H-028(a)

La Rosa Enflorece

Genre:

Sephardic/Love

Subject:

Love/Flower/Rose/Passion/Separation

Song comment:

The Rose Blooms

Origin:

Alb A-020(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb J-030(a)

Transliteration:

Alb S-083(a)/

Translation:

Alb A-020(a)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb M-049(a)

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

8806

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

La rosa enflorce en el mes de Mayo ni alma se escurete,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

The rose flowers in the month of May but the soul does...

Language:

Ladino

Lailah Lailah — לילה לילה

Also known as:

Layla Layla

Also known as:

Layle Layle

Author:

Alterman, Natan — אלתּרמן, נתן

Author:

Alterman, Natan — אלתּרמן, נתן

Composer:

Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי

Genre:

Literary Origin/Israeli/Folk/Lullaby

Subject:

Night/Wind/Sleep/Knight/Animal/Sword/Candle/Name

Origin:

Netzer 63

Transliteration:

Netzer 63/Bikel 105/YRD YPS 287/Alb Y-018(b)Alb Y-018(d)

Translation:

Alb K-047(a)/Bikel 105/Y-018(d)

Music:

Netzer 63/YRD YPS 287

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

8884

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Layla, layla, haruakh overet, layla, layla, homa hatsameret,

First line (Hebrew):

לילה, לילה, הרוּח עוֹברת, לילה, לילה, הוֹמה הצמרת,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Hebrew

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:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

481

Vocal:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Amol 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,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Arvoles Iloran Por Lluvias

Also known as:

Arvoles Iloran

Additional song notes:

See "Arvoles Iloran"

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

1501

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Arvoles iloran por lluvias y montana por aires,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"Trees are crying for rain and mountains for winds"

Language:

Ladino

Bulbes — בולבעס

Also known as:

Naye Bulbes

Also known as:

Potatoes

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Potatoes/Food/Poverty/Humorous

Origin:

ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/Alb O-009(a)/

Translation:

Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb S-006(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb O-009(a)

Music:

ML MTAG 75/

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

2655

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Zuntik--bulbes, Montik--bulbes, Dinstik un mitvokh--bulbes,

First line (Yiddish):

זונטיק--בולבעס, מאָנטיק--בולבעס דינסטיק און מיטװאָך--בולבעס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Eyder Ikh Leyg Mikh Shlofn — אײדער איך לײג מיך שלאָפֿן

Genre:

Labor/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Seamstress/Working Conditions

Transliteration:

Ephemera 635/Kinderland 19

Music:

Ephemera 635

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

4944

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Eyder ikh leyg mikh shlofn, darf ikh shoyn oyfshteyn,

First line:

אײַדער איך לײג מיך שלאָפֿן, דאַרף איך שױן אױפֿשטײן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

4307

Vocal:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Dremlen feygl oyf di tsvaygn, shlof, mayn tayer kind,

First line (Yiddish):

דרעמלען פֿײגל אױף די צװײַגן, שלאָף, מײַן טײַער קינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto."

Language:

Yiddish

Fidancia De Yasimin (Ladino)

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

5181

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Ladino

Oyfn Oyvn Zitst A Meydl — אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל

Also known as:

Tumba Tumba Ba

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Courting/Oven/Sewing/Thread/Attraction

Origin:

Ber Fef 242/ML MTAG 44/Alb R-049(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Alb B-090(x)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 44/Alb R-049(a)/Alb P-002(b)/WEVD 2/Alb P-024(d)/Alb K-068(e)/B-090(x

Translation:

Alb R-049(a)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb P-002(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb L-024(b)/Alb R-002(d)/

Music:

Ber Fef 242/ML MTAG 44

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

11864

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,

First line (Yiddish):

אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Noches Noches Buenas Noches

Genre:

Love/Sephardic

Subject:

Passion/Night/Murder/Restlessness

Origin:

Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb S-063(a)/Alb G-034(a)

Translation:

Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb S-063(a)/Alb G-034(a)

Additional song notes:

Nights Are For Falling In Love. Part of the romance "Melisenda Insomne"

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

11204

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Noches, noches, buenas noches, Noches son d'enamorar

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"Nights, Nights, Good Nights"

Language:

Ladino

Shney Shoshanim — שני שוֹשנים

Author:

Orland, Yakov — ארלנד, יעקב

Genre:

Israeli/Love/Lament

Subject:

Roses

Origin:

Netzer 292

Transliteration:

Netzer 292/Alb S-002(e)

Translation:

Alb S-002(e)

Music:

Netzer 292

Additional song notes:

"Two Roses"

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

14082

Vocal:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Ashir lakh shir atik, noshan, ashir zemer al shoshan.

First line (Hebrew):

אשיר לך שיר עתּיק, נוֹשן, אשיר לך זמר על שוֹשן. היה היוֹ לפני...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Hebrew

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:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

12957

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..

First line (Yiddish):

אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From the operetta "Shulamis"

Language:

Yiddish

Scalerica D'oro

Genre:

Ladino/Love

Subject:

Wedding/Bride/Golden Ladder/Staircase/Blessing/Money

Origin:

Alb C-017(a)

Transliteration:

Alb S-075(a)

Translation:

Alb C-017(a)/Alb S-075(a)

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

13267

Artist:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Scalerica d'oro, d'oro y marfil.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

A Little Golden Ladder

Language:

Ladino

Yeder Ruft Mir Ziamele (Feuer) — יעדער רופֿט מיר זשאַמעלע (פֿעוער)

Composer:

Feuer, Bernardo — פֿײער, בערנאַרדאָ

Genre:

Holocaust/Lament

Subject:

Child/Name/Familly/Revenge

Origin:

ML WAH 64/Rub Oak 72/Alb R-007(g)/Alb K-075(a)/Moskow SM 42

Transliteration:

ML WAH 64/Alb R-007(f)(5/Alb F-032(c)/CD K-075(a)/Moskow SM 42

Translation:

ML WAH 64/Kalisch 79/Alb R-007(f)5/Alb F-032(c)/Alb K-075(a)

Music:

ML WAH 64/Rub Oak 87/Kalisch 78/Moskow SM 42

Additional song notes:

Everyone Calles Me Zhamele

On album:

H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)

Track ID:

17194

Vocal:

Henis, Adaya

First line:

Yeder ruft mir Zhamele, ay, vi mir ia shver, kh'hob gehat...

First line (Yiddish):

יעדער רופֿט מיר זשאַמאַלע, אַײַ, װי איז מיר שװער, כ'האָב געהאַט אַ..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish