Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.

Album ID:
G-057(c)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
State Univ of NY Press & Library of Congress
Date of issuance:
2004
Liner notes:
See "Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish" Book" See "Gottlieb"
Playing time:
73:12
Language:
English/Yiddish
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman. Purchase from publisher March 2004. $45
Genre:
Yiddish and American Theater
Where produced:
USA
Number of tracks:
50
Additional notes:
Original CD with the book. CD copy on the shelf

Contents

That Eli Eli Melody
Author:
Wood, Leo
Composer:
Gottler, Archie
Genre:
Pop
Subject:
Melody/Memory/Eli Eli/Comfort
Origin:
Gottlieb 140
Music:
Gottlieb 140
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31685
Vocal:
Lippitz, Lori
Piano:
Gottlieb, Jack
First line:
I've heard many pretty melodies that appeal to me,
Language:
English
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:15
The Look Of Love
Author:
David, Hal B.
Composer:
Bacharach, Burt F.
Genre:
Film Soundtrack
Subject:
Love
Additional song notes:
From the film "Casino Royale" See Gottlieb 135 for relationship to "For Every Man There's A Woman"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31683
Vocal:
Springfield, Dusty
First line:
The look of love is in your eyes, the look your smile can't disguise
Language:
English
Style:
Torch/Cabaret
Length:
1:00
Eli Eli (Sandler) — אלי אלי (סאַנדלער)
Author:
Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
Composer:
Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
Genre:
Theatre/Lament/Religious
Subject:
Plea/Persecution/Faith/Torture/Abandonment/Question
Origin:
ML PYS 220/Ephemera 598/Metro Scher 31
Transliteration:
Ausabel 676/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 220/Alb K-047(a)/Alb P-028(a)/L-048(a)/
Translation:
Alb L-048(a)/Ausubel Folk 676/Alb K-047(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Vorbei 233
Music:
Ausubel Folk 676/ML PYS 221/Metro Scher 31
Additional song notes:
Cited in Nulman 74 Written For the play "Brokhe, Oder - DerYidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896. In Sheetmusic # 58 there are indications that the song was heard in various parts of Europe as a folk song, but then claimed by Sandler and Tomoshevsky because it was sung in their operetta "Brokha or The Jewish King of Poland for a Night". See Heskes entry 1194. Also transliteration and translation Published in Gottlieb 290 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 991:
Comments:
1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31684
First line:
Eli, Eli lomo azavtoni? In fayer un flam hot men undz…
First line:
אלי, אלי, למה עזבֿתּני? (2) אין פֿײַער און פֿלאַם האָט מען אונדז..
Language:
Yiddish/Hebrew
Style:
Cantorial/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
2:20
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:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31670
Artist:
Garland, Judy
First line:
Baym mir bistu sheyn, please let me explain
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Cabaret/Orchestra Accompaniment
Length:
2:52
Der Morgn Shtern — דער מאָרגן שטערן
Also known as:
Di Naye Tsayt
Author:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Composer:
Rosenstein, Samuel
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Univeralism/Religion/Nation/Future/Utopia
Origin:
Kammen 25F 65
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 288/Kammen 25 F 65
Translation:
Gottlieb 288
Music:
Kammen 25F 65
Additional song notes:
From the musical " Dem Regns Nign". See Gottlieb 79-80 for relationship to Berlin's "The Song Is Ended".
Related information in folder 426:
Document type:
Article
Publisher:
Forward
Date:
1/14/2000
Comments:
Transliteration of "Der Morgn Shtern" and English version by Gus Tyler.
