L-054(a)

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:

A Kalte Nakht

Also known as:

A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)

Also known as:

El Chiclerito

Also known as:

Freylekhe Yidelekh

Also known as:

Sigaryot

Also known as:

Kupite Papirosy

Author:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Composer:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Genre:

Theatre/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family

Origin:

Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)

Transliteration:

Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)

Translation:

Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a

Music:

Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267

Additional song notes:

Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28430

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a yingele fartroyert un…

First line (Yiddish):

אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

06:04

Dos Naye Lid (Zilbert) — דאָס נײַע ליד (זילבערט)

Author:

Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith

Origin:

Alb L-015(a)/Kinderbuch 132/Mir Zingen 12/Reisen 37/Vinkov 4 15

Transliteration:

Alb F-015(b)/Kinderbuch 132/Alb L-015(a)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15

Translation:

Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15

Music:

Mir Zingen 12/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28431

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

First line:

Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom, dokh kumen vet...

First line (Yiddish):

און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/With Conviction

Length:

01:27

Mayn Rue Plats — מײַן רוע פּלאַץ

Also known as:

Mekom Menukhati

Also known as:

Arbeter-Romans

Author:

Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס

Composer:

Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk/Labor

Subject:

Factory/Sweatshop

Song comment:

Eng Translat from Forward - Ephemra 537

Origin:

ML MTAG 150/Alb Y-007(a)/Levin N 75/Belarsky 217/CD B-086(a)/Vinkov 4 33

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/CD B-086(a)/CD L-049(a)/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Levin N 75

Translation:

CD L-054(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb A-036(a)/Alb K-029(e)/Vinkov 4 33/Ep

Music:

Sh Sh 158/Levin N 75/Belarsky 034/Alb Y-007(a)/Vinkov 4 33

Additional song notes:

My Resting Place / English Adaption Ephemra 537 Also translation and transliteration on Album B-126(a)

Related information in folder 478:

Document type:

Translation

Author:

Aaron Kramer

Comments:

English translation by Aaron Kramer from volume titled "Morris Rosenfeld-Selections from his poetry and prose, edited by Itche Goldberg and Max Rosenfeld".

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28432

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Nit zukh mikh, vu di mirtn grinen! Gefinst mikh dortn nit, mayn shats,

First line (Yiddish):

ניט זוך מיך, װוּ די מירטן גרינען! געפֿינסט מיך דאָרטן ניט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

03:03

Yadi Bidi Bam — יאַדי בידי באַם

Also known as:

Khevre Freylekh

Author:

Tsesler, Shmuel — צעסלער, שמואל

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Khasidic/Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Peace/Joy

Song comment:

See also variant in Gel Yoval, No 25

Origin:

Weiner Ln 48

Transliteration:

Alb B-003(b)/CD L-054(a)/Weiner Ln 48

Translation:

Alb B-003(b)/CD L-054(a)

Music:

Weiner Ln 91

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28433

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Khevere freylekh, nit geshivign, yadi bidi bam, git a zing dem sheynem nigun,

First line (Yiddish):

חברה פֿרײלעך, ניט געשװיגן, יאַדי בידי באַם, גיט אַ זינג דעם...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Khasidic

Length:

02:39

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:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28434

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyn...

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/

Length:

02:52

Moyshele Mayn Fraynd — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Memory/Folk

Subject:

Childhood/Aging/Friends

Origin:

ML MTAG 122/Alb R-22(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb F-024(e)/Sheet Music Moskow 3

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 122/Alb D-004(d)/Alb R-022(a)/CD A-005(e)SM Moskow 3/e1435

Translation:

CD L-054(a)/Silverman SJP06/Alb R-022(a)/Alb M-041(a)/CD A-005(e)/SM Moskow 3

Music:

ML MTAG 122/Silverman SJP06//Sheet Music Moskow 3

Additional song notes:

Ephemera 1458 see 2013 for translat and translit Alb ID V02920(2) What's Not To Like 2013 and V029(7)a 2018 Ephemera 1458

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28435

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik. Du bist geven mayn...

