B-028(i)

The Barry Sisters

Album ID:
B-028(i)
Publisher:
Banner BAS 1009
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
From cassette copy courtesy of Charlie Bernhaut
Genre:
Pop/Theater/Folk
Where produced:
New York, NY
Number of tracks:
12

Contents

Lebedik Yidn — לעבעדיק ייִדן
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
8934
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Yidn, lebedik, lebedik, ale in eynem,...yidn, freylekh zol..
First line:
ייִדן, לעבעדיק, לעבעדיק, אַלע אין אײנעם,...ייִדן, פֿרײלעך זאָל...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת
Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
335
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Once a traveling cantor came into a small town looking for..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
A Khasene (Shvester Bari) — אַ חתונה (שװעסטער באַרי)
Author:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Composer:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Genre:
Pop/Yiddish/Klezmer
Subject:
Wedding/Joy/Celebration/Marriage
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
297
Author/Composer/Artist:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
S'vet zayn a khasene (2x), mir zoln zikh oyf simkhas...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'װעט זײַן אַ חתונה (2), מיר זאָלן זיך אױף שׂימחות שטענדיק…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Klezmer
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
2080
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du host oygn vi..
First line:
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האָסט אױגן װי אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Dem Ganevs Yikhes — דעם גנבֿס יחוּס
Also known as:
Dem Rebns Nign (Dem Ganevs...)
Also known as:
Nign Khasidi
Also known as:
Shmaravoznik
Also known as:
Vos Bistu Broyges
Also known as:
Vos Bistu Ketsele Broyges
Also known as:
Yikhes
Genre:
Folk/Underground/Thieves/Humorous/Insulting
Subject:
Pedigree/Family/Father/Mother/Sister/Brother/Occupation
Song comment:
Same melody as "Dem Rebns Nigun"
Origin:
Kotlansky 139/CD S-100(a)
Transliteration:
Kotlansky 139/Alb K-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb J-024(a)CD L-054(a)
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Kotylan 139/Alb Z-010(b)/CD S-100(a)/CD L-054(a)
Music:
Kotlyan 140
Related information in folder 205:
Comments:
1. Transliterated text of variant of Dem Ganevs Yikhes from email of March 2, 2003 sent by Bob Poe. 2. Article from Yiddish Forward of Nov 9, 2007 by Chana Mlotek titled "Vos Bistu, Kotinke Barugz?"
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
2972
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Vos bistu, ketsele, broyges, un vos zhe hostu aropgelozt...
First line (Yiddish):
װאַס ביסטו, קעצעלע, ברוגז, און װאָס זשע האָסטו אַרופּגעלאָזט די...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vus Bistu Broyges"
Language:
Yiddish
Di Naye Polka — די נײַעע פּאָלקאַ
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
3738
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Oyf a sude bay reb itshe spilen klezmer un zay ritshn,
First line (Yiddish):
אױף אַ סעודה בײַ רעב איטשע שפּילן קלעזמער און זײ רוטשן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Exodus
Author:
Boone, Pat
Composer:
Gold, Ernest
Genre:
Film/Zionist
Subject:
Israel/Land/Entitlement/
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 135 for relationship to "Skeffington Arrives"
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
4911
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Artsi, arstsi, moledet yisroel, shirim...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Eyshes Khayil (Lillian, Rumshinsky) — אשת חיל (ליליאַן, רומשינסקי)
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theatre/Biblical
Subject:
Wife/Constancy/Love/Shabos/Home
Origin:
Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb D-004(k)/Metro Scher 6
Translation:
Alb D-0004(k)
Music:
Metro Scher 6
Additional song notes:
A Woman of Valor
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
5040
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Loybn, danken got, darf der man vos hot, an eyshes khayil,
First line (Yiddish):
לױבן דאַנקען גאָט, דאַרף דער מאַן װאָס האָט, אַן אשת חיל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Git Mir Op Mazl Tov — גיט מיר אָפּ מזל טובֿ
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wedding/Family
Origin:
Warem 80/Alb R-022(a)
Transliteration:
Alb R-022(a)
Translation:
Alb R-022(a)
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Heaven On Earth".
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
5683
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Ven a kind heybt on tsu vern fertsen, fiftsen yor,
First line:
װען אַ קינד הײבט אָן צו װערן פֿערצען, פֿיפֿצען יאָר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
In Mayne Oygn Bistu Sheyn — אין מײנע אױגן ביסטו שײן
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Author:
Stutchkoff, N.
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Love
Transliteration:
Alb H-007(a)/Alb S-022(f)
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "The Love Thief" by Benjamin Ressler
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
7390
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
In mayne oygn bistu sheyn, sheyn vi di velt,
First line:
אין מײַנע אױגן ביסטו שײן, שײן װי די װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Khad Gadyo (Oysher) — חד גדיא (איושר)
Composer:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Genre:
Holiday/Passover/Peysekh
Subject:
Kid/Goat/Cat/Dog/Ox/Water/Fire/Stick
Translation:
Vorbei 219
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
8009
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Hert a mayse, s'iz gesheyn, un take bay mayn tatn,
First line:
הערט אַ מעשׂה, ס'איז געשײן, און טאַקע בײַ מײַן טאַטן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Khad Gadyo, Ki Lo No'eh (Heb) - Medley, Hagada In Song
Ki Lo No'eh (Oysher) — כּי לו נאה (אוישער)
Composer:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Genre:
Religious/Passover
Subject:
God/Soverignty/Kingship/Song
Origin:
Hagad Samuel 63, 65
Transliteration:
Hagad Samuel 64
Translation:
Hagad Samuel 63, 65
Additional song notes:
"To God Belong All Crowns of Song"
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
8358
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
To God belongs all crowns of song, Mighty One in Kingship, chosen as of right,
First line (Hebrew):
כי לו נאה, כי לו יאה, אדיר במלוכה, בחור כהלכה, גדודיו יאמרו לו
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Khad Gadyo, Ki Lo No'eh (Heb) - Medley, Hagada In Song
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Pop
Mayn Yidishe Meydele — מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע
Author:
Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Charm/Beauty/Love
Origin:
Kammen 25F 61
Transliteration:
Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
Music:
Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
Additional song notes:
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5 From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
Related information in folder 370:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
8/13/1999
Comments:
Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele. Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
Related information in folder 1502:
Comments:
1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
10041
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Mayn Yidishe meydele, zi iz azoy sheyn, Mayn Yidishe...
First line:
מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, זי איז אַזױ שײן, מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, מיט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
You've got to...happiness, the girl of my heart,
Language:
English/Yiddish

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