R-004(a)

A Din Toyre Mit Got — אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט

Also known as:

Berditshiver Kadish

Also known as:

Kaddish Of Levi Yitskhok

Also known as:

Levi Yitskhoks Kadish

Also known as:

Dem Berditshevers Rovs Kadish

Author:

Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק

Composer:

Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק

Genre:

Khasidic/Faith/

Subject:

Disputation/God/Faith/Kaddish

Song comment:

Words and music traditionally credited to Rev Levi Yitskhok

Origin:

Kotlyan 29/Alb A-053(a)

Transliteration:

Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb A-053(a)

Translation:

Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb S-086(a)/Alb A-053(a)

Music:

Kotlyan 25

Additional song notes:

A Dispute With God

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

105

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Engel, Yoel — ענגעל, יואל

First line:

A good day to Thee, Lord God Almighty, I, Levi Isaac...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Hassidic Chant: Kaddish"

Language:

English

Style:

Concert

Hammer Song (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

6066

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Terry, Sonny, harmonica

Artist:

McGhee, Browie, guitar

First line:

In this hand a hammer, ... John Henry said,

Jacob's Ladder (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

7596

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

First line:

We are climbin' Jacob's ladder, we are climbin' Jacob's...

Joe Hill

Author:

Hayes, Alfred

Composer:

Robinson, Earl

Genre:

Labor

Subject:

Workers/Organization/Immortality

Origin:

Kinderland 18

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

7654

Vocal:

Robeson, Paul

Piano:

Booth, Alan, piano

First line:

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill, alive as you and me,

Scandalize My Name (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

13271

Vocal:

Robeson, Paul

Arranger:

Burleigh, Harry Thacker

First line:

I meta my brother the other day, I gave him my righta hand,

Language:

English

Songs My Mother Taught Me (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

14633

Composer:

Dvorak

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

First line:

Songs my mother taught me, in the days long...

Stand Still, Jordan (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

14673

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

First line:

Stand still, Jordan, stand still, Jordan,

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

14753

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

First line:

Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to cary me home,

Takin' Names (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

14779

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

First line:

There's a man goin' round takin names,

The Minstrel Boy (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

15143

Author:

Moore, Thomas

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Booth, Alan, piano

First line:

The minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of...

Track comment:

English Balland

The Orphan (Russian)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

15162

Composer:

Mussorgsky, Modest

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Booth, Alan, piano

Vi Azoy Trinkt A Keyser Tey? — װי אַזױ טרינקט אַ קיסר טײ?

Also known as:

Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser ?

Also known as:

How The Kaiser Drinks Tea

Also known as:

Rabosi

Genre:

Humorous/Satirical/Folk

Subject:

Emperor/Question/Tea/Sugar/Potatoes/Butter/Sleep/Soldiers

Origin:

Vinkov 3 47/SM 40

Transliteration:

Alb K-030(a)/Vinkov 3 47/SM 40

Translation:

Alb K-030(a)/Vinkov 3 47

Music:

Vinkov 3 46/SM 40

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

16549

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Brown, Lawrence, piano

First line:

Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,

First line (Yiddish):

רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser"

Language:

Yiddish

Witness (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

17027

Artist:

Robeson, Paul and Lawrence Brown

Artist:

Brown, Lawrence, arr., piano

First line:

Now my soul is a witness, yes, my soul is a witness,

Wanderer (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

16886

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Palmgren, S., arr

First line:

O grieve you now my mother, and shed your tears for me,

Track comment:

Translation from Finnish folk song

Water Me From The Lime Rock (Eng)

On album:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

16901

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

First line:

Water boy, water me from the lime rock,

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:

R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)

Track ID:

18166

Artist:

Robeson, Paul

Artist:

Brown, Lawrence, arr

Artist:

Booth, Alan, piano

First line:

Never say that you have reached the very end, while leaden..

First line:

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

Language:

English/Yiddish