011(a) (Songs Of The Ghetto Sung By Cantor Abraham Brun)

Track ID:

392

Artist:

Brun, Khazn Abraham — ברון, חזן אַבֿרהם

First line:

A lid iz a grezl, A lid iz a blum, A lid iz a harts,

First line:

אַ ליד איז אַ גרעזל, אַ ליד איז אַ בלום, אַ ליד איז אַ האַרץ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Text and translat on album notes.

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

A-001(e) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Folk Songs / Margaritkelekh — חוה אַלבערשטײן מאַרגאַריטקעלעך)

Track ID:

199

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

Arranger/Conductor:

Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון

First line:

Bay mayn rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּי איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּי איז געװעזן,

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:

Y-004(a) (The Yiddish Dream A Heritage of Jewish Song)

Track ID:

16809

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Same as on Peerce album - P-02(b)

Language:

Yiddish

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

F-013(i) (Feidman & Katja Beer / Schubert & jiddische lieder)

Track ID:

28571

Double Bass:

Jaeger, Guido

Vocal:

Beer, Katja

Guitar:

Abt, Walter

Bandoneon:

Glorvigen, Per Arne

First line:

Bay mayn rebn iz gevezn, iz gevezn bay mayn rebn, bay mayn rebn iz gevezn. . .

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן אַ גנבֿה, זיבן..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Art Song/Concert/Playfully

Length:

01:53

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:

B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)

Track ID:

16819

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Where is the village, the place of my youth, where is the...

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Waltz/Concert/Pop

Freyd (Joy, Gorby) — פּרײד (גאָרבי)

On album:

G-006(s) (Sarah Gorby Compiled From Tapes & 78 Recordings)

Track ID:

19018

Vocal:

Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה

First line:

Azoy vi der yam iz tif un breyt, azoy iz mayn harts iz...

First line:

אַזױ טי דער ים איז טיף און ברײט, אַזױ איז מײַן האָרץ איז...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Sarah Gorby's apartment, Agugst 1980

Style:

Klezmer/Instrumental

Di Malke Kumt Tsum Melekh — די מלכּה קומט צום מלך

Also known as:

In Droysn Iz A Regn

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב

Genre:

Literary Origin/Theatre/Purim Shpil

Subject:

Queen Esther/King Ahashereus/Purim

Origin:

Manger Meg 36/Manger SB 67

Translation:

Manger Wolf 48

Music:

Manger SB 67

On album:

M-003(g) (Hamegila 83 — המגילה 83)

Track ID:

3651

Vםבשך:

Segal, Yonaton and Megila 83 Ens — סגל, יהונתן ומקהלה

First line:

In droysn iz a regn, in droysn iz a vint,

First line (Yiddish):

אין דרױסן איז אַ רעגן, אין דרױסן איז אַ װינט,

Track comment:

Recorded under title "In Droysn Iz A Regn"

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:

M-046(a) (Marianna Live ! Yiddish Songs International Ballads)

Track ID:

16818

Artist:

Brodey, Marianna

Piano:

Harlan, James

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish/Russian

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:

B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)

Track ID:

33528

Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:

Block, Bobby

Keyboards:

Kravitz, Bernie

Percussion:

Sperell, Chic

First line:

Lay da lay…avu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos ikh hob lib

First line (Yiddish):

לײַ די לײַ...אַװוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Waltz

Length:

3:21

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

R-011(b) (Hana Roth Anim Zmirot — חנה רות אנעים זמירות)

Track ID:

193

Artist:

Roth, Chana — רוט, חנה

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

Same melody as "Ale Brider"

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

G-028(b) (Geduldig Und Thimann Kum Aher Du Filosof — געדולדיג אוּנד טימאַן קוּם אַהער דוּ פֿילאָסאָף)

Track ID:

20127

Vocal:

Thiman, Albert — טימאַן, אַלבערט,

Vocal:

Geduldig, Edward

Arranger:

Windholz, Teddy

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Same melody as "Un Mir Zaynen Ale Brider"

Language:

Yiddish

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

T-022(a) (Nizza Thobi Mir Lebn Ejbig)

Track ID:

201

Artist:

Thobi, Nizza

Artist:

Herchenhahn H. Quartet

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

Recorded in West Germany

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:

G-013(d)2 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 03 and 04)

Track ID:

16807

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Narration:

Katzman, Dr. Jacob

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Lecture 4, Song of the Golden Land, Homesickness & Yearing

Language:

Yiddish

Du Fregst Mikh (Fayn) — דו פֿרעגסט מיך (פֿײַן)

Author:

Fayn, Yoni — פֿײַן, יאָני

Composer:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Bund/Ideal/Sorrow/Hope/History/Holocaust/Question/Silence

Origin:

Bogdanski 1 81

Transliteration:

Bogdanski 1 42

Music:

Bogdanski 1 42

On album:

B-090(h) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 4 of 11 (B))

Track ID:

32160

Vocal:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

First line:

Du fregst mikh, vos iz der bund? Vos iz der bund? Vos iz der bund?

First line (Yiddish):

דו פֿרעגסט מיך, וואָס איז דער בונד? וואָס איז דער בונד? וואָס איז דער בונד?

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Acapella/Folk

Length:

4:54

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:

K-007(a) (Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)

Track ID:

16803

Artist:

Kurz, Marv

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Transliteration of part of song with album.

Language:

Yiddish

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

S-041(c) (Yiddish Songs Oksana Sowiak, vocal Arnold Stengl, guitar)

Track ID:

22810

Vocal:

Sowiak, Oksana

Guitar:

Stingl, Anton

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

Duplicate of song on Album S-41(a) or (b).

Di Bayke — די בײַקע

On album:

B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)

Track ID:

3521

Vocal:

Brill, Willi

Vocal:

Staak, Pieter Van Der

Arranger:

Staak, Pieter Van Der

First line:

Der tate iz geforn in balta, der tate iz geforn in balta,

First line (Yiddish):

דער טאַטע איז געפֿאָרן אין באַלטאַ, דער טאַטע איז געפֿאָרן אין באַלטאַ

Track comment:

Published under title "Der Tate Iz Geforn". (Vinkov 1)

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:

M-016(a) (Gittele & Goldele Malavsky Yiddish Songs)

Track ID:

16813

Vocal:

Malavsky, Goldele — מאַלאַװסקי, גאָלדעלע

Vocal:

Malavsky, Gitele — מאַלאַװסקי, גיטעלע

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz di shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen...

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז די שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס יִנגעלע װעמען..

Track comment:

Where is the street where as friends we would meet,

Language:

Yiddish/English

Di Mame Un Di Tokhter — די מאַמע און די טאָכטער

Subject:

Mother/Daughter/Conversation/Child/Questions/Curiousity

On album:

A-060(e) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 1/ The Best of 78 Records/A Letter From Mother — לידער פֿון בוידעם 1\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן, אַ סריוועלע דער מאַמען)

Track ID:

35395

Vocal:

Shifer, Chayele — שײפֿער, חיה'לה

First line:

Mamenyu, zog zhe mir, du iz zunik di erd, iz dem foygl dem bloyen tsu zen iz...

First line (Yiddish):

מאַמעניו, זאָג זשע מיר, דו איז זוניק די ערד, איז דעם פֿויגעל, דעם בלויען,...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Duet/Concert

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:

Z-010(h) (Strictly Yiddish Paul Zim sings Some Of Mamma's Favorites)

Track ID:

16810

Artist:

Zim, Cantor Paul

Artist:

Simkha Klezmer Orch

Conductor:

Barnes, Rolf

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

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:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36515

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Where is the village, the place of my youth, where is the...

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Waltz/Concert/Pop

Length:

3:29

Di Bayke — די בײַקע

On album:

D-020(a) (Dzintars songs of amber The Latvian Women's Choir — חוה אלברשטיין / מארגאריטקעלעך)

Track ID:

23355

Vocal:

Latvian Women's Chorus

Conductor:

Cepitis, Imants, conducting

First line:

Der tate iz geforn keyn balta, der tate iz geforn keyn balta

First line (Yiddish):

דער טאַטע איז געפֿאָרן קיין באַלטאַ, דער טאַטע איז געפֿאָרן קיין באַלטאַ

Track comment:

Published under title "Der Tate Iz Geforn". (Vinkov 1)

Language:

Yiddish

Zi Iz A Meydl Sheyn (A Maiden..) — זי איז אַ מײדל שײן

On album:

xP-008(c)

Track ID:

22838

Yiddish Adaption:

Grand, Al

Composer:

Sullivan, Sir Arthur

Vocal:

Bennis, Phil

Artist:

Chorus

Artist:

Yiddish Light Opera Co-Long Island

Yiddish Adaption:

Walowit, Miriam

First line:

Zi iz a meydl sheyn, zi hot azoy fil kheyn, zi iz a groyse..

First line:

זי איז אַ מײדל שײן, זי האָט אַזױ פֿיל חן, זי איז אַ גרױסע...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Zi Iz A Meydl Sheyn"

Khanike Iz Freylekh — חנוכּה איז פֿרײליך

Author:

Kaminsky, Yehoyshue (Jacob)

Genre:

Children/Holiday/Khanike

Subject:

Joy/Celebraion/Candles/Dreydle/Gelt/Jews

Transliteration:

Alb C-042(c)

Translation:

Alb C-042(c)

Additional song notes:

Chanuke is Joyous Composer may be Yosef Shrogin

On album:

L-025(g) (Manfred Lemm & Ensemble Schabessim un Lojgesang — שבתים און לױבגעזאַנג)

Track ID:

26110

Artist:

Manfred Lemm Ensemble

Artist:

Childrens' Chorus

First line:

Khanike iz freylekh, khanike iz sheyn, khanike iz a yon...