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31671
Vocal:
Schwartz, William — שוואַרץ, וויליאַם
First line:
Ah, eyn religion un eyn naTsiun, nor libe, libe nor
First line (Yiddish):
אַ, איין רעליגיאָן און איין נאַציאָן, נאָר ליבע, ליבע נאָר
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operetta/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:41
The Song Is Ended
Author:
Berlin, Irving
Composer:
Berlin, Irving
Genre:
Pop
Subject:
Song/Melody/Romance
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb, p 79-80 for relationship to "Der Morgn Shtern"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31672
Vocal:
Kanawa, Kiri Te
Artist:
Abbey Road Ensemble
Arranger/Conductor:
Tunick, Jonathan
First line:
The song is ended, but the melody lingers on,
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:26
Barbara Song From Threepenny Opera — ברברה
Author:
Brecht, Bertolt
Composer:
Weill, Kurt
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Prostitute
Origin:
Gottlieb 288
Translation:
Gottlieb 288
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31673
Vocal:
Lenya, Lotte
First line:
Ja, da kann man sich doch nicht nur hinlegen, ja, da muss man kalt un herzlos…
Language:
German
Style:
Bitter
Length:
0:43
Azoy Vi Du Bist — אַזױ װי דו ביסט
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Change/Memory
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 288
Translation:
Gottlieb 288
Additional song notes:
From the musical play "The Golden Land". See Gottlieb 91, 92 for relationship with "Besame Muscho"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31674
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Orchestra Leader:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Azoy vi di bist, du zolst zikh keynmol nit baytn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַזוי ווי דו ביסט, דו זאָלסט זיך קיינמאָל ניט בײַטן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Tango
Length:
1:17
Besame Mucho
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31675
Vocal:
Lawrence, Steve
First line:
La, la, la, besame, besame mucho, each time I kling to your kiss I hear music…
Language:
English
Style:
Tango/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:27
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:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31686
Vocal:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Piano:
Schwartz, Sylvia — שװאַרץ, סילװיע
First line:
Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine
First line (Yiddish):
צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
0:56
My Little Cousin
Author:
Cohen, Cy
Author:
Braverman, Sam
Author:
Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
Composer:
Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
Composer:
Braverman, Sam
Composer:
Cohen, Cy
Genre:
Novelty/Pop
Subject:
Cousin/Love/Marriage/Proposal
Additional song notes:
Takeoff of "Di Grine Kuzine" See comment in Gottlieb 147
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31687
Vocal:
Lee, Peggy
Clarinet:
Goodman, Benny
First line:
Have you heard about my little cousin? She has boyfriends by the dozen,
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Swing/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:54
I Met A Girl
Author:
Green, Adolph
Author:
Styne, Jule
Author:
Comden, Betty
Composer:
Styne, Jule
Composer:
Comden, Betty
Composer:
Green, Adolph
Genre:
Theater/Film
Subject:
Love/Special/Excitement/Appearance/Treasure/Pearl
Additional song notes:
From "Bells Are Ringing"/ See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31688
Vocal:
Chaplin, Sidney
First line:
I met a girl, a wonderful girl, she's really got a lot to recommend,
Language:
English
Style:
Frantic/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:23
Wedding Samba
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Author:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Author:
Small, Allan
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Dance/Samba/Latin
Subject:
Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368
Related information in folder 485:
Document type:
Lyrics
Author:
Internet
Publisher:
International Lyrics Playground
Comments:
Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31689
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Orchestra Leader:
Medoff, Sam
First line:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married
Language:
English
Style:
Lantin/Samba/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:31
I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet
Author:
Green, Adolph
Author:
Comden, Betty
Author:
Bernstein, Leonard
Composer:
Bernstein, Leonard
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Lullaby/Sleep/Baby/Wife/Walking/Workman
Additional song notes:
From the musical "On The Town" /See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31690
Vocal:
Gaynes, George
First line:
All night I was walking the baby, ohh…oh, his eyes are blue,
Language:
English
Style:
Theatrical/Concert/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:32
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:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31681
Conductor:
Black, Stanley
Style:
Instumental/Orchestral
Length:
0:45
For Every Man There's A Woman
Author:
Arlen, Harold
Composer:
Robin, Leo
Genre:
Film Soundtrack
Subject:
Man/Woman/Plan/Match
Additional song notes:
From the film "Casbah" See Gottlieb 135 for relationship to "The Look of Love".
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31682
Vocal:
Lee, Peggy
Clarinet:
Goodman, Benny
First line:
For every man there's a woman, for every life there's a plan,
Language:
English
Style:
Torch/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:13
A Rabbi's Daughter
Author:
Harris, Charles K.
Composer:
Harris, Charles K.
