K-027(a)

Ikh Vil A Khusn — איך װיל אַ חתן

Also known as:

I Want A Fellow (Eng, Yid)

Author:

Reilly, Betty

Composer:

Tanzman, Yosef — טאַנזמאַן, יוסף

Genre:

Novelty/Theatre/Vaudville

Subject:

Marriage/Bridegroom/Love

Song comment:

See Hershkes entry 3222

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

6997

Vocal:

Kane, Harriet

Accomp.:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Ikh vil a khusn, oy s'iz shlekht, that's all I think of...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Melody line is from "Vu Zaynen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor?"

Language:

English/Yiddeish

Style:

Klezmer

A Toast To Romance

Composer:

Ivanovice, Ivan

Genre:

Love

Song comment:

Same melody as "Khasene Vals" - "Anniversary Waltz"

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

640

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Oh, let us dance while the music will play, A toast to...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "A Toast To Romance".

Language:

English

Style:

Waltz/Klezmer

Alley Cat (Yid)

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

1191

Author:

Brooks, Nat

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Rekhts un rekhts, links un links, rekhte fus un linken fus,

First line:

רעכטס און רעכטס, לינקס און לינקס, רעכטע פֿוס און לינקען פֿוס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Adaptation from English

Bulgars — בולגאַרס

Composer:

Winograd, Michael — ווינאָגראַד, מ.

Genre:

Klezmer/Instr/Dance

Additional song notes:

This may be traditional bulgars combined with material composed by Winograd

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

2660

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Instrumental

Mama Don't Cry (Eng, Yid)

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

9670

Author:

Brooks, Nat

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Mame, veyn nisht oyf mayn khasene, gloyb mir, ikh farshtey..

First line:

מאַמע, װײן נישט אױף מײַן חתונה, גלױב מיר, איך פֿאָרשטײ...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Country Western Yiddish

Ose Shalom (Hirsh) — יעשׂה שלוֹם (הירש)

Composer:

Hirsh, Nurit — הירש, נורית

Genre:

Religious/Prayer

Subject:

Peace

Origin:

Alb C-003(j)

Transliteration:

HAL 28

Translation:

Alb C-003(j)

Music:

HAL 28

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

11559

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Ose shalom bimromov, hu ya'ase shalom olenyu, v'al kol...

First line:

עשׂה שלוֹם בּמרוֹמיו הוּא יעשׂה שלוֹם עלינוּ ועל כּל ישׂראל, ואיםרוּ...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Medley with "Yeverekhekha"

Di Tsvey Mekhutenestes

Also known as:

Mekhuteneste Mayne

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

10201

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye, Oy, lomir zayn...

First line (Yiddish):

מחותּנתטע מײַנע, מחותּנתטע געטרײַע, אױ, לאָמיר זײַן אױף אײביק...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Rosa, Rosa (Eng)

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

12876

Author:

Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם

Composer:

Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Oh, Rosa Rosa, be my girl, let me swim into those eyes,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Greek style "Mediterannean"

Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע

Author:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

Composer:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

Genre:

Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal

Subject:

Rumania/Place/Food/Women

Origin:

GYF 12

Transliteration:

Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1

Translation:

Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)

Music:

Warem 175/GYF 12

Related information in folder 397:

Document type:

Text

Comments:

Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation. Also, various versions.

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

13033

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Ekh! Rumenye, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.

First line (Yiddish):

עך, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Yid)

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

15331

Author:

Brooks, Nat

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Ikh kum aheym, s'iz shoyn mayn tseyt, darf ikh dir tsayln...

First line:

איך קום אַהײם, ס,איז שױן מײַן צײַט, דאַרף איך דיר צײלן אַז איך...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

The Way We Were (Eng)

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

15255

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Memories, like the colors of my mind, like the colors of...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Ven Ikh Zol Dikh Farlirn — װען איך זאָל דיך פֿאַרלירן

Author:

Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס

Composer:

Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס

Genre:

Theater/Love

Transliteration:

Alb K-007(b)

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

16404

Author:

Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Ven Ikh zol dikh farlirn, den vil ikh nit lebn shoyn lang,

First line (Yiddish):

װען איך זאָל דיר פֿאַרלירן, דען װיל איך ניט לעבן שױן לאַנג,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Yeverakhekha (Vinkrantz) — יברכך (ווינקראַמץ)

Also known as:

Psalm 128:05

Composer:

Vinkrants, Dovid — וינקרנץ, דוד

Genre:

Biblical/Psalm/Blessing

Subject:

Zion/Jerusalem/Place/Grandchildren/Peace/Psalm 128:05

Origin:

HAL 10/Alb F-026(a)/Alb N-010(b)/Alb C-003(j)

Transliteration:

HAL 10/Bekol Ram 76/Alb N-010(b)/Alb T-008(a)

Translation:

HAL 10/Bekol Ram 76/Alb N-010(b)Alb C-003(j)

Music:

HAL 10

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

17396

Vocal:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Yevarekhekha Hashem mitsiun ure betuv Yerusholaim

First line (Hebrew):

יברכך ה' מציון וּראה בּטוּב ירוּשלים

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

The Lord bless thee out of Zion; and see through the good...

Language:

Hebrew

Yiddish Cha Cha — ייִדיש טשאַ טשאַ

On album:

K-027(a) (Art Raymond Requests Your Presence At a Jewish Wedding)

Track ID:

17461

Author/Composer:

Brooks, Nat

Artist:

Kane, Harriet

Artist:

Marty Levitt Orchestra

First line:

Heybst zikh makht a cha cha, makht a Cubn tants,

First line:

הײבסט זיך מאַכט אַ טשאַ טשאַ, מאַכט אַ קובן טאַנץ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)