First line:

חנוכּה איז פֿרײלעך, חנוכּה איז שײן, חנוכּה איז אַ יום־טובֿ פֿאַר...

Kh'vil A Meydl Vi Mayn Mamen Iz Geven — כ'וויל אַ מיידל ווי מייִן מאַמע איז געווען

Author:

Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי

Composer:

Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף

Genre:

Theater

Subject:

Mother/

Additional song notes:

From the musical "Molly Dolly"

Folder:

87

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Piano/Voice

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration (Refrain Only)

Publisher:

Trio Press, Inc.

Publisher address:

38 E. 4th Street, New York

Date:

1925

Provenance:

Gift of Robert Alan Friedman

First line:

Ikh vil a meydl vi mayn mamenyu iz geven,

First line (Yiddish):

איך וויל אַ מיידל ווי מייַן מאַמעניו איז געווען,

Notes:

Cover: Three song titles in Yiddish - Vos Zol Ikh Ton Az Ikh Hob Im Lib: Molly Dolly: Kh'vil A Meydl vi Mayn Mame Iz Geven. Photos of Yakov Kalich, Molly Picon and Yosef Rumshinsky. "in Joseph Edelstein's Second Ave. Theater, Second Ave and Second Street. Back Cover includes Yiddish Chorous of "Molly Dolly" and "Kh'vil A Meydl Vi Mayn Mame Iz Geven" and cast of characters in Yiddish and English in "Joseph Rumshinsky's Musical Comedy 'Molly Dolly'".

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

M-049(a) (Mosaic Yiddish & Judeo-Spanish Songs)

Track ID:

20880

Vocal:

Seewald, Zahava

Artist:

Reinitz, Andre, arranger & accomp

Vocal:

Bacynsky, Michele

First line:

Bay mayn rebn iz gevezn, iz gevezn, bay mayn rebn iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּן איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן, בײַ מײַן רבּן איז געװעזן,

Di Malke Kumt Tsum Melekh — די מלכּה קומט צום מלך

Also known as:

In Droysn Iz A Regn

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב

Genre:

Literary Origin/Theatre/Purim Shpil

Subject:

Queen Esther/King Ahashereus/Purim

Origin:

Manger Meg 36/Manger SB 67

Translation:

Manger Wolf 48

Music:

Manger SB 67

On album:

M-003(b) (The Megila Of Itsik Manger In Yiddish and In English)

Track ID:

3650

Vocal:

Megila Ensemble — מגילה ענסעמבל

First line:

In droysn iz a regn, in droysn iz a vint,

First line (Yiddish):

אין דרױסן איז אַ רעגן, אין דרױסן איז אַ װינט,

Track comment:

Recorded under title "In Droysn Iz A Regn"

Language:

Yiddish

Freyd (Joy, Gorby) — פּרײד (גאָרבי)

On album:

G-006(t) (Sarah Gorby (Practice 1) From Tapes of J. H. Blumen, Paris)

Track ID:

19043

Vocal:

Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה

First line:

Azoy vi der yam iz tif un breyt, azoy iz mayn harts iz...

First line (Yiddish):

אַזױ טי דער ים איז טיף און ברײט, אַזױ איז מײַן האָרץ איז...

Track comment:

apartment, August 1980 - duplicate of G-06(s) -Side "A"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

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:

L-019(d) (King of the Klezmers Vol 4 Marty Levitt Harriet Kane)

Track ID:

36991

Artist:

Kame, Harriet & Marty Levitt Orch

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz di shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז די שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װעמען..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Literary Origin / Spoken Word

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

S-041(a) (Oksana Sowiak Yiddish Songs)

Track ID:

197

Vocal:

Sowiak, Oksana

Guitar:

Stingl, Anton

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

Recorded in Germany

Bay Mayn Rebn — בײַ מײַן רבּן

Additional song notes:

See "A Ganeyve"

Folder:

811

Series:

4

Arranger:

Brounoff, Platon

Arranged for:

Middle Voice/Piano

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation

Publisher:

Charles K. Harris

Publisher address:

Broadway and 47th Street, New York City

Date:

1911

Provenance:

Gift of Robert W. and Karen Freedman, Nov 2004

First line:

Bay mayn rebn iz gevezn, iz gevezn bay mayn rebn, iz gevezn

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין, איז געװעזן,

Notes:

From 'Jewish Folk Songs' compiled by Platon Brounoff

Ou Est La Ruella (Yid, French) — װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע (ייִדיש, פֿראַנצײז)

On album:

xM-015(a)

Track ID:

11622

Author:

Bernard, Gil, French

Artist:

Monty, Line

Artist:

Boland, Didier Orchestra

Piano:

Solomon, Renee

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Ou Est La Ruella"

Kidush Hashem — קדוש השם.

Genre:

Concert/Holocaust/Recitve (in Part)/Mournfully/Khazunish

Subject:

Kol Nidre/Terror//Tears//Accusation/Spy/German/Sacrafice

Transliteration:

Alb C-098(a)

Translation:

Alb C-098(a)

Additional song notes:

The sun has set, the day has passed, the night of Kol Nidre has come, and brought a great deal of awe…

On album:

C-098(a) (Cry My Heart, Cry/Zisl Slepovitch Ensemble/Sasha Lurie — שרײַ, הערצעלע, שרײַ!)

Track ID:

43182

Hammond C3 Organ:

Camp, Joshua

Contrbass:

Ishenko, Dmitry

Vocal:

Lurie, Sasha

Aaranger:

Slepovitch, Dr. Zisl

First line:

Di zun iz farshvibn, di tog iz avek, di nakht fun Kol Nidre iz gekumen un gebrakht mit zikh fil shrek, di kleyne…

First line (Yiddish):

די זון איז פֿאַרשוויבן, דער טאָג איז אַוועק, די נאַכט פֿון כּל־נדרי איז געקומען אום געבראַכט מיט זןך פֿיל שרעק, דאָס...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Rececitive/Khazonish/Mourfully

Length:

3:26

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

O-001(a) (Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs)

Track ID:

190

Vocal:

Olf, Mark — אָלף, מאַרק

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

Text and Translat with album notes.

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

G-059(a) (Gesang Un Tants Das 2. Festival des Jiddischen Liedes... — געזאַנג און טאַנץ)

Track ID:

20635

Vocal\Guitar:

Frankl, Hai

Vocal:

Frankl, Topsy

First line:

Bay mayn rebn iz gevezn, iz gevezn, bay mayn rebn iz gevezn,

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מײַן רבּן איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן, בײַ מײַן רבּן איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

Recording made in Zurich

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:

W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)

Track ID:

16808

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.

Conductor:

Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי

Artist:

Seidman, Claire, piano

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Rozhinkes Mit.., Vu Is Dos Gesele, Tum Balalayke

Language:

Yiddish

Yiddish Alef Bet (Video)

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Educational

Related information in folder 1070:

Comments:

1. Original Yiddish text, transliteration and translated from the internet.

On album:

V0213 (Yiddish Alef Bet Downloaded from Youtube (Video))

Track ID:

36027

First line:

Alef, arbus, bet iz bobe, giml iz a grober goy, dalet, daley, vos iz dalet....

First line:

אַלעף, אַרבוס, בעט איז באָבע, גימעל איז אַ גראָבער גוי, דאַלעט, דאַלעט, וואָס איז

Language:

Yiddish/Hebrew

Style:

Children/Humor/Rollicking

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

A-001(k) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Songs — חוה אלברשטיין / מארגאריטקעלעך)

Track ID:

23335

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

Arranger/Conductor:

Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון

First line:

Bay mayn rebe iz gevezn, iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּי איז געװעזן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Duplicate of A-01(e)

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:

M-072(a) (Les Yiddishe Mamas et Papas/ Tumba !/ [Live])

Track ID:

39208

voice:

Marx, Isabelle

voice:

Ruff, Astrid

voice:

Labiche, Patrick

voice, guitar:

Wolf, Laurent

piano, trumpet, voice:

Doust, Richard

drums, percussion, voice:

Grob, Sebastien

First line:

vi iz dus gesele, vi iz di shtib, vi iz dus yingele vemen kh'hob lib?

Language:

Yiddish

Length:

4:58

Di Malke Kumt Tsum Melekh — די מלכּה קומט צום מלך

Also known as:

In Droysn Iz A Regn

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב

Genre:

Literary Origin/Theatre/Purim Shpil

Subject:

Queen Esther/King Ahashereus/Purim

Origin:

Manger Meg 36/Manger SB 67

Translation:

Manger Wolf 48

Music:

Manger SB 67

On album:

M-003(c) (The Megilla Of Itsik Manger / a Musical Comedy in Yiddish — די מגילה פֿון איציק מאַנגער עם משפּחת בּורשטיין)

Track ID:

3649

Vocal:

Megila Ensemble — מגילה ענסעמבל

First line:

In droysn iz a regn, in droysn iz a vint,

First line (Yiddish):

אין דרױסן איז אַ רעגן, אין דרױסן איז אַ װינט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "In Droysn Iz A Regn"

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:

T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)

Track ID:

16812

Vocal:

Bern, Mina — בערן, מינע

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Golden Land Orchestra

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

From "Those Were The Days" with "In An Orem Shtibele"

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:

L-027(b) (Yiddish Family Album Featuring Rita Marlowe & Stanley Laudan)

Track ID:

16804

Vocal:

Marlowe, Rita

Artist:

Stanley Laudan Ensemble

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)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Where Is May Lost Love?"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

F-001(c) (The Feenjon Group An Evening At The Cafe Feenjon)

Track ID:

203

Artist:

Feenjon Group

Vocal:

Ankory, Margalit

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

A Lid (Greenblatt) — אַ ליד (גרינבלאַט)

Author:

Greenblatt, Aliza — גרינבלאַט, עליזה

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Poetry/Heart/Feelings/Song

Origin:

Gelb Gezang 57/ Alb B-011(a)

Transliteration:

Gelb Gezang 27/Alb B-011(a)

Translation:

Alb B-011(a)

Music:

Gelb Gezang 27

On album:

H-007(a) (Ilamay Handel sings Portraits of Jewish Life in Song)

Track ID:

391

Vocal/Narrator:

Handel, Ilamay

Piano:

Rocke, Cecile

Narrator:

Hirsch, Sam

First line:

A lid iz a grezl, A lid iz a blum, A lid iz a harts,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ליד איז אַ גרעזל, אַ ליד איז אַ בלום, אַ ליד איז אַ האַרץ,

Track comment:

Spoken English Translation on Album

Language:

Yiddish

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

R-032(a) (Peter Rohland Un as der rebbe singt Jiddishe Lieder)

Track ID:

194

Vocal:

Rohland, Peter

Artist:

Kohler, Gesine

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Track comment:

German translat with allbum

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:

M-015(a) (Line Monty Chante en Francais Orchestre Didier Boland)

Track ID:

16820

Author:

Bernard, Gil, French

Vocal:

Monty, Line

Artist:

Boland, Didier Orchestra

Piano:

Solomon, Renee

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Ou Est La Ruella"

Language:

Yiddish/French

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:

Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)

Track ID:

28751

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Vocal:

Talila

Accordion:

Schaff, Eddy

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz di shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen kh'hob lib,

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז די שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װעמען כ'האָב ליב,

Language:

Russian/Yiddish

Style:

Duet/Folk

Length:

2:44

Folksong Medely — פאָפורי

Genre:

Cabaret/Vocal/Paino

Additional song notes:

"Medly" Tumbalalika, Vu est dos Gasele?Chassene Kale Mazal Tov

On album:

L-044(b) (The Blue Cat Caberet / Love In Palestine 1926 / Ruth Levin — קאַבאַרעט \ די בלויע קאַץ)

Track ID:

37685

Vocals:

Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ

Paino, Musical Arrangement:

Fisz, Avishai

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos…

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס

Language:

Yiddish/Hebrew/Polish/English

Style:

Medely/Polish Intro?

Length:

3:44

Bay Mayn Rebn — בײַ מײַן רבּן

Additional song notes:

See "A Ganeyve"

On album:

L-025(c) (Manfred Lemm NU-ME LAKHT Jiddische Lieder und Geschichten)

Track ID:

2037

Artist:

Lemm, Manfred

First line:

Bay mayn rebn iz gevezn, iz gevezn, bay mayn rebn iz gevezn,

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מײַן רבּן איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן, בײַ מײַן רבּן איז געװעזן,

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 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:

T-019(a) (Tamara Songs of a Soviet Jewess)

Track ID:

9106

Artist:

Tamara

Piano:

Shalit, Vladimir

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װאָס...

Language:

Yiddish/Russian

Style:

Waltz

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:

P-002(b) (Jan Peerce sings Yiddish Folk Songs Abraham Ellstein Orch)

Track ID:

16805

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Language:

Yiddish

A Ganeyve — אַ גניבֿה

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Folk

Subject:

Theft/Poverty/Rabbi/Candlesticks/Shirts/Hens/Daughters

Song comment:

Same Melody as "Ale Brider"

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/Alb K-014(a)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Rubin Oak 10

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Rubin Oak10/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Vorbei 371

Music:

Kremer 20/Rubin Oak 96

On album:

R-007(c) (Jewish Folk Songs / Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

192

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Banjo:

Seeger, Pete

First line:

Bay many rebn iz gevezn, Iz gevezn, bay mayn rebe iz gevezn,

First line:

בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן, איז געװעזן בײַ מײַן רבּין איז געװעזן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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:

Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")

Track ID:

18367

Artist:

Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band

Artist:

Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond

Clarinet:

Pincus, Paul

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Der Tom — דער תּהום

Also known as:

The Abyss

Author:

Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה

Composer:

Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Abyss/Life/Danger

Origin:

CD W-029(b)

Transliteration:

CD W-029(b)

Translation:

CD W-029(b)

On album:

W-029(b) (Crossing The Shadows/ New Yiddish Songs/ Words and Music by Joshua Waletzy — אַריבער די שאָטנס\װערטער און מוזיק פֿון דזשאַש (יהושוע) װעלעטסקי)

Track ID:

28111

Mandolin/Guitar/Percussion/Vocal:

Warschauer, Jeff

Violin/Vocal:

Strauss, Deborah

Lead Vocal/Piano:

Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה

First line:

Ze, vi der tom iz beyz un iz kalt un dos lebn iz a brik a breyter;

First line (Yiddish):

זע, װי דער תּהום איז בײז און איז קאַלט און דאָס לעבן איז אַ...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Modern/Klezmer/Khasdic/Hora

Length:

06:33

Yerusholaim (Yid, Molodovsky) — ירושלים (ייִדיש, מאָלאָדאָװסקי)

Author:

Molodovsky, Kadya — מאָלאָדאָװסקי, קאַדיע

Genre:

Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Place

Subject:

Jerusalem/Old/Young/EternalWisdom/Blessing

Origin:

Ephemera 1329

Additional song notes:

Jerusalem

On album:

L-029(b)2

Track ID:

38072

Vocal:

Luski, Abraham (Abe) לוסקי, אַבֿרהם

First line:

Oyf di berg fun yehuda, derhoybn iz Yerusholaim. Alt iz Yerushoaim, yung iz…

First line (Yiddish):

אויף די בערג פֿון יהודה, דערהויבן איז ירשלים. אַלט איז ירושלים, יונג איז…

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Spoken Word/Literary Origin

Length:

6:18

Vu Iz Dos Gesele (Video) — װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע (ווידיאָ)

Genre:

Folk/Love/Waltz

Subject:

Love/Dwelling/Memory

Origin:

Alb H-007(a)/Jaffee Kam 13/Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)

Transliteration:

Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121

Translation:

Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121

Music:

Jaffe Kam 13/Estella 6/

On album:

V0121 (The Humanaires In Concert (Video))

Track ID:

34014

Vocal:

Humanaires

Vocal:

Perlmutter, Fagie

Conductor:

Berman, David

Pianist:

Baroyan, Zara

Narrator:

Sears, Sam Wade

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos…

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס…

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Choral/Concert

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:

S-062(a) (Sheh-Sheh Songs of My Grandfather — לידער פֿון מײַן זײדן שעשע)

Track ID:

16806

Artist:

Sheh Sheh — שעשע

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

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:

D-003(b) (Russian Melodies Emil Decameron & His Orchestra)

Track ID:

16815

Artist:

Decameron, Emil & Orch

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos meydele vos...

First line (Instrumental):

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס מײדעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Where Is The Village"

Language:

Instrumental

Kolemeyke — קאָלעמײקע

Also known as:

Kolomeyke (Pressburger)

Genre:

Instrumental/Klezmer/Dance

Song comment:

Dance From Kolomeya/ Popular Ukrainian Dance

On album:

B-071(a) (Bagg Street Klezmer Band Go Meshuggah!)

Track ID:

24104

Artist:

Bagg Street Klezmer Band

Track comment:

"Papir" (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Language:

Instrumental

Tsulib Dem Papirele — צוליב דעם פּאַפּירעלע

Genre:

Folk/Instructional

Subject:

Money/Help/Succor/Support/Widows/Orphans/Riches

Translation:

Album M-129(a)

Additional song notes:

Recorded on M-129(a) under "Have A Heart"

On album:

M-129(b) (Herschel Melamed/ 18 Songs: A Long Life in Yiddish in 3 Acts/Ensemble Accompaniment)

Track ID:

41980

Mandolin/Guitar:

Fox-Rosen, Avi

Recorder/Flute:

Spiegelman, Alec

Vocal:

Melamud, Herschel — מעלאַמוד, הערשעל

First line:

Di Velt iz groys, ales hot far dir vunder, ales for dayn shtikele papir,

First line (Yiddish):

די וועלט איז גרויס, אַלעס האָט פֿאַר דיר וווּנדער, אָלעס פֿאַר דײַן שטיקעלע פאָפיר

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

A Cappella/Folk

Length:

2:25

Tsulib Dem Papirele — צוליב דעם פּאַפּירעלע

Genre:

Folk/Instructional

Subject:

Money/Help/Succor/Support/Widows/Orphans/Riches

Translation:

Album M-129(a)

Additional song notes:

Recorded on M-129(a) under "Have A Heart"

On album:

M-129(a) (Herschel Melamed/ 18 Songs: A Long Life in Yiddish in 3 Acts/ Acapella)

Track ID:

41961

Vocal:

Melamud, Herschel — מעלאַמוד, הערשעל

First line:

Di Velt iz groys, ales hot far dir vunder, ales for dayn shtikele papir,

First line (Yiddish):

די וועלט איז גרויס, אַלעס האָט פֿאַר דיר וווּנדער, אָלעס פֿאַר דײַן שטיקעלע פאָפיר

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

A Cappella/Folk

Length:

2:07

Papir Iz Dokh Vays (Video) — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס (ווידיאָ)

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

V0290 (What's Not To Like (Nov 11, 2012): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [Not Separated)

Track ID:

37830

Vocal:

Rosenthal, Amy

Commentator:

Zucker, Sheva — זוקער, שבֿע

Piano:

Berman, Gary

Violin:

Lie, Jessica

Violin Da Gamba:

Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie

Violin:

Xu, Wenjia

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint is dokh shvarts, tsu dir mayn zis lebn, tsit dokh…

First line (Yiddish):

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס לעבן ציט דאָך

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Rubin, Ruth/ Birobidzhaner Viglid/ Papir Iz Dokh Vays...

Album ID:

042k

Format:

78rpm 10 inch

Publisher:

Oriole 100-3/4

Comment:

...Vi Azoy Kan Ikh Lustik Zayn (side 2). Accomp.: R. Post. Album Title: Je

Additional notes:

Tape 026

Freyen Zikh Iz Gut — פֿרײען זיך איז גוט

Also known as:

Kartoflyes

Author:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Composer:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Genre:

Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Poverty/Troubles/Food/Potato/Celebration/Knishes/Drink/Laugh

Origin:

Vinkov 3 183/Alb B-024(a)/Alb G-070(a)/Lifshitz 31/Alb L-062(a)

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 183/Alb G-070(a)/Lifshitz 31/Alb L-062(a)

Translation:

Vinkov 3 183/Alb G-070(a)

Music:

Vinkov 3 181/Lifshitz 31

Additional song notes:

It's good to rejoice

On album:

G-070(c) (Arkady Gendler (c), Field Recording)

Track ID:

28769

Vocal:

Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי

First line:

Freyen zikh iz gut, freyen zikh iz gut, lomir zikh fargesn khotch af eyn minut

First line (Yiddish):

פֿרײען זיך איז גוט, פֿרײען זיך איז גוט, לאָמיר זיך פֿאַרגעסן כאָטש אױף איין ...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Acapella

Vos Iz Vikhtik — װאָס איז וויכטיק

Also known as:

Vikhtik

Author:

Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים

Composer:

Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים

Genre:

Khasidic (Neo)/Instructional

Subject:

Faith/Priorities/Values

Origin:

Alb S-089(b)/Alb N-026(a)/Alb 054(A)

Transliteration:

Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)

Translation:

Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)

Additional song notes:

What Is Important

On album:

C-035(b) (Adrianne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek/An Afternoon Of Jewish Music)

Track ID:

25678

Vocal:

Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע

Piano:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Vikhtig iz a shabos koydesh, a gutn vokh un a guter khoydesh

First line:

װיכטיג איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded as "Vos Iz Vikhtik" An Afternoon of Yiddish Music

Dos Lid (Segalovitsh) — דאָס ליד (סעגעלאָוויטש)

Author:

Segalovitsh, Zusman — סעגאַלאָװיטש, זוסמאַן

Composer:

Kaplan, Herbert — קאַפּלאַן, הערשל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Song/Comfort/Companion/Spirit

Origin:

Alb W-035(a)

Transliteration:

Alb W-035(a)

Translation:

Alb W-035(a)

On album:

W-035(a) (Hy Wolfe sings Lider far der Neshome/ Yiddish Songs for the Soul — לידער פֿאַר די נשמה)

Track ID:

32840

Vocal:

Wolfe, Hy — וואָלף, חיים

Piano/Arranger:

Kaplan, Herbert — קאַפּלאַן, הערשל

First line:

Dos lid iz a shlos mit a goldener tir, un oyb du host harts iz der shlisl bay…

First line (Yiddish):

דאָס ליד איז אַ שלאָס מיט אַ גאָלדענער טיר, און אויב דו האָסט האַרץ איז דער שליסל...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

2:02

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28436

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn zeyer freylekh,

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Lively

Length:

03:02

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:

Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)

Author:

Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ

Composer:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

Genre:

Immigration/Lament

Subject:

Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion

Origin:

Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Transliteration:

Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)

Translation:

Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04

Music:

Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Additional song notes:

See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017

Related information in folder 408:

Comments:

1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)

Track ID:

27671

Vocal:

Moskowitz, Abraham — מאָסקאָוויץ, אבֿרהם

First line:

Gekumen iz tsu mir a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz geven di grine

First line (Yiddish):

געקומען איז צו מיר אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז געװען די גרינע

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Columbia E7573 78rpm Box 2

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theatre/Klezmer

Libst Mikh Sertse (Fiddler) — ליבסט מיך סערצע (פֿידלער)

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Genre:

Theater/Love/Humor

Subject:

Marriage/Arranged/Love

Origin:

Fiddler 116/Ephemera 926

Additional song notes:

Shraga Friedman - Yiddish Adaptation

Related information in folder 926:

Comments:

1 Yiddish Text from Libretto (Yiddish) in the Van Pelt Library of the University of Pennsylvania, catalogue # ML50.B6745 F5219 2004. 2. Transliteration by Robert Freedman

On album:

xF-003(a)

Track ID:

9189

Yiddish Adaptation:

Friedman, Shraga — פֿרידמאַן, שרגא

Vocal:

Rudensky, Shmuel — רודענסקי, שמואל

Vocal:

Dulitzkaya, Lea — ליא דוליצקאַיאַ

First line:

Er iz a guter bokher, golde, er gefelt mir, er iz a bisl...

First line:

ער איז אַ גוטער בּחור, גאָלדע, ער געפֿעלט מיר, ער איז אַ ביסל...

Track comment:

See "Do You Love Me (Yid, Fiddler") "סערצע מיך "ליבסט

Es Iz A Klug — עס איז אַ קלוג

On album:

T-003(e) (Songs From The Ghetto & Holocaust Days Sung..by Tova Ben-Zvi — שירי גטו ושירים מימי השואה שרה ביידיש ובעברית טובה בן-צבי)

Track ID:

25598

Author/Composer:

Hershkowitz, Yankele — הערשקאָװיץ, יאַנקעלע

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

Piano:

Tsur, Khaim — צור, חיים

First line:

Es iz a klug, es iz taza min tsore,

First line:

עס איז אַ קלוג, עס איז אַזאַ מין צרה,

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:

Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)

Author:

Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ

Composer:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

Genre:

Immigration/Lament

Subject:

Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion

Origin:

Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Transliteration:

Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)

Translation:

Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04

Music:

Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Additional song notes:

See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017

Related information in folder 408:

Comments:

1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

T-019(a) (Tamara Songs of a Soviet Jewess)

Track ID:

2686

Vocal:

Tamara

Piano:

Shalit, Vladimir

First line:

Tsu mir iz gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven…

First line (Yiddish):

צו מיר איז געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען...

Track comment:

Medley with Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Language:

Yiddish

Haynt Iz Purim Brider — הײַנט איז פּורים ברידער

Author:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Rivesman, Mordkhe — ריװעסמאַן, מרדכי

Genre:

Children/Holiday

Subject:

Purim/Celebration/Fun

Origin:

ML YT 45/Bugatch 273/Alb G-017(a)/Alb B-004(c)

Transliteration:

Bugatch 273/ML YT 45/Alb G-017(a)/Alb K-059(e)/Alb B-004(c)/Gottlieb 291

Translation:

Alb G-017(a)/Alb K-059(e)/Alb B-004(c)/Gottlieb 291

Music:

ML YT 45/Bugatch 273

Additional song notes:

See Gottlieb 164 for relationship between "Haynt Iz Purim", "Steppin Out With My Baby" and "Puttin On The Ritz"

On album:

G-017(a) (Gut Yom-Tov Kinder! A Treasury of Children's Songs... — גוט יום-טוב קינדער)

Track ID:

19430

Vocal:

Workmen's Circle Children's Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג קינדער כאָר

Conductor:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Haynt iz purim, brider, es iz der yontev groys.

First line:

הײַנט איז פּורים ברידער, עס איז דער יום־טובֿ גרױס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

B-067(a) (Timeless Jewish Songs Shirim La'ad Martha Rock Birnbaum — שירים לעד)

Track ID:

23384

Vocal:

Birnbaum, Martha Rock

Harp:

Dechario, Barbara

Arranger/Musical Director:

Dechario, Joseph

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Casman, Nellie/ Vos Geven Iz Nito/ Ales Iz A Blof

Album ID:

073n

Format:

78 rpm 10"

Publisher:

Columbia 8106-F

Provenance:

Gift of Sid Waldman, Bratenahl, OH, Sept. 2013

Number of tracks:

2

Additional notes:

This album has not been catalogued at the title or track level

Penn library link:

to be catalogued

Di Dray Bern — די דרײַ בערן

Author:

Levinsohn, Marcia Gruss — לעווענסאָן, מאַרשאַ גרוס

Genre:

Children/Adaptation

Subject:

Goldilocks/Mirele Goldenhele/Bears/Holiday/Apology/Family

Origin:

Three Bears

On album:

L-060(a) (Marcia Gruss Levinsohn/Di Dray Bern/The Three Bears/ Goldylocks Apologizes — די דרײַ בערן\ מירעלע גאָלדהערעלע אַנטשולדיקט זיך)

Track ID:

33481

Vocal:

Levinsohn, Marcia Gruss — לעווענסאָן, מאַרשאַ גרוס

Musical Accompaniment:

Frank, Paul

Vocal:

Levinsohn, Maurice

First line:

Es iz rosheshone. Der zeyde zitst in shul un dos eynikl iz gekumen tsu gast.

First line (Yiddish):

עס איז ראָש־השנה. דער זיידע זיצט אין שול און דאָס אייניקל איז געקומען צו גאַסט.