Genre:
Novelty/Tin Pan Alley/
Subject:
Rabbi/Daughter/Intermarriage/Obedience/Heartbreak/Death
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 29
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31655
Vocal:
Sager, Sarah
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
A rabbi sat one evening, with bible on his knee,
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Theater/
Length:
5:08
Vu Iz Mayn Ziveg — װוּ איז מײַן זיווג
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Match/Maiden
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 289
Translation:
Gottlieb 289
Additional song notes:
From "Der Kleyem Mazik" See Gottlieb 92-93 for relationship with "Golden Earings"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31676
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
First line:
Vu iz mayn zivig? Fregy yedes meydele.
First line (Yiddish):
וווּ איז מײַן זיוויג? פֿרעגט יעדעס מײַדעלע.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operetta/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:48
Yiddle On Your Fiddle Play Some Ragtime
Author:
Berlin, Irving
Composer:
Berlin, Irving
Genre:
Novelty/Vaudeville/Dialect/Humorous
Subject:
Music/Song/Ragtime/Wedding/Fiddle/Food/
Additional song notes:
See Heskes Page 50
Related information in folder 577:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Irving Berlin
Publisher:
Internet
Comments:
Lyrics to the song "Yiddel On Your Fiddle Play Some Ragtime".
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31677
Vocal:
Whelen, Albert
First line:
Everyvon vas singing dancing shpringing at the vedding…
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Accented/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:15
My Little Yiddishe Queen
Author:
Selden, Edgar
Composer:
Gideon, Melville
Genre:
Love
Subject:
Place/East Side/Hester Street
Origin:
Gottlieb 111
Additional song notes:
Incorporates melody from "Hatikva" and "Der Rebe Hot Geheysn Freylikh Zayn"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31678
Vocal:
Benson, Bruce
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Director:
Gottlieb, Jack
First line:
Esther from Hester Street, she is a girl so sweet, and I love her so,
Language:
English
Style:
Ragtime
Length:
3:18
A Khazendl Oyf Shabos
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31679
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
Arranger:
Caesar, Irving
Arranger:
Katscher, Robert
First line:
S'iz gekumen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele, tsu davenen a shabos,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Cantorial/Adonay Malakh Mode
Length:
1:30
The New Suit
Also known as:
Zipper Fly
Author:
Blitzstein, Marc
Composer:
Blitzstein, Marc
Genre:
Cabaret/Prayer
Subject:
New Suit/Wish/Zipper Fly
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb p 218 for melody line and refrain and relationship with "Sportin' Life" and "It Ain't Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess.
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31707
Vocal/Piano:
Bernstein, Leonard
First line:
Ragabutshi…My wishes are but few, I wish my wish come true,
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret
Length:
4:55
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:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31703
Vocal:
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,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
0:43
Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder — אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Poverty
Origin:
Rubin Oak 90/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)
Transliteration:
Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-002(c))Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)
Translation:
Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)Alb R-007(f)2/Alb L-049(a)/Alb B-004(c)/
Music:
Rubin Oak 50
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and That's The Way A Tailor Sews (The Tailor Song)./ Recorded under title "Shnayder" by the Budapester Klezmer Band [Alb B-065(c)].
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31704
Vocal:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er gut.
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער גוט.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella
Length:
0:27
Ot Azoy Says The Tailor
Also known as:
Utt Da Zay
Also known as:
That's The Way The Tailor Sews
Author:
Mills, Irving
Composer:
Ram, Buck
Genre:
Novelty/Swing
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Clothes/Sewing
Song comment:
Takeoff of "Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder"
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and Ot Azoy Says The Tailor (The Tailor Song).
