M-032(d)

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky

Album ID:
M-032(d)
Publisher:
Shanachie 67006 (CD)

Contents

A Hopkele — אַ האָפּקעלע
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Dance/Freylekh
Transliteration:
Warem 90/Alb K-029(h)
Translation:
Alb K-029(h)
Music:
Warem 90
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24378
Vocal:
Lippitz, Lori
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line:
Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line:
טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
Vu Bistu Geven ? — װוּ ביסטו געװען ?
Also known as:
Prohibition Bulgar
Also known as:
Vu Bistu Geven Far Prohibition
Author:
Segalovitsh, Zusman — סעגאַלאָװיטש, זוסמאַן
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Love/Aging/Separation/Dowry/Regret
Song comment:
Same melody as "Motl Der Oprator"
Origin:
Vinkov 1 47/CD M-066(a)/Alb C-060(a)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
Translation:
Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/CD K-081(a)CD M-066(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
Music:
Vinkov 1 47
Additional song notes:
Segalovitsh credited with lyrics on CD Z-011(f) but Khana Mlotek in ML SOG 47 indicates that the song was "collected" from Segalovitsh.
Related information in folder 524:
Document type:
Text
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
4/13/2001
Comments:
Original Yiddish text.
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24379
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Clarinet:
Jeziorski, Jeff, clarinet
Arranger:
Koffman, Alex
Style:
Instrumental
Di Tsvey Mekhutenestes
Also known as:
Mekhuteneste Mayne
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24380
Vocal:
Lippitz, Lori
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Arranger:
Koffman, Alex
First line:
Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye, Oy, lomir zayn...
First line (Yiddish):
מחותּנתטע מײַנע, מחותּנתטע געטרײַע, אױ, לאָמיר זײַן אױף אײביק...
Track comment:
Also incorporates melody fun Kishermakerin - Kum Kum
Language:
Yiddish
Doyne (Maxwell St. Klezmer) — דױנע (משקסװעל שטריט...)
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24381
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Violin:
Koffman, Alex
Track comment:
Medley-Khosidl/ The Lark
Style:
Instrumental
Khosidl (Instr, Medley) — חסידל (אינסטר, מעדלי)
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24382
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Violin:
Koffman, Alex
Track comment:
Medley-Doyne/ Khosidl/ The Lark
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:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24384
Artist:
Marcell, Bibi
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zugt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Pop
Subject:
Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
Origin:
GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
Music:
Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
Additional song notes:
Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24386
Vocal:
Fishman, Lisa
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Arranger:
Yoelin, Shelley
First line:
Sheyn vi di levone, likhtig vi di shtern, fun himl a matone,
First line:
שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתנה,
Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה
Also known as:
Tum Balalayke
Also known as:
Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
Also known as:
Play Balalaike
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24387
Artist:
Fishman, Lisa & Lori Lippitz
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Arranger:
Koffman, Alex
First line:
Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Der Heyser Bulgar — דער הײסער בולגאַר
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Bulgar/Freylekhs
Song comment:
Brandwein and Tarras each sometimes credited as composer.
Music:
Comp Klez 34
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24388
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Clarinet:
Yoelin, Shelley
Arranger:
Koffman, Alex
Arranger:
Yoelin, Shelley
First line:
שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Track comment:
Brandwine credited as composer?
Style:
Instrumental
And The Angels Sing
Also known as:
Freylekh In Swing
Author:
Mercer, Johnny
Composer:
Ellman, Ziggy
Genre:
Swing/Pop
Subject:
Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
Song comment:
Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
Origin:
Sheetmusic 1210
Music:
Sheetmusic 1210
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24389
Vocal:
Fishman, Lisa
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Trumpet:
Braun, Ivo, trumpet
First line:
We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
Track comment:
Incorporates "Der Shtiller Bulgar"/ Bregman/Vocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
Language:
English
Style:
Swing/Klezmer
Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym — פֿירן די מחותּנים אַהײם
Also known as:
Oriental Melody (Instr)
Also known as:
Street Song
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer/Wedding/Instrumental/Hora/Doyna
Subject:
In Laws
Music:
Comp Klez 44
Additional song notes:
Accompaning the In-Laws Home Naftule Brandwein sometimes credited as Composer. Melody played in Shargorad (also elsewhere)/aka DerGasn Nigun- Oriental Melody
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24390
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist:
Jeziorski, Jeff, clarinet
Track comment:
with "Warshaver Freylekhs"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
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:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24392
Vocal:
Lippitz, Lori
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line:
Sha sha, es iz shoyn shpet, Oy, oy, der rebe geyt,
First line (Yiddish):
שאַ שאַ, עס איז שױן שפּעט, אױ, אױ. דער רבּי גײט,
Language:
Yiddish

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