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Spoken Word

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

S-097(a) (Aron Saltiel Jiddische Lieder — ייִדישע לידער)

Track ID:

24675

Artist:

Saltiel, Aron — סאַלטיל, אהרן

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Dos Feld — דאָס פֿעלד

Author:

Abelson, Khayke — אַבעלסאָן, חײַקע

Composer:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Beauty/Nature

On album:

B-090(k) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 6 of 11 (A))

Track ID:

32237

Vocal:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

First line:

Dos feld iz oysgeshtralt mit perl, dos harts fun yedn kind iz fray,

First line (Yiddish):

דאָס פֿעלד איז אויסגעשטראַלט מיט פּערל, דאָס האַרץ פֿון יעדן קינד איז פֿרײַ,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Acapella/Folk

Length:

1:54

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

R-045(a) (Oj, Bruderl, Lechajim/ Chaim Rosenbaum/ Wlodzimerz Slopak — אױ, ברודערל, לחיים)

Track ID:

25706

Vocal/Guitar:

Rosenbaum, Khaim

Violin:

Slopek, Wlodzimerz

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Vayber Vayber — װײַבער װײַבער

On album:

S-027(c) (Jacob Sandler Yiddishe Tanz Musik Vol. 2 — יעקבֿ סאַנדלער ייִדישע טאַנץ מוזיק)

Track ID:

16256

Composer:

Ciobaturu,I. — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ

Vocal/Accompaniment:

Hed Arzi Orchestra and Choir — הד ארצי אָרקעסטער און כאָר

Arranger/Conductor:

Tarski, Alexander — טאַרסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער

Author/Artist:

Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ

First line:

An umglik tsu mayn shokhn iz gekumen, zayn vayb iz fun im...

First line:

אַן אומדליק צט מײַן שכן איז געקומע, זײַן װײַב אז פֿון אים...

Di Balade...Farloyrenem Shefele (Livnat) — די באַלאַדע פֿונעם פֿאַרלױרענעם שעפֿעלע (ליוונאַט)

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Shepherd/Loss/Lamb/Finality

Origin:

CD L-036(a)/Alb M-003(i)/Manger 98/Alb M-003(i)

Transliteration:

CD L-036(a)/M-003(i)

Translation:

CD L-036(a)/M-003(i)

On album:

M-003(i) (Manger Ballads / Aviv Livnat/ Helen Beer/ Arik Livnat)

Track ID:

33686

Vocals/Percussion:

Beer, Helen

Saxaphones/Flutes/Shofar/Keyboards/Percussion/Arranger:

Livnat, Arik

Guitars/Vocals/Bass/Keyboards/Percussion/Arranger:

Livnat, Aviv

Vocal:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Kakhon:

Matthew G.

First line:

Amol iz geven a pastekhl, iz im farloyrn gegangen a shof, geyt er barg arop,

First line (Yiddish):

אַמאָל איז געווען אַ פּאַסטוכל, איז אים פֿאַרלוירן געגאַנגען אַ שאָף, גייט ער באַרג

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Jazz

Length:

4:56

Dray Shvester — דרײַ שװעסטער

Author:

Winchevsky, Morris — װינטשעװסקי, מאָריס

Genre:

Lament/Literary Origin

Subject:

Poverty/Flowers/Shoe Laces/Prostitution/Place/England/

Origin:

Ber Fef 68/Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Sh Sh 123

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Alb K-135(a)

Translation:

Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Alb K-135(a)/Sh Sh 123

Music:

Vinkov 3 213

Additional song notes:

Three Sisters

On album:

K-135(a) (Klezmer Klub /Whitechapel Mayn Vaytshepl)

Track ID:

35740

Double Bass/Violin:

Doyle, Julia

Accordion:

Ellenberg, Gabriel

Lead Vocals:

Lachs, Vivi

First line:

In England iz do a shtot lester, in London iz do aza skver, tsum skvar kumen...

First line (Yiddish):

אין ענגלענד איז דאָ אַ שטאָט לעסטער, און אין לאָנדאָן איז דאָ אַזאַ סקווער, צום סקווער

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

2:46

Khaloymes — חלומות

Genre:

Humorous

Subject:

Dream

On album:

D-036(a) (Dibbukim/ Az A Foygl un a Goylem Tantsn)

Track ID:

36665

Drums/Percussion:

Blekher, Yacov — בלעכיר, יעקבֿ

Guitars/Keyboard/Bass:

Wohlfart, Magnus — וואָלפֿאַרט, מאַגנוס

Vocal:

Olniansky, Niklas — אָלניאַנסקי, ניקלאַס

Vocal:

Olniansky, Ida — אָלניאַנסקי, אידה

Artist:

Dibbukim — דיבוקים

First line:

In mayne khaloymes iz do a sheyne velt, di velt vos iz farloyrn, es hot mir...

First line (Yiddish):

אין מײַנע חלומות איז דאָ אַ שיינע וועלט, די וועלט וואָס איז פֿאַרלוירן, עס האָט מיר..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Klezmer/Rock/Fusion

Length:

3:14

In Eretz Yisroel — אין ארץ ישראל

Author:

Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Binder, Abraham Wolf

Genre:

Literary Origin/Humorous/Zionjist

Subject:

Israel/Beauty/Wisdom

Folder:

510

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Translator:

Shulman, Jennie (English)

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

64 Second Ave, New York, NY

Date:

1924

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

254

First line:

In erets yisroel iz likhtig, in erets yisroel iz rayn,

First line (Yiddish):

אין ארץ ישראל איז ליכטיג, אין ארץ ישראל איז רײַן,

Notes:

Black lettering, English/Hebrew/Yiddish. Price 35 cents. Four verses in Yiddish, inside front cover.

Lid Fun Di Mitele — ליד פֿון די מיטעלע

On album:

xB-061(a)

Track ID:

19624

Author/Composer:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

Artist:

Boiberik Campers

First line:

Gekumen iz di tsayt, yo di tseyt, zi iz shoyn nit vayt,

First line:

געקומען איז די זײַט, יאָ די צײַט, זי איז שױן ניט װײַט,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Lid Fun Di Mitele"

Der Khazn Un Der Gabay — דער חזן און דער גבּאי

Also known as:

Az Ikh Vil

Author:

Pinchik, Cantor Pierre S.

Composer:

Pinchik, Cantor Pierre S.

Genre:

Humorous

Subject:

Khazn/Cantor/Occupation/Self Importance

Origin:

Gorali SUP 96

Transliteration:

Alb P-005(a)/CD A-005(e)

Translation:

Alb P-005(a)/CD A-005(e)

Music:

Goreli SUP 95

On album:

V-015(d) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 4/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)

Track ID:

31454

Vocal:

Bakon, Khazn Israel — בקון, חזן ישׂראל

First line:

Es iz gekumen a khazn in shul arayn un der gabay geyt im tsufregn ver er iz,

First line (Yiddish):

עס איז געקומען אַ חזן אין שול אַרײַן און דער גבאי גייט אים צופֿרעגן ווער ער איז,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Cantorial/Concert with strings and rhythm accompaniment

Length:

5:45

Mu Asapru — מה אספּרה

Also known as:

Eyns Eyns

Also known as:

Mu Adabru

Genre:

Peysikh/Holiday/Cumulative

Subject:

Numbers/Symbols/Memory/Faith

Transliteration:

Alb B-007(b)/K-059(d)

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/K-059(d)

Music:

Bikel 246

Related information in folder 698:

Comments:

1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".

On album:

Y-002(b) (Rumania, Rumania Sabra Sings Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

5009

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Artist:

Osser, Glen

First line:

Eyns, eyns, eyns, ver veyst vos iz eyns, eyns iz der...

First line (Yiddish):

אײנס, אײנס, אײנס, װער װײסט װאָס איז אַײנס, אײנס איז דער קדוש..

Language:

Yiddish

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

Z-013(c) (Zamir Chorale Of Boston / An Hour In The Garden Of Eden / Joshua Jacobson Director — אַ שעה אין גן־עדן)

Track ID:

27534

Vocal:

Zamir Chorale Of Boston

Conductor:

Jacobson, Joshua

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Piano Accompaniment

Length:

1:23

Du Bist Mayn Khayes — דו ביסט מײַן חיות

Composer:

Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער

Genre:

Theatre/Love

Subject:

Love/Bride/GroomAppearance/Joy/Wedding/Celebratuin

Additional song notes:

You Are My Love You Are My Life

On album:

B-012(c) (Di Freylekhe Kabtsonim 4 Burshteyns — די פֿרײלעכע קבּצנים 4 בורשטײנס)

Track ID:

4339

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Vocal:

Burstein, Susan — בורשטייַן, זיסל

First line:

A libe shpiln iz nisht keday, nor mit der vos iz gefeln,

First line:

אַ ליבע שפּילן איז נישט כּדאַי, נאָר מיט דער װאָס איז געפֿעלן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

For He Is An Englishman (Yid) — ער איז אַ גוטער ייִד

On album:

P-008(c) (Der Yiddisher Pinafore G & S Yiddish Light Opera Company)

Track ID:

22861

Yiddish Adaption:

Grand, Al

Composer:

Sullivan, Sir Arthur

Vocal:

Feldman, Joseph

Artist:

Yiddish Light Opera Co-Long Island

Yiddish Adaption:

Walowit, Miriam

First line:

Mayne rokhl iz sheyn, ikh vil visn vu geystu,

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן רחל איז שײן, איך װיל װיסן װוּ גײסטו,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Er Iz A Guter Yid"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theatre/Humorous/Parody

In Droysn Iz Finster — אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Courting/Love/Evening/Darkness/Quiet/Waiting/Street

Origin:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb 049(a)/Alb G-112)(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb O-016(b)

Translation:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb G-112(a)/Alb O-016(b)

Music:

RUB VOI 491

Additional song notes:

It's Dark Outside

On album:

R-007(e)2 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

33846

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

In droysn iz finster, in droysn iz finster, s'iz shpet...

