B-010(c)

Der Freylekher Khosid — דער פֿרײלעכער חסיד

Also known as:

Dos Freylekhe Khosidl

Also known as:

A Freylekh Khosid

Author:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

Author:

Vevl Zbarzher — װעלװל זבאַרזשער

Composer:

Vevl Zbarzher — װעלװל זבאַרזשער

Composer:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

Genre:

Theatre/Satire

Subject:

Family/Khosid/Humor/Faith/Heretics/Piety

Song comment:

See Eng Forward 6/15/90/Folklorized version of songs by Goldfaden & Zbarzher

Origin:

Kotlyan 129/ML SOG 177/Alb W-035(a)

Transliteration:

Kotlyan 129/ML SOG 177/Alb W-035(a)

Translation:

Alb W-035(a)

Music:

Kotlyan 130/ML SOG 178

Related information in folder 413:

Document type:

Article

Author:

Chana Mlotek

Publisher:

Yiddish Forward

Date:

6/15/2005

Comments:

Article dealing with background of the song and that versions were published crediting Goldfaden as author-composer and crediting Zarber as author-composer.

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

3124

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Oy, a dank dir gotenyu, lib hartsiker, getrayer, far dayne..

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, אַ דאַנק דיר גאָטעניו, ליב האַרציקער געטרײַער, פֿאַר דײַנע..

Language:

Yiddish

Der Yid Der Shmid — דער ייִד דער שמיד

Also known as:

A Yid A Shmid

Also known as:

Lomir Zingen A Yidish Lid

Also known as:

Yid A Shmid

Also known as:

Shmideray

Author:

Younin, Wolf — יונין, װאָלף

Composer:

Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר

Genre:

Occupation/Children

Subject:

Occupation/Blacksmith/Yiddish/Song

Origin:

ML PYS 90/CD H-039(a)/Kinderbuch 100

Transliteration:

Alb L-001(a)/Alb T-018(a)/CD H-039(a)/Kinderbuch 101/Kinderland 6

Translation:

Alb T-018(a)/Kinderbuch 101/CD H-039(a)

Music:

Kinderbuch 100

Additional song notes:

The Jew, The Blacksmith

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

675

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Lomir (4x), makhn an eygn lid, eyns-tsvey dray,

First line (Yiddish):

לאָמיר, לאָמיר, לאָמיר, לאָמיר מאַכן אַן אײגן ליד, אײנס־צװײ־דרײַ,

Language:

Yiddish

Dem Bal Shem Tovs Zemerl — דעם בּעל שם טובֿס זמרל

Also known as:

Bal Shem Tovs Zemerl

Author:

Basin, Moyshe — באַסין, משה

Composer:

Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Faith/Occupation/Poverty/Teacher/Shoemaker/Tailor/Merchant

Origin:

Alb L-001(a)/ML PYS 133/Alb L-022(a)/Alb D-004(d)

Transliteration:

Alb L-001(a)/ML PYS 133/Alb L-022(a)/Alb D-004(d)

Translation:

ML PYS 133

Music:

ML PYS 133

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

1885

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Kh'vel a zemerl dir zingen, Gotenyu, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay,

First line (Yiddish):

כ'װעל אַ זמרל דיר זינגען, גאָטעניו, אײַ-אײַ-אײַ-אײַ-אײַ,

Language:

Yiddish

Avreml Der Marvikher — אַבֿרהמל דער מאַרװיכער

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Underworld/Lament

Subject:

Childhood/Occupation/Thief/Underworld

Origin:

ML MTAG 200/Alb L-022(a)/Gebir ML 79/Alb L-023(a)/Alb G-035(c)/CD S-100(a)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 200/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-059(b)/Alb F-042(a)/Gottlieb 292/Ephemera 1458

Translation:

CD S-100(a)Alb K-059(b)/Alb H-033(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Gebir SIMC 80/Gottlieb 292/

Music:

ML MTAG 200/Gebir ML 78/Gebir Lemm 164

Additional song notes:

See Gottlieb 195-96 for relationship between Magnetic Rag and Avreml Der Marivikher. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit

Related information in folder 746:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

1691

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

On a heym bin ikh yung geblibn, s'hot di noyt mikh...