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31705
Vocal:
Calloway, Cab
First line:
Ot azoy sings the tailor as he fashions pretty clothes
Language:
English
Style:
Jazz/Scat/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:11
Ya Got Me
Author:
Green, Adolph
Author:
Comden, Betty
Composer:
Bernstein, Leonard
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Knowledge/Possession
Additional song notes:
From "On The Town"/ See Gottlieb 181
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31700
Vocal:
Comden, Betty
Vocal:
Alexander, Chris
First line:
Ya got me baby, ya got me, ya got my extensive knowledge of anatomy,
Language:
English
Style:
Broadway/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:54
Goodbye Little Dream Goodbye
Author:
Porter, Cole Albert
Composer:
Porter, Cole Albert
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Romance/End/Separation
Additional song notes:
From Porter's 1936 Musical "Red Hot and Blue"./ See Gottlieb 191 for relationship between Dovid Un Ester and Goodbye Little Dream Goodbye
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31701
Vocal:
DeGaetani, Jan
Piano:
Smit, Leo
First line:
Goodbye, little dream, goodbye, you made my romance sublime and now its time...
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret
Length:
1:40
Magnetic Rag
Composer:
Joplin, Scott
Genre:
Rag/Instrumental
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 195-96 for relationship between Magnetic Rag and Avreml Der Marvikher.
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31702
Piano:
Bolcom, William
Style:
Instrumental
Length:
0:46
Sha Sha Es Zol Zayn Shtil — שאַ שאַ עס זאָל זייִן שטיל
Also known as:
Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn
Author:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Author:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Author:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Humorous
Subject:
Rebe/Rebetsn/Khasidim/Food
Origin:
ML PYS 148
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/ML PYS 148
Translation:
Alb K-030(b)/ML PYS 150
Music:
Kammen Jaf 06/ML PYS 148
Additional song notes:
Gottlieb credits Moskowitz as composer. Others credit King as composer,
Related information in folder 401:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Additional verse. (May be vulgar?)
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31665
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Orchestra Leader:
Sandler, Peretz — סאַנדלער, פּרץ
Artist:
Peretz Sandler's Orchestra — פּרץ סאַנדלערס אָרקעסטער
First line:
Sha sha, es zol zayn shtil. der rebe geyt fun shil,
First line (Yiddish):
שאַ שאַ, עס איז זאָל זײַן שטיל, דער רבּי גײט פֿון שיל,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Rollicking
Length:
0:52
Mischa Yasha Toscha Sascha
Author:
Gershwin, Ira
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Humor/Satire/Novelty
Subject:
Violin/Names/Assimilation/Concert/Origins
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb, p. 40
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31656
Artist:
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
First line:
We really think you ought to know that we were born right in the middle of...
Language:
English
Style:
Four Part Harmony/Pop/Orchestral/
Length:
3:10
Skeffington Arrives
Composer:
Waxman, Franz
Genre:
Film Soundtrack
Additional song notes:
From the film "Mrs. Skeffington"/ Similar to theme from "Exodus" see Gottlieb 135
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31680
Artist:
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Stromberg, William T.
Style:
Orchestral
Length:
0:49
Sha Sha Yascha — שאַ שאַ יאַשאַ
Author:
Van Heusen, Jimmy
Author:
Kurtz, Manny
Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer:
King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
Genre:
Theater/Adaptation/Pop
Subject:
Courting/
Additional song notes:
Adaptation of "Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31669
Vocal:
Andrew Sisters
Orchestra Leader:
Dorsey, Jimmy
Artist:
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
First line:
Sha sha here comes my thrill, oh yasha please keep still,
Language:
English
Style:
Swing
Length:
0:50
A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
Also known as:
Yiddishe Mame
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Memory/Family
Subject:
Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:
GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:
GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31706
Vocal:
Holiday, Billie
Piano:
Scott, Tony
First line:
My yidishe mame, I need her more than ever now,