First line (Yiddish):

אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, ס'איז שפּעט...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Avu Bistu Geven"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

M-016(b) (Jewish Songs My Mother Sang To Me The Malavsky Family Choir)

Track ID:

473

Vocal:

Malavsky Family Choir

Conductor:

Malavsky, Cantor Samuel — מאַלאַװסקי, חזן סאַמועל

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz nit freylekh.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Lulinke Mayn Feygele"

Language:

Yiddish

Zol Zayn (Papernikov) — זאָל זײַן (פּאַפּערניקאָוו)

Author:

Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף

Composer:

Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Goals/Attempt/Optomisn/Persistence

Origin:

ML MTAG 186/Alb L-002(a)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 186/Alb L-002(a)/Alb M-049(a)

Translation:

Alb T-015(e)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb 129(a)&(b)/Alb P-038€

Music:

ML MTAG 186

Additional song notes:

Let It Be So

Related information in folder 749:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

P-038(e) (Andre Ochodio & Pressburger Klezmer Band/ Shalom)

Track ID:

43069

Vocal:

Ochodlo, Andre

Double Bass/Music Supervisor:

Zuchowski, Adam

First line:

Zol zayn az ikh boy in der luft mayne shleser, zol zayn az mayn got iz in gantsn nishtu, in troym iz mir heler, in troym

First line (Yiddish):

זאָל זײַן אַז איך בױ אין דער לופֿט מײַנע שלעסער, זאָל זײַן אַז מײַן גאָט איז אין גאַנצן ניטאָ, אין טרוים איז מיר העלער, איז

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/With Feeling

Length:

2:27

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:

Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)

Author:

Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ

Composer:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

Genre:

Immigration/Lament

Subject:

Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion

Origin:

Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Transliteration:

Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)

Translation:

Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04

Music:

Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Additional song notes:

See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017

Related information in folder 408:

Comments:

1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

R-043(a) (Janice Rubin & Friends Feels Like Family Yiddish Folksongs — אַזױ װי משׁפּחה)

Track ID:

24072

Vocal:

Rubin, Janice

Artist:

Rubin, Janice

Vocal:

Roberts, Barry

First line:

Es iz tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven..

First line (Yiddish):

עס איז צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...

Language:

Yiddish

Dray Shvester — דרײַ שװעסטער

Author:

Winchevsky, Morris — װינטשעװסקי, מאָריס

Genre:

Lament/Literary Origin

Subject:

Poverty/Flowers/Shoe Laces/Prostitution/Place/England/

Origin:

Ber Fef 68/Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Sh Sh 123

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Alb K-135(a)

Translation:

Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Alb K-135(a)/Sh Sh 123

Music:

Vinkov 3 213

Additional song notes:

Three Sisters

Folder:

73

Series:

4

Arranger:

Lefkowitch, Henry

Arranged for:

Piano/Voice

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

58 Second Ave. New York

Date:

1932

Provenance:

Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996

First line:

In england iz do a shtot lester, in lester iz do..

First line (Yiddish):

אין ענגלאַנד איז דאָ אַ שטאַט לעסטער, אין לעסטער איז..

Notes:

Title in Yiddish stylized lettering. "Dray ShvesterPrice 75 cents. Year cover in Yiddish "Naye Lider" listing song titles and prces stamped "All Prices Void".i

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

Y-018(a) (Yiddish Lullabies — װיג לידער שירי ערש אידיש)

Track ID:

18397

Artist:

Malavsky Family Choir

Artist:

Malavsky, Cantor Samuel — מאַלאַװסקי, חזן סאַמועל

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz nit freylekh.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Lulinke"

Language:

Yiddish

A Pastekhl (Folk) — אַ פּאַסטעכל

Genre:

Folk/Allegory/Mixed Language

Subject:

Shepherd/Lost Sheep

Origin:

Alb R-007(g)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4/Alb F-018(b)

Translation:

Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4

Additional song notes:

Ukranian/Yiddish

On album:

P-002(b) (Jan Peerce sings Yiddish Folk Songs Abraham Ellstein Orch)

Track ID:

523

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Iz geven a mol a pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz im farloyrn...

First line:

איז געװען אַ מאָל אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז אים פֿאָ פֿאַרלױרן...

Di Balade Fun Nete Manger Dem... — די באַלאַדע פֿון נטע מאַנגער און דעם שנײַנדעריונג...

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin/Ballad

Subject:

Duchess/Tailor Apprentice/Opportunity/Loss

Origin:

Manger 405

On album:

B-047(d)2 (Jossef Buloff On Stage/ CD 2 — יוסף בולאָף אויף דער בינע סי די 2)

Track ID:

33096

Vocal:

Buloff, Joseph — בולאָף, יוסף

First line:

Amol iz geven a meyse, di meyse iz troyerik un sheyn,

First line (Yiddish):

אַמאָל איז געווען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז טרויעריק און שיין

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Spoken Word

Length:

3:45

Di Yam Iz Gezaltsn (In Zaltsikn..) — די ים איז געזאַלאצן (איןזאַלטציקן..)

On album:

xB-063(a)1

Track ID:

22001

Author:

S. Ansky — ש. אַנסקי

Artist:

Benjamin, Sarah

First line:

Di yam iz gezaltsn fun mentshlekhe trern, es gefint zikh...

First line (Yiddish):

די ים איז געזאַלטצן פֿון מענטשלעכע טרערן, עס געפֿינט זיך..

Track comment:

Recorded under "Di Yam Iz Gezaltsen (Tsum Bund)"

Language:

Yiddish

Zun — זון

Author:

From, Dovid — פֿראָם, דוד

Composer:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Sun/Spring/Season/Fruit/Bloom

Origin:

Bogdanski 4 107

Transliteration:

Bogdanski 4 65

Translation:

Bogdanski 4 106

Music:

Bogdanski 4 65

On album:

B-090(j) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 5 of 11 (B))

Track ID:

32221

Vocal:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

First line:

Zun iz arayn in mayn tsimer, dokh breyter tsefenter tir, zi iz gekumen un zun..

First line (Yiddish):

זון איז אַרײַן אין מײַן צימער, דאָך ברייטער צעעפֿנטער טיר, זי איז געקומען און…

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

A Cappella/Folk

Length:

3:31

Harshl — האַרשל

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Underworld/Criminal

Origin:

ML PYS 179/

Transliteration:

ML PYS 179/

Translation:

CD S-086(d)/Alb H-033(a)/

Music:

ML PYS 180

On album:

N-018(a) (Nicole Neiman From Europe With Love)

Track ID:

21384

Artist:

Neiman, Nicole

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Harshl iz geven eyner fun di groyse, vu er iz gekumen,

First line:

האַרשל איז געװען אײנער פֿון די גרױסע, װוּ ער איז געקומען,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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:

M-129(a) (Herschel Melamed/ 18 Songs: A Long Life in Yiddish in 3 Acts/ Acapella)

Track ID:

41971

Vocal:

Melamud, Herschel — מעלאַמוד, הערשעל

First line:

Vu bistu geven az gelt iz geven un der nadn iz gelegen afn tish? La La Ly La…

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ ביסטו געװען װען געלט איז געװען און דער נאַדן איז געלעגן אַױפֿן טיש?...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

A Cappella/Folk/Duet

Length:

1:38

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:

Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)

Track ID:

28739

Vocal:

Talila

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Accordion:

Schaff, Eddy

First line:

Vu bistu geven az yugnt iz geven un dos nadn iz gelign afn tish, haynt…

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ ביסטו געװען װען יוגנט איז געװען און דער נאַדן איז געלעגן אױפֿן טיש,

Track comment:

Zimet sings with "Paylish" accent

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Duet

Length:

003:08

Peysekh Iz Shoyn Do — פּסח איז שױן דאָ

On album:

V-012(a) (Der Voyler Velvl / Baym Peysekh Seder Mit Zeyde — דער װױלער װעלװל בײַם פּסח סדר מיט זײדע)

Track ID:

18276

Artist:

Voyler Velvel — װױלער װעלװעל

First line:

Freylekh iz mir, freylekh iz...a groyse simkhe, yontov iz..

First line:

פֿרײלעך איז מיר, פֿרײלעך איז...אַ גרױסע שׂימחה, יום טובֿ איז...

Track comment:

Words not quite audible

Arum Dem Fayer — אַרום דעם פֿײַער

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Campfire/Singing/Dancing/Dreams

Origin:

ML MTAG 176/Alb A-002(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-020(b)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 176/Alb A-002(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-020(b)/Alb R-001(b)/Fried 473

Translation:

Sheet Music 760/Alb A-002(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-020(b)/R-001(b)/Levin N 171

Music:

Levin N 171/ML MTAG 176

Additional song notes:

Around The Fire

On album:

S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)

Track ID:

23140

Artist:

Summergrad, Leo

First line:

Arum dem fayer iz ales liber, di nakht iz tayer,

First line:

אַרום דעם פֿײַער איז אַלעס ליבער, די נאַכט איז טײַער, מיר זינגען..

A Pastekhl (Folk) — אַ פּאַסטעכל

Genre:

Folk/Allegory/Mixed Language

Subject:

Shepherd/Lost Sheep

Origin:

Alb R-007(g)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4/Alb F-018(b)

Translation:

Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4

Additional song notes:

Ukranian/Yiddish

On album:

L-013(a) (La Bianca Heart Warming Yiddish-Hebrew Favorites)

Track ID:

522

Vocal:

La Bianca, Ginetta

First line:

Iz geven a mol a pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz im farlorn...

First line:

איז געװען אַ מאָל אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז אים פאַרלאָרן...