First line (Yiddish):

אָן אַ הײם בין איך יונג געבליבן, ס'האָט די נױט מיך אַרױסגעטריבן,

Track comment:

"marvikher" means "pickpocket" ""מאַרװיכער

Language:

Yiddish

Betler Lider — בעטלער לידער

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

2308

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Finster un biter iz mir mayn velt, vayl mayne oygn zenen...

First line:

פֿינסטער און ביטער איז מיר מײַן װעלט, װײַל מײַנע אױגן זענען...

Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl — בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

2432

Vocal:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Ikh bin mir a shnayderl, bin ikh mir a shnaynderl,

First line (Yiddish):

איך בין מיר אַ שנײַדערל, בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל,

Language:

Yiddish

Mame Shprakh — מאַמע שפּראַך

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

9691

Author:

Yomen, Ben — יאָמען, בען

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Muter shprakh, mame shprakh, kh'lib dikh vi dos lebn,

First line:

מוטער שפּראַך, מאַמע שפּראַך, כ'ליב דיך װי דאָס לעבן,

Oy Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl — אױ דאָרטן דאָרטן איבערן װאַסערל

Also known as:

Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl

Genre:

Folk/Lament

Subject:

Separation/Distance

Origin:

Rubin Oak 90/ML MTAG 26/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Z-12(a)/Alb B-036(a)/

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(f)3/ML MTAG 27/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/

Translation:

Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Alb B-036(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 54/ML MTAG 27/Alb Z-012(a)

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

11714

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

Arranger:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

First line:

Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl, Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן װאַסערל, אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן...

Language:

Yiddish

Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם

Also known as:

Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd

Also known as:

Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love

Song comment:

P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"

Origin:

ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/

Transliteration:

GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)

Translation:

Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414

Music:

ML MTAG 164/

Additional song notes:

By The Wayside Stands A Tree See also illustration in Manger Illust See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania

Related information in folder 111:

Comments:

1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym." See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik) 2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell. 3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe". 4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.

Related information in folder 996:

Comments:

1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

11975

Vocal:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Artist:

Laskowsky, Philip — לאַסקאָװסקי, פֿיליפּ

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

Oyfn vegt shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn,

First line (Yiddish):

אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...

Language:

Yiddish

Sha Shtil Nisht Gezorkt — שאַ שטיל נישט געזאָרקט

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

13360

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

Arranger:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

First line:

Az es kumt der liber peysekh, vider oyf dos nay, nishtso...

First line (Yiddish):

אַז עס קומט דער ליבער פּסח, װידער אױף דאָס נײַ,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk/Theatre

Viglid (Kharik) — װיגליד (כאַריק)

Also known as:

S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nito

Author:

Kharik, Izi — כאַריק, איזי

Composer:

Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב

Genre:

Lullaby/Lament/Literary Origin

Subject:

Poverty/Hunger/Hardship/Hope/Future

Origin:

Belarsky 235/Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)

Transliteration:

Belarsky 235/Alb W-035(a)

Translation:

Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)

Music:

Belarsky 114

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

16585

Artist:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

First line:

S'iz keyn broyt in shtub nito nokh, shlof mayn tayer kind,

First line:

ס'איז קײן ברױט אין שטוב ניטאָ נאָך, שלאָף מײַן טײַער קינד,

Track comment:

Same melody as S'dremlen Foygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn"

Yisroel (Bonus) — ישׂראל (באָנוס)

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

17643

Piano:

Yampole, Victor

Vocal/Arranger:

Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען

First line:

Nur in yisroel tsu zayn, dos is mayn shtrebn,

First line (Yiddish):

נור אין ישׂראל צו זײַן, דאָס איז מײַן שטרעבן,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theatrical/Folk

A Doyne — אַ דױנע

Author:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Composer:

Barditshever, Zelig — באַרדיטשעװער, זעליג

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Gentile Holiday/Wind/Mosquitos/Sun/ShadeSheep/Feta Cheese/Hu

Origin:

Alb K-111(a)

Transliteration:

Alb K-111(a)

Translation:

Alb K-111(a)

On album:

B-010(c) (Songs Of Our People sung by Ben Bonus — געזאַנג פֿון פֿאָלק)

Track ID:

42022

First line:

Shpil du klezmer, mir a volekh, gelt mezumen ot o tsol ikh,

First line:

שפּיל דו קלעזמער, מיר אַ װאָלעך, געלט מזומן אָט אָ צאָל איך,