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret/Concert
Length:
1:27
Blue Skies
Author:
Berlin, Irving
Composer:
Berlin, Irving
Genre:
Pop
Subject:
Hope/Optimism/Sky/Sun
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb, p. 44 for relationship of melody to "Der Rebe Hot Geheysn Freylekh Zayn"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31660
Orchestra Leader:
Shaw, Artie
Artist:
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Style:
Instrumental/Swing
Length:
1:32
Der Rebe Hot Geheysn Freylekh Zayn — דער רבּי האָט געהײסן פֿרײליך זײַן
Also known as:
Yoshke Yoshke Shpan Dem Loshik
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Rebe/Colt/Harness/Drinking/Whisky/Wine
Origin:
ML PYS 136/Alb S-048(f)
Transliteration:
ML PYS 136/Alb 009(a)/Alb J-030(a)/Alb Z-014
Translation:
Alb K-020(a)/Alb S-048(f)/Alb 007(b)Alb J-030(a)Alb 122(a)/Alb Z-014
Music:
ML PYS 136
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb, p. 44 for relationship of melody to Berlin's "Blue Skies" Same Melody as "Ma Yofus" Recorded on Alb Z-014(a) as "Lustig Zayn"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31661
Orchestra Leader:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Artist:
Yidisher Orkester — ייַדישער אָרקעסטער
Language:
Instrumental
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
0:28
Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31662
Vocal:
Oysher, Freydele — אױשער, פֿרײדעלע
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
0:41
High Noon
Author:
Washington, Ned
Composer:
Tiomkin, Dimitri
Genre:
Hollywood/Pop
Subject:
Fear/Fate/Bravery/Gunfight/Duel
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31663
Vocal:
Laine, Frankie
First line:
Do not forsake me o my darlin, on this our wedding day,
Language:
English
Style:
Orchestral Accompiment
Length:
1:36
Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ
Also known as:
Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
ML PYS 274
Transliteration:
Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
Translation:
Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
Additional song notes:
What Was Once Is No More
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31664
Vocal:
Francis, Connie
First line:
Vos geven, iz geven un nito, shoyn avek yene yor yene sho,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען איז נישטאָ, שױן אַװעק יענע צײַט, יענע שעה,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:35
If I Were A Rich Man
Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wealth/Poverty/House/Livestock/Wife/Servants/Importance/
Additional song notes:
From "Fiddler On the Roof" See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31691
Vocal:
Bernardi, Herschel
First line:
If I were a rich man, ya da da di dum, all day long I'd chiri bidi bam…
Language:
English
Style:
Theater/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:34
Lawd You Made The Nights Too Long
Author:
Young, Victor
Composer:
Lewis, Sam M.
Genre:
Blues
Subject:
Lonliness
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 150 for relationship between "Lawd You Made The Nights Too Long", "Sam You Made The Pants Too Long", "I'm Sam Who Made The Pants Too Long", "Omar Rabi Elosar".
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31692
Vocal:
Armstrong, Louis ("Satchmo")
First line:
Haleluya (3x), you made the river flow, you made the flowers grow,
Language:
English
Style:
Blues/Chant/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
2:04
Sam You Made The Pants Too Long
Author:
Whitehouse, Fred
Composer:
Young, Victor
Composer:
Berle, Milton
Genre:
Humorous/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Tailor/Occupation/Clothing/Pants
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 150 for relationship between "Lawd You Made The Nights Too Long", "Sam You Made The Pants Too Long", "I'm Sam Who Made The Pants Too Long", "Omar Rabi Elosar".
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31693
Vocal:
Croll, Don
First line:
You made the coat and vest, fit the best, you made the lining nice and strong,
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret
I'm Sam The Man Who Made The Pants Too..
Author:
Leonard, Robert Duke
Composer:
Leonard, Robert Duke
Genre:
Parody/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Occcupation/Tailor/Business/Clothing/Pants
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 291
Translation:
Gottlieb 291
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Sam You Made The Pants Too Long" See Gottlieb 150 for relationship between "Lawd You Made The Nights Too Long", "Sam You Made The Pants Too Long", "I'm Sam Who Made The Pants Too Long", "Omar Rabi Elosar".