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)

Track ID:

20146

Artist:

Grey, Joel

Artist:

Farber, Nat

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)

Track ID:

25847

Artist:

Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Language:

Yiddish

Tog Ayn, Tog Oys — טאָג אײַן, טאָג אױס

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Genre:

Theater/Adaptation

Subject:

Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing

Origin:

Fiddler 29/Ephemera 148

Transliteration:

Ephemera 148/Ephemera 1458 2012

Translation:

Ephemera 1458 2012

Additional song notes:

Yiddish adaption of "Sunrise Sunset" by Shraga Friedman Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

Related information in folder 148:

Document type:

Email

Publisher:

Marsa Romano-Cufaro

Date:

10/1/2004

Comments:

Text, transliterated.

On album:

xP-002(e)

Track ID:

15394

Author:

Harnick, Sheldon

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Conductor:

Golschmann, Vladimir

Arranger:

DeCormier, Robert

First line:

Iz dos mayn meydele, dos kleyne, iz es dos yingele ikh zey,

First line:

איז דאָס מײַן מײדעלע, דאָס קלײנע, איז עס דאָס ייִנגעלע איך זײ,

Track comment:

From "Fiddler On The Roof"

Der Kranker Shnayder — דער קראַנקער שנײַדער

Author:

Ansky, Sh.

Genre:

Literary Origin/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Tailor/Poverty/Bitterness/Illness

Origin:

Vinkov 3 167/ML PYS 76/ Sh Sh 187

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 167/ML PYS 76

Translation:

Vinkov 3 167/ Sh Sh 186

Music:

Vinkov 3 167/ML PYS 76

Additional song notes:

The Sick Tailor

On album:

B-010(g) (Sing Main Folk / Zing Mayn Folk/ Ben Bonus — זינג מײַן פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

34104

Vocal:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Artist:

Simon Tenovsky Orchestra

First line:

Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yedn vinkl mist...

First line (Yiddish):

די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדן װינקל מיסט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Di Mame Mit Di Tokhter — די מאַמע מיט די טאָכטער

On album:

S-059(a) (Popular Yiddish Songs Chayale Shiffer with Hed Artzi Orch — אַ ייִדיש ליד פֿון האַרצן חיה'לה שיפֿער)

Track ID:

3672

Author:

Dror, Wayne, Shanklin

Artist:

Shifer, Chayele — שײפֿער, חיה'לה

Artist:

Berezovsky, Shaul — בערעזאָװסקי, שאול

First line:

Mamenyu, zog zhe mir, tsu iz rundig di erd, iz dem foygl,...

First line (Yiddish):

מאַמענו, זאָג זשע מיר, צו איז רונדיג די ערד, איז דעם פֿױגל..

Language:

Yiddish

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

B-209(a) (Anatholy Bonder/Gevolt AlefBase)

Track ID:

42164

Vocal/Arranger:

Bonder, Anatholy

Synthesizers:

Lifshitz, Dmitry

Violins:

Iframov, Eva

Guitars:

Gimmervert, Michael

Bass Guitars:

Lekhovitser, Mark

Drums:

Weinstein, Vadim

Arranger:

Gevolt

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn zeyer freylekh,…

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרייליך, אלימלך,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Hard Rock/Concert/Heavy Metal

Length:

3:43

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

R-032(a) (Peter Rohland Un as der rebbe singt Jiddishe Lieder)

Track ID:

477

Vocal:

Rohland, Peter

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz gor nit freylekh.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז גאָר ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Track comment:

German translat with album

Language:

Yiddish

A Pastekhl (Variant) — (אַ פּאַסטעכל (וואַריאַנט

Genre:

Folk/Multilingual/Metaphor/Allegory

Subject:

Shepherd/Sheep/Lost/Horns/Hooves/God/Exile/Lament/Bones

Transliteration:

Alb M-095(c)

Translation:

Alb M-095(c)

Additional song notes:

A Shepherd (Additional lyrics by Dmitri Slepovitch

On album:

M-095(c) (Minsker Kapelye/Tutejsi/Di Ortike/The Locals — מינסקער קאַפּעליע\ די אָרטיקע)

Track ID:

36179

Cello:

Kharchanka, Hanna

Belarusian Alto Cymbalon:

Kukel, Tatsiana

Vocal/Bb Clarinet:

Slepovitch, Dmitri

First line:

Iz geven amol a pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz ba im farlorn gegangen a shefele,...

First line:

איז געװען אַ מאָל אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז באַ אים פֿאַרלאָרן...

Language:

Yiddish/Ukranian

Style:

Klezmer/Concert/Rap/Reggae

Length:

8:08

Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע

Also known as:

Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)

Author:

Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ

Composer:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

Genre:

Immigration/Lament

Subject:

Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion

Origin:

Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Transliteration:

Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)

Translation:

Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04

Music:

Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92

Additional song notes:

See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017

Related information in folder 408:

Comments:

1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)

Track ID:

30438

Vocal:

Moskowitz, Abraham — מאָסקאָוויץ, אבֿרהם

Violin:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

Piano:

Schwartz, Sylvia — שװאַרץ, סילװיע

First line:

Tsu mir iz gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine, bekelekh vi..

First line (Yiddish):

צו מיר איז געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...

Track comment:

Originally recorded New York, February 1922/ Columbia E 7553

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer

Length:

3:08

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

T-003(c) (Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen Yidish Folks Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ראָז'נקעס מיט מאַנדלען - ייִדיש פֿאָלקס לידער פֿון טובה-בּן צוי)

Track ID:

3329

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

Artist:

Gregory, Johnny Orch and Chorus

First line:

Az der rebi elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole". Duplicate of T-03(b)

Language:

Yiddish

Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler, Yiddish) — טאָג אײַן טאָג אויס

Author:

Harnick, Sheldon

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Genre:

Theater/Musical

Subject:

Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing

On album:

V0296 (On The Mountaintop With Yiddish (Video) — אויפֿן שפּיץ באַרג מיט ייִדיש (ווידיאָ))

Track ID:

37132

Vocal:

Weinberg, Robert

Vocal:

Weinberg, Mrs Robert

First line:

Iz dos mayn meydele, dos kleyne, iz es dos yingele ikh zey,

First line (Yiddish):

איז דאָס מײַן מײדעלע, דאָס קלײנע, איז עס דאָס ייִנגעלע איך זײ,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Song/Duet

Length:

2:37

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

P-023(a) (Boris Pevsner)

Track ID:

3321

Artist:

Pevsner, Boris

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

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:

Z-011(c) (Ben Zimet Chants Yiddish — בען זימעט יידישע פֿאָלקס־לידער)

Track ID:

16788

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Violin:

Karachevsky, Maurice — קאַראַשװסקי, מאָריס

Clarinet:

Lasry, Teddy

First line:

Vi bistu gevezn ven dos yugnt iz gevezn un dos nadn iz ...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ ביסטו געװען װען דאָס יוגנט איז געװען און דאָס נאַדן איז...

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Language:

Yiddish

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)

Track ID:

3332

Vocal:

Lissek, Cantor Leon

Arranger/Conductor:

Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון

Artist:

Israel Symphony Orchestra

Violin Solo:

Shulman, Eliyahu

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Violin solo by Eliyahu Shulman.

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

3:27

In Droysn Iz Finster — אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Courting/Love/Evening/Darkness/Quiet/Waiting/Street

Origin:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb 049(a)/Alb G-112)(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb O-016(b)

Translation:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb G-112(a)/Alb O-016(b)

Music:

RUB VOI 491

Additional song notes:

It's Dark Outside

On album:

R-007(a) (Jewish Life "The Old Country")

Track ID:

7353

First line:

In droysn iz finster, in droysn iz finster, s'iz shpet...

First line:

אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, ס'איז שפּעט...

Tsuzamen (Dobrushkes) — צוזאַמען (דאָברושקעס)

Author:

Dobrushkes, Azaria — דאָברושקעס, אַזריה

Composer:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Love/Companionship/Difficulties/Happiness

Origin:

Bogdanski 4 120

Transliteration:

Bogdanski 4 058

Translation:

Bogdanski 4 117

Music:

Bogdanski 4 058

On album:

B-090(k) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 6 of 11 (A))

Track ID:

32233

Vocal:

Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר

First line:

A tog iz ayn, zunenshayn, a tog iz oys, un s'blaybn bloyz vi shotns grau…

First line (Yiddish):

אַ טאָג איז אײַן אין זונענשײַן, אַ טאָג איז אויס און אונדז ס'בלײַבן בלויז ווי

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Acapella/Folk

Length:

6:25

Alts In Eynem — אַלץ אין אײנעם

On album:

Y-004(b) (S'benkt Zikh Aheym Di Beste Lider Fun Di Beste Zingers — ס'בענקט זיך אַהײם די בעסטע לידער פֿון די בעסטע זינגערס)

Track ID:

21734

Author/Composer/Artist:

Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון

Artist:

Kreisler, Marcel — קרײַסלער, מאַרסעל

First line:

Alts in eynem iz nishto bay keynem, az dos iz do,

First line:

אַלץ אין אײנעם איז נישטאָ בײַ קײנעם, אַז דאָס איז דאָ,

Di Malke Kumt Tsum Melekh — די מלכּה קומט צום מלך

Also known as:

In Droysn Iz A Regn

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב

Genre:

Literary Origin/Theatre/Purim Shpil

Subject:

Queen Esther/King Ahashereus/Purim

Origin:

Manger Meg 36/Manger SB 67

Translation:

Manger Wolf 48

Music:

Manger SB 67

On album:

B-007(g) (Theodore Bikel & The Pennywhistlers Songs of the Earth)

Track ID:

31588

First line:

In droysn iz a regn, in droysn iz a vint,

First line (Yiddish):

אין דרױסן איז אַ רעגן, אין דרױסן איז אַ װינט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Fragment

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:

S-022(e) (Jaacov Shapiro Best of Yiddish Folk Songs)

Track ID:

23939

Vocal:

Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ

First line:

Vu bistu geven ven gelt iz geven un der nadn iz gelign...

First line (Yiddish):

װוּ ביסטו געװען װען געלט איז געװען און דער נאַדן איז געליגן...

Language:

Yiddish

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

O-027(a) (Ot Azoi / Yiddish Songs From Once To Now/ Orit Perlman / Itay Alter)

Track ID:

36435

Vocal:

Perlman, Orit — פרלמן, אורית

Piano:

Alter, Itay — אלתר, איתי

Double Bass:

Topchiu, Neriton — טופצ'יו, נריטון

Percussion:

Yaniv, Zeev — זאב, יניב

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz gor nit freylekh. a meyse heybt zikh un...

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז גאָר ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Fusion

Length:

4:02

In Droysn Iz Finster — אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Courting/Love/Evening/Darkness/Quiet/Waiting/Street

Origin:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb 049(a)/Alb G-112)(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb O-016(b)

Translation:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb G-112(a)/Alb O-016(b)

Music:

RUB VOI 491

Additional song notes:

It's Dark Outside

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

7355

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

First line:

In droysn iz finster, in droysn iz finster, s'iz shpet...

First line:

אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, ס'איז שפּעט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Avu Bistu Geven"

Freyen Zikh Iz Gut — פֿרײען זיך איז גוט

Also known as:

Kartoflyes

Author:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Composer:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Genre:

Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Poverty/Troubles/Food/Potato/Celebration/Knishes/Drink/Laugh

Origin:

Vinkov 3 183/Alb B-024(a)/Alb G-070(a)/Lifshitz 31/Alb L-062(a)

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 183/Alb G-070(a)/Lifshitz 31/Alb L-062(a)

Translation:

Vinkov 3 183/Alb G-070(a)

Music:

Vinkov 3 181/Lifshitz 31

Additional song notes:

It's good to rejoice

On album:

B-024(a) (Freyen Zikh Iz Gut Zelig Barditshiver Lider Mit Nigunim — פֿרײען זיך איז גוט זעליג באַרדיטשעװער געזונגען פֿון אריה לייש)

Track ID:

5364

Vocal:

Leysh, Arye — לייש, אריה

Arranger:

Kerton, Egon, arr — קערטאָן, אגון, באַאַרבעטונג

First line:

Freyen zikh iz gut, freyen zikh iz gut, lomir zikh ...

First line (Yiddish):

פֿרײען זיך איז גוט, פֿרײען זיך איז גוט, לאָמיר זיך פֿאַרגעסן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Az A Yid Iz A Kremer — אַז אַ ייִד איז אַ קרעמער

Also known as:

Az A Yid Iz A Soykher

Author:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Author:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Composer:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Genre:

Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Occupation/Shopkeeper/Poverty/Daughters/Credit/Customers

Origin:

Alb B-024(a)/CD G-070(a)

Transliteration:

CD G-070(a)

Translation:

CD G-070(a)

Additional song notes:

When A Jew Is A Merchant

On album:

G-070(a) (Arkady Gendler / My Hometown Soroke / Yiddish Songs of the Ukraine — אַרקאַדי גענדלער \ מייִן שטעטעלע סאָאָאָקאָ \ ייִדישע לידער פֿון אוקראַיִנע)

Track ID:

28613

Vocal:

Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי

Arrangement:

Rebhan, Jim

Accordion/Arrangement:

Lewicki, Jeanette

First line:

Az a yid iz a soykher, a mekler a mol oykh er, koyft a mol a zekele bay a goy,

First line (Yiddish):

אַז אַ ייִד איז אַ סוחר, אַ מעקלער אַ מאָל אױך ער, קױפֿט אַ מאָל אַ זעקעלע בייִ אַ גױ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Az A Yid Iz A Soykher"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Mayn Tayere Mazl — מײַן טײַערע מזל

On album:

B-063(a)1 (Sarah Benjamin / Lidelakh Vol 1/ 101 Favorite Yiddish and Russian Folksongs)

Track ID:

21967

Artist:

Benjamin, Sarah

First line:

A vu iz dos, mayn tayere mazl, a vu iz er fun mir antrunen,

First line:

אַ װוּ איש דאָס, מײַן טײַערע מזל, אַ װוּ איז ער פֿון מיר אַנטרונען,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

N-012(a) (The New Shtetl Band Jewish & Balkan Dance Music)

Track ID:

3299

Artist:

New Shtetl Band,

Artist:

Mennin, Steward, director-clarinet

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Zhankoye — דזשאַנקױע

Genre:

USSR

Subject:

Collective/Place/Crimea/Farm/Occupation

Origin:

Kaczer Undzer 31/Vinkov 2 117/Alb O-001(b)/Alb J-020(b)/

Transliteration:

Vinkov 2 117/Alb O-001(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Alb R-024(d)/Kinderland 6/Ephemera 1458

Translation:

Vinkov 2 117/Alb O-001(b)/Alb J-020(b)/CD S-068(b)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemera 1458

Music:

Kaczer Undzer 31/Vinkov 2 117

Additional song notes:

Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit

Related information in folder 352:

Document type:

Text

Comments:

Yiddish text, translation and translitration of Zhankoye.

On album:

V0290(5)(a

Track ID:

42652

Vocal:

Cohen, Susan

Piano:

Berman, Gary

Viola da gamba:

Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie

Master of Ceremonies:

Zucker, Sheva — זוקער, שבֿע

Violin:

Ma, Enze

Violin:

Smith, Andy

First line:

Az men fort keyn sevastopol, iz nit vayt fun simferopal, dortn iz a stantsye faran. Ver darf zukhn naye glikn? S'iz a…

First line (Yiddish):

אַז מען פֿאָרט קײַן סעװאַסטאָפּאַל, איז ניט װײַט פֿון סימפֿעראָפּעל, דאָרטן איז אַ סטאַנציע פֿאַראַן. ווער דאַרך זוכן נײַע,..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Folk

Length:

1:51

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:

A-001(k) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Songs — חוה אלברשטיין / מארגאריטקעלעך)

Track ID:

23344

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

Arranger/Conductor:

Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון

First line:

Vu bistu gevezn ven dos yugnt iz gevezn un dos nadn iz …

First line (Yiddish):

װי ביסטו געװען װען דאָס יוגנט איז געװען און דאָס נאַדן איז...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Duplicate of A-001(e)

Language:

Yiddish

Voyl Iz Dem Beymele — וווּיל איז דעם ביימעלע

Genre:

Folk/Children

Subject:

Mother/Child/Tree/Happiness/Wealth/Maturity/Longevity/Family

Transliteration:

Ephemera 1110

Translation:

Ephemera 1110

Additional song notes:

Happy is the Sapling

Related information in folder 1110:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and Translation of the text of "Voy Iz Dos Beymele"

On album:

O-027(a) (Ot Azoi / Yiddish Songs From Once To Now/ Orit Perlman / Itay Alter)

Track ID:

36443

Vocal:

Perlman, Orit — פרלמן, אורית

Piano:

Alter, Itay — אלתר, איתי

Double Bass:

Topchiu, Neriton — טופצ'יו, נריטון

Percussion:

Yaniv, Zeev — זאב, יניב

First line:

Voyl iz dem beymele vos vakst in gortn, voyl is der mamen az dos kind iz gerotn,

First line (Yiddish):

ווויל אַיס דעם ביימעלע וואָס וואַקסט אין גאָרטן, ווויל איז דער מאַמען אַז דאָס קינד..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Children

A Pastekhl (Folk) — אַ פּאַסטעכל

Genre:

Folk/Allegory/Mixed Language

Subject:

Shepherd/Lost Sheep

Origin:

Alb R-007(g)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4/Alb F-018(b)

Translation:

Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4

Additional song notes:

Ukranian/Yiddish

On album:

Y-009(a) (Juddish Songs For Sara Yaron (Sklarski) — האַרציקע ייִדיש פֿאָלקס לידער געזונגען פֿון...שׂרה ירון (סקלאַרסקי))

Track ID:

530

Vocal:

Yaron, Sara (Sklarski) ירון, שׂרה (סקלאַרסקי)

First line:

Iz a mol geven a kleyner pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz far im...

First line:

איז אַ מאָל געװען אַ קלײנער פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז פֿאָר אים...

Track comment:

Recorded under "A Pastukhl Fun KIpnis" "קיפּנים פֿון פֿאַסטעכל אַ

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

P-026(b) (Slawa Przybylska Minuty Nadziei Minutn Fun Bitochn)

Track ID:

24200

Vocal:

Przybylska, Slowa

Violin:

Jarczyk, Halina

Piano:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz gor nit freylekh.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז גאָר ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Language:

Yiddish

Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler, Yiddish) — טאָג אײַן טאָג אויס

Author:

Harnick, Sheldon

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Genre:

Theater/Musical

Subject:

Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing

On album:

Y-004(a) (The Yiddish Dream A Heritage of Jewish Song)

Track ID:

14732

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Conductor:

Golschmann, Vladimir

Arranger:

DeCormier, Robert

First line:

Iz dos mayn meydele, dos kleyne, iz es dos yingele ikh zey,

First line (Yiddish):

איז דאָס מײַן מײדעלע, דאָס קלײנע, איז עס דאָס ייִנגעלע איך זײ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From "Fiddler On The Roof" Same as on Album P-02(e)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Theater

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

Y-027(a) (Masha Yacubovich / Back To Origin — מאַשאַ יאַקובאָװיש/ צוריק צום אָרקװאַל)

Track ID:

28371

Vocal/Guitar:

Yacubovich, Masha — יאַקובאָװיש, מאַשאַ

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz gor nit freylekh. a meyse heybt zikh un...

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז גאָר ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Length:

03:24