First line (Yiddish):

װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע ? כ'דערקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

04:05

Arbeter Froyen — אַרבעטער פֿרױען

Also known as:

Tsu Di Arbeter Froyen

Author:

Edelshtat, Dovid — עדעלשטאַט, דוד

Genre:

literary Origin/Revolutionary/

Subject:

Women/Labor/Freedom/Ideals

Origin:

Alb B-086(a)/Levin N 104/Alb Y-007(a)/ML PYS 68/Sh Sh 185

Transliteration:

CD L-051(a)/ML PYS 68/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)Levin N 104/CD L-054(a)

Translation:

CD L-051(a)/Alb Y-O07(a)/Alb B-086(a)/CD L-054(a)/Sh Sh 184

Additional song notes:

Working Women

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28425

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Arberter froyen, leydende froyen! froyen vos shmekhtn in hoyz un fabrik,

First line (Yiddish):

אַרבעטער פֿרױען, לײַדענדע פֿרױען! פֿרױען װאָס שמעכטן אין הױז און..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Militantly

Length:

02:44

Gedenkt Ir Di East Side — געדענקט איר די אײסט סײד

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28426

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Es brent! Briderlekh, es brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl nebekh brent,

First line (Yiddish):

עס ברענט! ברידערלעך עס ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Foreboding

Length:

03:29

Dos Zangl — דאָס זאַנגל

Author:

Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)

Composer:

Glick, Hirsh — גליק, הירש

Genre:

Literary Origin/Love

Subject:

Love/Nature/Constancy

Song comment:

Written by Glik while in a Nazi labor camp.

Origin:

Alb B-013(a)/ML PYS 63/

Transliteration:

ML PYS 63/CD B-007(o)/Schrogin 131/CD L-054(a)

Translation:

CD L-054(a)/CD B-007(o)

Music:

ML PYS 63

Additional song notes:

The Stalk

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28427

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Blond bistu vi a zangl, sheyn vi der zun fargangl, fir mikh durkh barg un tol,

First line (Yiddish):

בלאָנד ביסטו װי אַ זאַנגל, שײן װי דער זון פֿאַרגאַנגל,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Tenderly

Length:

03:00

Mayn Oytser — מײַן אוצר

Also known as:

Der Oytser

Author:

Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.

Composer:

Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ

Genre:

Literary Origin/USSR

Subject:

Children/Family/Treasure/Idyllic Life

Song comment:

ML SOG credits Telesin as author. Album C-011(b) credits Bergholts

Origin:

ML SOG 124/Alb C-011(b)

Transliteration:

ML SOG 124/L-054(a)

Translation:

ML SOG 125/ L-054(a)

Music:

ML SOG 125

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28420

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Bay mir iz an oytser, faran nit keyn kleyner, haynt veystu ir bashteyt?

First line (Yiddish):

בײַ מיר איז אַן אוצר, פֿאַראַן ניט קײן קלײנער, הײַנט װײסטו...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

05:07

Harbstlid — האַרבסטליד

Author:

Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע

Composer:

Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Aging/Nature/Seasons/Leaves/Autumn/Unknown/Fog

Origin:

Schae Got Mus 22

Transliteration:

Alb O-007(d)/Alb C-035(e)/Schae Got Mus 22/Alb L-054(a)/Alb S-011(a)

Translation:

Schae Got Mus 59/Alb A-036(a)/Alb O-007(d)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb C-044(a)/S-111(a)

Music:

Schae Got Mus 23/Ephemera 1520 p 30

Additional song notes:

Autumn Song See Ephemera 1520, p 30 for translat and translit

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28421

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Ze, s'iz harbst, un vos gegrint fargelt, farvyanet. Ze, s'iz harbst un vos..

First line (Yiddish):

זע, ס'איז האַרבסט און װאָס געגרינט פֿאַרגעלט, פֿאַרװיאַנט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

03:40

Vos Iz Vikhtik — װאָס איז וויכטיק

Also known as:

Vikhtik

Author:

Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים

Composer:

Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים

Genre:

Khasidic (Neo)/Instructional

Subject:

Faith/Priorities/Values

Origin:

Alb S-089(b)/Alb N-026(a)/Alb 054(A)

Transliteration:

Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)

Translation:

Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)

Additional song notes:

What Is Important

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28422

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Vikhtik iz a shabos koydesh, a guter vokh un a gutn khoydesh, vikhtig is a..