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31694
Vocal:
Skulnick, Menasha — סקולניק, מנשה
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Let me introduce myself; I was a business man, suits to order, I made them…
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/2nd Avenue
Length:
1:19
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-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31695
Vocal:
Gewirtz, Gladys
First line:
Haynt iz purim brider, s'iz a yomtov groys, lomir zingen lider, un geyn fun…
First line (Yiddish):
הײַנט איז פּורים ברידער, ס'איז דער יום־טובֿ גרױס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Piano Accompaniment
Length:
0:46
Steppin Out With My Baby
Author:
Berlin, Irving
Composer:
Berlin, Irving
Genre:
Film Sountrack
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Date
Additional song notes:
From the film "Easter Parade". See Gottlieb 164 for relationship between "Haynt Iz Purim", "Steppin Out With My Baby" and "Puttin On The Ritz"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31696
First line:
I'm steppin out with ma baby, can't go wrong, cause I'm right,
Language:
English
Style:
Swing/Dance/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:46
Shir Hashirim 01:01 — שיר השירים
Genre:
Biblical/Song Of Songs
Subject:
Love/Passion/Fragrance/Kisses
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 291
Translation:
Gottlieb 291
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 167 for relationships between Shir Hashirim 01:01, Come Rain Or Come Shine and Tsvey Brive Tsum Liader Rebn.
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31697
Vocal:
Frankel, Cantor Reuven — פֿראַנקל, חזן רעובן
Arranger:
Saminsky, Lazar — סאַמינסקי ,לאַזאַר
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Shir hashirim asher leshlomo, ishakeyney minshikut pihu…
First line (Hebrew):
שיר השירים אשר לשלמה, ישקני מנשיקותּ פּיהו כּי-טובים דודיך מיין.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Cantorial/Georgian-Jewish Chant
Length:
2:12
Dovid Un Ester — דוד און אסתר
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Eternal Love/Poverty/Romance
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 292
Translation:
Gottlieb 292
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 191 for relationship between Dovid Un Ester and Goodbye Little Dream Goodbye
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31699
Vocal:
Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ
Vocal:
Gerro, Henry — גערראָ, הענרי
First line:
Dovid un ester, vet keyner nit sheydn, getraye tsvey hertser in freyd un in...
First line (Yiddish):
דוד און אסתר, וועט קיינער ניט שיידן, געטרײַע צויי הכרצער אין פֿרייד און אין נויט
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Duet/Operetta/Waltz/Piano and unidentifed instrument
Length:
1:11
Shlof Zhe Mayn Feygele — שלאָף זשע מײַן פֿײגעלע
Genre:
Folk/Lullaby
Subject:
Child/Angels/Guardian/Peace/
Origin:
ML SOG 4
Transliteration:
ML SOG 4/K-053(a)
Translation:
ML SOG 4
Music:
ML SOG 4
Additional song notes:
Gershwin wrote that he patterned "My One & Only" after this melody. See Gottlieb, p. 43
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31657
Artist:
Pro Arte Trio
Vocal:
Spiel, Belva
Flute:
Shulman, Suzanne
Piano:
Coop, James
Arranger:
Kolinski, Mieczyslaw
First line:
Shlof zhe mayn feygele, makh tsi dayn eygele,
First line (Yiddish):
שלאָף זשה מײַן פֿייגעלע, מאַך צו דײַן אייגעלע
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
1:58
My One And Only
Author:
Gershwin, Ira
Composer:
Gershwin, George
Genre:
Broadway/Theater/Cabaret
Subject:
Proposal/acceptance/rejection/obsession
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb, p. 42, 43. Patterned after "Shlof Zhe Mayn Feygele".
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31658
Vocal:
Fitzgerald, Ella
Piano:
Larkins, Ellis
First line:
My one and only, what am I goona do when you turn me down?
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret
Length:
1:23
Raisins and Almonds
Also known as:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31659
Vocal:
Michaels, Marilyn
First line:
Ay lu lu lu lu, Unter Yideles vigele, shteyt a shney vays tsigele,
First line (Yiddish):
אײַ, לו לו לו, אונטער ייִדעלעס װיגעלע, שטײט אַ שניי װײַס ציגעלע, דאָס ציגעלע..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
1:10
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Author:
Arlen, Harold
Composer:
Mercer, Johnny
Genre:
Film Soundtrack/Love
Subject:
Love/Passion/Fish/Birds
Additional song notes:
From the film St. Louis Woman. See Gottlieb 167 for relationships between Shir Hashirim 01:01, Come Rain Or Come Shine and Tsvey Brive Tsum Liader Rebn
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
36385
Vocal:
Horn, Lena
First line:
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, can't help lovin that man of mine,
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Concert/Torch Song
Length:
1:33