Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby
- Album ID:
- G-006(b)
- Publisher:
- Phillips Records PCC 621
Contents
Es Brent — עס ברענט
- Also known as:
- Undzer Shtetl Brent
- Also known as:
- Haayara Boeret
- Also known as:
- Our Little Village Is Aflame
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Holocaust/
- Subject:
- Catastrophe/Destruction/Pogrom/Resistance/Alarm/Warning
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 330/ML WAH 12/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-24(e)/
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb Z-010(g)/Mlot-Gott 12/Alb M-029(a)/Vinkov 4 62
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb M-029(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb R-033(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb D-004(g)
- Music:
- Kaczer 424/ML WAH 12/Vinkov 4 62
- Additional song notes:
- It's Burning
Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18764
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- S'brent! Briderlekh, s'brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'ברענט! ברידערלכעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך...
- Track comment:
- Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.
- Language:
- Yiddish
A Yidish Kind Fun Poylen — אַ ייִדיש קינד פֿון פּױלען
- Author:
- Tsesler, Shmuel — צעסלער, שמואל
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Wandering/Anguish/Escape
- Origin:
- Vinkov 4 149
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 4 149
- Translation:
- Vinkov 4 149
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 149
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18765
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Zumer geyt a regn, vinter geyt a shney, in a veyste vegn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- זומער גײט אַ רעגן, װינטער גײט אַ שנײ, אין אַ װיסטע װעגן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Moyde Ani (Shweid) — מודה אני (שווייִד)
- Also known as:
- Mode Ani (Schweid)
- Author:
- Schweid, Mark — שווײַד, מאַרק
- Composer:
- Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
- Genre:
- Lament/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Diaspora/Wandering/Youth/Rest/Faith/Suffering/Loss/Prayer
- Origin:
- Alb K-096(a)/Gel Yovl 38
- Transliteration:
- Alb C-042(b)/Alb K-096(a)/Gel Yovl 38/Alb G-006(b)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb L-023(a)
- Translation:
- Alb C-042(b)/Alb K-096(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb G-006(b)/Alb M-049(a)
- Related information in folder 630:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in Yiddish Forward dated 6/24/1988 by Chane Mlotek responding to readers inquiry, and publishing Yiddish text of Moyde Ani by Mark Shweid.
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18766
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Mode ani lefonekho, got nit tsorn, ze vos fun dayn kind…
- First line (Yiddish):
- מוֹדה אני לפניך, גאָט ניט צאָרן, זע װאָס פֿון דײַן קינד גיװאָרן...
- Track comment:
- See Forward article of June 24, 1988 with Album G-006(b)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Dremlen Feygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn (Yampolsky) — דרעמלען פֿױגל אױף די צװײַגן (יאַמפּאָלסקי)
- Also known as:
- S'dremlen Feygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn
- Author:
- Rudnitski, Leah — רודניצקי, לאה
- Author:
- Rudnitski, Leah — רודניצקי, לאה
- Composer:
- Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
- Composer:
- Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
- Genre:
- Viglid/Lullaby/Holcaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Birds/Tree/Branches/Sleep/Child/Parents
- Origin:
- Kaczer 87/Alb D-004(g)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Alb M-029(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-014(a)/Alb M-029(a)/Alb R-007(c)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-034(a)
- Translation:
- Alb C-015(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-032(c)/Alb G-006(b)/Alb J-034(a)
- Music:
- ML WAH 57/Ephemera 632/Green
- Additional song notes:
- Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto."
Birds Drowse On The Branches
See pamphlet in Book Index (short title "Green") Franklin Call # 1621 G 733 F7 1994 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration. The pamphlet is boxed in a folio sized folder.
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18767
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Dremlen feygl oyf di tsvaygn, shlof, mayn tayer kind,
- First line:
- דרעמלען פֿױגל אױף די צװײַגן, שלאָף מײַן טײַער קינד,
- Track comment:
- Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto." modified
Makh Zhe Dayne Eygelekh Tsu — מאַך זשע דײַנע אײגעלעך צו
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18768
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Az du vest batsoln bruder, vest du in karotn forn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַז דו װעסט באַצאָלן ברודער, װעסט דו אין קאַראָטן פֿאָרן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
Tsien Zikh Makhnes Fartribene — ציִען זיך מחנות פֿאַרטריבענע
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Death/Deportation/March/Hope
- Origin:
- Vinkov 4 70
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-006(b)/Vinkov 4 70
- Translation:
- Alb G-006(b)/Vinkov 4 70
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 70
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18769
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Tsien zikh makhnes fartibene, oyf zamdike vegn farblutikte,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ציִען זיך מחנןת פֿאַרטריבענע, אױף זאַמדיקע װעגן פֿאַרבלוטיקטע,
- Track comment:
- English title "Marching Toward Death"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
Geyen Zey In Shvartse Reyen — גײען זײ אין שװאַרצע רײען
- Also known as:
- Nakht Un Regn
- Author:
- Leyb, Mani — לײב, מאַני
- Author:
- Leyb, Mani — לײב, מאַני
- Composer:
- Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
- Composer:
- Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lament/Lullaby
- Subject:
- Wandering/Expulsion/Night/Rain/Hunger/Misery
- Song comment:
- Published under "Ay Lyu Lu Nakht Un Regn
- Origin:
- Gelb Zingt 142/Vinkov 4 117
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-023(a)/Vinkov 4 117/Alb G-006(b)/Alb L-038(b)
- Translation:
- Alb L-023(a)/Vinkov 4 117/G-006(b)/Alb L-038(b)
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 117
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18770
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Ay lu lu, nakht un regn, ay lu lu, nakht un vint,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אײַ לו לו, מאַכט און רעגן, אײַ לו לו, נאַכט און װינט,
- Track comment:
- English title "Mournful Lullabye"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Rivkele Di Shabesdike — רבֿקהלע די שבּתדיקע
- Also known as:
- Rivkale Hashabatit
- Also known as:
- Sabbath For Sweet Rivkele
- Author:
- Kaplan, Peysakh — קאַפּלאַן, פּסח
- Composer:
- Kaplan, Peysakh — קאַפּלאַן, פּסח
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Historical
- Subject:
- Husband/Sabbath/Workers/
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/ML WAH 33/Alb D-004(g)/Alb V-001(c)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 144
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/ML WAH 33/Alb G-006(b)/Alb Z-010(g)/Vinkov 4 144
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204//ML WAH 33/Alb G-006(b)/Vinkov 4 144
- Music:
- ML WAH 33/Vinkov 4 144
- Additional song notes:
- Wives in Bialostock ghetto whose husbands were taken in an "action" on a particular shabos referred to themselves "Shabosdike".
Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18771
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Rivkele di shabesdike, arbet in farbrik. Zi shpint a...
- First line:
- רבֿקהלע די שבּתדיקע, אַרבעט אין פֿאַבריק. זי שפּינט אַ פֿאָדעמל...
- Track comment:
- Saturday Night" Recorded under "Rifkele"
Dos Yingele Ligt Farbrent — דאָס ייִגעלע ליקט פֿאַרברענט
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Child/Murder/Immolation
- Additional song notes:
- The Little Boy Lies Immolated
- Related information in folder 660:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in Forward, Oct. 29, 1993 by Chana Mlotek, responding to reader, giving backround and text of Dos Yingele Ligt Farbrent".
- Related information in folder 1387:
- Comments:
- 1. 10/29/93 Response by Chana Mlotek in the Yyiddish Forverts of October 29, 1993
ia letter from a reader and gave credit to Molly and Bob Freedman and to Dina Abromowitz, YIVO libararian for proving her with the text of the song.
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18772
- Author:
- Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
- Composer:
- Sobel, B. — סאָבעל, ב.
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Dayn kholem, groyser novi, kholemt vider, Bay zikh in di...
- First line (Yiddish):
- דײַן חלום, גרױסיר נבֿיא, חלומט װידער, בײַ זיך אין די חרובֿדיקע..
- Track comment:
- See Forward Article Oct 29, 1993 with album
- Language:
- Yiddish
Es Hot Zikh Der Krig Geendikt — עס האָט זיך דער קריג שױן געענדיקט
- Author:
- Shevakh, Avrom — שבח, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Memory/Wandering
- Origin:
- Vinkov 4 151
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 4 151
- Translation:
- Vinkov 4 151
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 151
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18773
- Author:
- Shevakh, Avrom — שבח, אַבֿרהם
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- S'hot zikh der krig shoyn geendikt, es hot shoyn dos fayer..
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'האָט זיך דער קריג שױן געענדיקט, עס האָט שױן דאָס פֿײַער געשטילט
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Un Der Krig Iz Shoyn Geendikt"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Kinderlekh Kleyninke — קינדערלעך קליינינקע
- Author:
- Shevakh, Avrom — שבח, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Children/Mothers
- Origin:
- Vinkov 4 108
- Transliteration:
- Alb Z-010(g)/Alb G-006(b)/Vinkov 4 108/L-038(b)
- Translation:
- Alb Z- 010(g)/Alb G-006(b)/Vinkov 4 108/Alb L-038(b)
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 108
- Additional song notes:
- Little Children
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18774
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Kinderlekh, kleyinke, kinderlekh, sheyinke, lozt mir zikh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- קינדערליך, קלײנינקע, קינדערלעך, שײנינקע, לאָזט מיר זיך...
- Track comment:
- English titled as "My Darling Children"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Zog Nit Keyn Mol — זאָג ניט קײן מאָל
- Also known as:
- Shir Hapartizanim
- Also known as:
- Partisaner Lid
- Also known as:
- Partisan Song
- Also known as:
- Al Na Tomar
- Also known as:
- Never Say
- Author:
- Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
- Composer:
- Pokras, Dan — פּאָקראַס, דאַן
- Composer:
- Pokras, Dimitri — פּאָקראַס, דימעטרי
- Genre:
- World War II/Holocaust/Resistance
- Subject:
- Survival/Resistance/Hope
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/ Kaczer 3/ML WAH 94/Alb M-029(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Vinkov 4 65
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 94/Alb G-010(g)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb G-005(b)/Vinkov 4 65
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb G-006(b)/ML WAH 94/Alb S-083(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Vonkov IV 65
- Music:
- ML WAH 94/Alb Z-012(a)/Rubin Voi 85/Vinkov 4 65/Kaczer 361
- Additional song notes:
- Never Say
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18775
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Arranger/Director:
- Lasry, Jacques
- First line:
- Zolst nit zogn az du geyst dem letstn veg, ven himlen...
- First line (Yiddish):
- זאָלסט ניט זאָגן אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג, װען הימלען בלײַענע,,
- Track comment:
- English titled as "Letsten Veg"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Bialistok Mayn Heym — ביאַליסטאָק מײן הײם
- Also known as:
- Bialistok Fun A Mol
- Author:
- Shevakh, Avrom — שבח, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Ciganari, J.
- Genre:
- Memory/Place
- Subject:
- Bialistok/Hope
- On album:
- G-006(b) (Songs Of The Ghetto Years of Despair Sung...by Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 28520
- First line:
- Duplicate Album
- Language:
- Yiddish