First line (Yiddish):

װיכטיק איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

02:46

In Der Finster (Landau) — אין דער פֿינסטער (לאַנדױ)

Author:

Landau, Zisha — לאַנדוי זישע

Genre:

Love/Literary Origin/Passion

Subject:

Love/Darkness/Passion/Tenderness/Flexibility

Origin:

Bugatch 119/Alb B-012(t)/ML SOG 56/Alb W-035(a)

Transliteration:

ML SOG 56/Alb B-012(t)/Alb N-020(a)/Bugatch 119/CD L-054(a)/Alb W-035(a)

Translation:

Alb N-020(a)/CD L-054(a)/Alb W-035(a)/C-035(e)

Music:

Bugatch 119/ML SOG 56

Additional song notes:

In The Darkness

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28423

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

In der finster-zenen dayne oygn shener, in der finster zenen dayne hentlekh...

First line (Yiddish):

אין דער פֿינסטער - זענען דײַנע אויגן שענער, אין דער פֿינסטער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Tenderly

Length:

02:02

Zog Maran — זאָג מאַראַן

Author:

Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל

Genre:

Literary Origin/Persecution/

Subject:

Spanish Inquisition/Peysekh/Passover/Marranos

Origin:

ML YT 69/Alb C-015(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Kinderbuch 80/Alb L-038(a)

Transliteration:

Kinderbuch 80/Alb R-007(a)/Alb F-005(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb L-004(d)/CD L-054(a)

Translation:

Kinderbuch 80/Alb L-004(d)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb F-005(a)/Alb R-007(a)/CD L-054(a)

Music:

Bugatch 213/Kinderbuch 80/SM Moscow 44

Additional song notes:

Translit & Translat published in Alb L-038(a) Tell Me, Maran

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28424

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

First line:

Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? -- In tifer heyl,

First line (Yiddish):

זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

02:29

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28436

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn zeyer freylekh,

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Lively

Length:

03:02

Kinder Yorn (Gebirtig) — קינדער יאָרן (געבירטיג)

Also known as:

Shnot Yaldut

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Nostalgia/Childhood/Aging/Memory/

Origin:

Gebir ML 9/ML MTAG 222/Alb A-001(h)/Belarsky 221/Alb B-007(a)/Gebir Lemm 44

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 222/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Alb G-022(a)/GYF 55/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)Gebir SIMC 4

Music:

GYF 53/ML MTAG 221/Belarsky 47/ Gebir Lemm 44

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28437

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Kinder-yorn, zise kinder-yorn, Eybik blaybt ir vakh in mayn zikorn, ven ikh...

First line (Yiddish):

קינדער יאָרן, זיסע קינדער יאָרן, אײביק בלײבט איר וואַך אין מײַן זכּרון

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Longingly

Length:

04:49

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:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28438

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Vos bistu, kotinke, broyges? Vos zhe hostu aropgelozt di noz? Oy, efsher...

First line (Yiddish):

װאַס ביסטו, קאָטינקע, ברוגז? װאָס זשע האָסטו אַרופּגעלאָזט די נאָז?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Klezmer

Length:

03:13

Margaritkelekh — מאַרגאַריטקעלעך

Also known as:

A Moment

Also known as:

Marganiot

Also known as:

Rakefet

Author:

Shneur, Zalman — שניאור, זלמן

Genre:

Literary Origin/Love

Subject:

Seduction/Abandonment/Love/Forest/River/Dasies/Courting

Origin:

ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Alb L-001(a)/Alb A-002(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Alb F-24(e)

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Alb K-059(d)/Gold Zem 184/Alb K-068(d)/

Translation:

CD L-054(a)/Alb K-068(d)/Vinkov 1 66/Alb Z-018(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Sh Sh 234/

Music:

ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Netzer 22/Belarsky 065/

Additional song notes:

Daisies See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Org, Translit & Translat on Alb B-211(a)

Related information in folder 735:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28439

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

In veldl baym taykhl, dort zaynen gevaksn margaritkelekh elent un kleyn,

First line (Yiddish):

אין װעלדל בײַם טײַכל, דאָרט זײַנען געװאַקסן מאַרגאַריטקעלעך עלנט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Tenderly

Length:

05:01

Ekhos Fun Der Vayt (Funiculi) — עכאָס פֿון דער װײַט (פֿוניקולי)

Also known as:

Funiculi Funicula (Ekhos)

Composer:

Denza, Luigi

Genre:

Adaptaion/Parody

Subject:

Joy/Song/Music

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)

Translation:

CD L-054(a)

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28440

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

First line:

Es treft amol di velt iz lustik, freylekh--azoy bin ikh, azoy bin ikh,

First line (Yiddish):

עס טרעפֿט אַמאָל די װעלט איז פֿרײלעך--אַזױ בין איך, אַזױ בין איך,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Gaily

Length:

02:24

Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם

Also known as:

Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd

Also known as:

Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love

Song comment:

P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"

Origin:

ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/

Transliteration:

GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)

Translation:

Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414

Music:

ML MTAG 164/

Additional song notes:

By The Wayside Stands A Tree See also illustration in Manger Illust See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania

Related information in folder 111:

Comments:

1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym." See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik) 2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell. 3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe". 4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.

Related information in folder 996:

Comments:

1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28441

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Afn veg shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn, ale feygl funem boym zaynen…

First line (Yiddish):

אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Tenderly

Length:

04:19

A Bekher Mit Vayn — אַ בעכער מיט װײַן

Author:

Botwinik, Leybl (Leon) באָטװיניק, לײבל (לעאָן)

Composer:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Genre:

Drinking

Subject:

Celebration/Troubles/Difficulties/Joy/Wine/Whiskey/Drink

Song comment:

Awarded first prize in 1987 competition by Charlotte Yiddish Institute

Transliteration:

Alb L-054(a)

Translation:

Alb L-054(a)

Related information in folder 604:

Comments:

1. Text and music of the song published in Yugntruf, April, 1988 with notation that the song won first prize in a Yiddish song competition sponsored by the Charlotte Yiddish Institute.

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28442

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

A bekher mit vayn, un mashke a sakh, un freylekh zol zayn, a lid un a lakh,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ בעכער מיט װײַן, און מאַשקע אַ סאַך, און פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Gaily/Waltz

Length:

02:23

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:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28428

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano/Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

First line:

Zog nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg, ven himlen blayene farshteln...

First line (Yiddish):

זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג, װען הימלען...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

02:45

A Nomen — אַ נאָמען

Also known as:

Mayn Eynikl (Telesin)

Author:

Telesin, Zhame — טעלעסין, ז.

Composer:

Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ

Genre:

USSR/Literary Origin

Subject:

Grandchild/Grandfather/Name/Peace/Sholom/Post World War II

Origin:

Alb C-011(b)

Transliteration:

Ephemera 259/Irza 11

Translation:

Ephemera 259

Music:

St Petersburg, V 4 (See "Naye Yidishe Lider, P. 84)/Irza 11

Additional song notes:

This song is a varient of the folk song "Mayn Eynikl". See Irza 1 145. See Perl in Yiddish Forward of Nov 23, 2001 for comment dealing with variant.

Related information in folder 296:

Document type:

Text

Author:

Zalmen Telezine

Comments:

Yiddish text with transliteration and translation. Translation by Max Rosenfeld.

On album:

L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)

Track ID:

28429

Vocal:

Labovitz, Sherman

Piano:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

Violin:

Weinberger, Marvin

Arranger:

Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)

First line:

Gib mir op a mazl tov, ikh zog aykh on in freydn, kh'bin ersht geven a...

First line (Yiddish):

גיב מיר אַפּ אַ מזל טובֿ, איך זאָג אײַך אָן אין פֿרײדן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

02:23