R-007(e)1

Hostu Mikh Lib — האָסטו מיך ליב

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

6848

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Kh'hob dir gezogt un gezogt un gezogt, az sheyn bin ikh nit,

First line:

כ'האָב דיר געזאָגט און געזאָגט און געזאָגט, אַז שײן בין איך ניט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Shpilt Zhe Mir Dem Nayem Sher — שפּילט זשה מיר דעם נײַעם שער

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

14229

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Shpilt zhe mir dem nayem sher vos iz aroysgekumen,

First line:

שפּילט זשע מיר דעם נײַעם שער װאָס איז אַרױסגעגקומען

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Ale Vaserlekh — אַלע װאַסערלעך

Genre:

Folk/Love/Lament

Subject:

Water/Unhappiness/Rejection/Aging/Pain

Origin:

Rubin Oak 96/R-007(g)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(f)3/R-007(g)/Rubin Oak 9

Translation:

Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(f)3/R-007(g)/Rubin Oak 9

Music:

Rubin Oak 09

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

1151

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

First line:

Ale vaserlekh flisn avek, di gribelekh blaybn leydik,

First line (Yiddish):

אַלע װאַסערלעך פֿליִסן אַװעק, די גריבעלעך בלײַבן לײדיק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Acapella/Folk

Baym Opsheyd — בײַם אָפּשײד

Author:

Kaplan, Mikhl — קאָפּלאַן, מיכל

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Parting/Hide Truth/Journey/Disclose/Shtet/Girlfriendl

Origin:

Alb R-007(g)/

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)5

Translation:

Alb R-007(f)5/Alb R-007(g)/

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

2096

Author:

Kaplan, Mikhl — קאָפּלאַן, מיכל

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Ven endikn vestu dayn lange nesiye, un kumen besholom aheym,

First line (Yiddish):

װען ענדיקן װעסטו דײַן לאַנגע נסיעה, און קומען בּשלום אַהײם,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Fishelekh Koyfn — פֿישעלעך קױפֿן

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

5261

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Bin ikh gegangen fishelekh koyfn, hob ikh mir gekoyft a...

First line (Yiddish):

בין איך געגאַנגען פֿישעלעך קױפֿן, האָב איך מיר געקױפֿט אַ העכט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Forn Forstu Fun Mir Avek — פֿאָרן פֿאָרסטו פֿון מיר אַװעק

Genre:

Lament/Love

Subject:

Traveling/Distance/Separation/Conscription/Escape/Wedding

Origin:

Alb S-295(a)

Transliteration:

Alb S-295(a)

Translation:

Alb S-295(a)

Additional song notes:

You're Traveling Away From Me

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

5310

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Forn forstu fun mir avek, oy tayer lebn mayns,

First line (Yiddish):

פֿאָרן פֿאָרסטו פֿון מיר אַװעק, אױ טײַער לעבן מײַנס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

Gitare — גיטאַרע

Genre:

Folk/Lament

Subject:

Love/Rejection/Mother/Daughter/Solitude

Origin:

Vinkov 1 10

Transliteration:

Vinkov 1 10/Alb R-007(c)/Schwartz 17

Translation:

Vinkov 1 10/Alb R-007(c)/Schwartz 20

Music:

Vinkov 1 10/Schwartz 20

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

5688

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Ikh zits un shpil mir oyf der guitare, un zing mir a lid...

First line:

איך זיטס און שפּיל מיר אױף דער גיטאַרע, און זינג מיר אַ ליד...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

In Droysn Iz Finster — אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Courting/Love/Evening/Darkness/Quiet/Waiting/Street

Origin:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb 049(a)/Alb G-112)(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb O-016(b)

Translation:

Alb R-007(a)/Alb o49(a)/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb G-112(a)/Alb O-016(b)

Music:

RUB VOI 491

Additional song notes:

It's Dark Outside

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

7355

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

First line:

In droysn iz finster, in droysn iz finster, s'iz shpet...

First line:

אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, אין דרױסן איז פֿינסטער, ס'איז שפּעט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Avu Bistu Geven"

Her Oys Du Meydele — הער אױס דו מײדעלע

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

6436

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

First line:

Her oys du meydele, vos ikh vel bay dir fregn,

First line:

הער אױס דו מײדעלע, װאָס איך װעל בײַ דיר פֿרעגן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Similar to "Du Meydele Du Sheyns"

Ikh Fir A Libe — איך פֿיר אַ ליבע

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

7123

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Ikh fir a libe, oy, ikh fir a libe, ikh ken shoyn, mame,...

First line:

איך פֿיר אַ ליבע, אַױ, איך פֿיר אַ ליבע, איך קען שױן מאַמע,...

Audio:

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Lomir Beyde A Libe Shpiln — לאָמיר בײדע אַ ליבע שפּילן

Genre:

Folk/Courting

Subject:

Seamstress/Conscription/Occupation/Separation/

Origin:

ML MTAG 18

Transliteration:

Alb K-005(a)/ML MTAG 18/Alb W-021(d)

Translation:

Alb K-005(a)/Alb W-021(d)

Music:

ML MTAG 18/Kremer 36

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

9338

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Oy, lomir beyde a libe shpiln; oy, lomir zayn fun got a por,

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, לאָמיר בײדע אַ ליבע שפּילן; אױ, לאָמיר זײַן פֿון גאָט אַ פּאָר,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Shvern Shver Ikh Dikh"

Language:

Yiddish

Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס

Also known as:

A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)

Also known as:

Paper Is White

Genre:

Love/Letter/Separation/Folk

Subject:

Love/Separation/Ink/Paper

Origin:

Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240

Additional song notes:

Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

12045

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn...

First line:

פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס...

Audio:

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Sheltn, Shelt Ikh Dem Tog — שעלטן, שעלט איך דעם טאָג

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

13587

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Oy, Sheltn, Shelt ikh dem tog fun mayn geboyrn,

First line:

אױ, שעלטן, שעלט איך דעם טאָג פֿון מײַן געבױרן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Shtil Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshterent — שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט

Also known as:

The Night Is Still

Also known as:

Mizmor Shir Lepartizanit

Also known as:

The Jewish Partisan Girl

Author:

Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)

Genre:

Holocaust/Resistance/Love/Historical

Subject:

Resistance/Partisan/Combat/Love/Night/Stars/Frost/Pistol

Origin:

Kaczer 348/Alb V-001(a)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 142/Ephemera 1203

Transliteration:

ML WAH 86/Alb A-036(a)/Alb B-007(o)/Alb W-001(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428

Translation:

Kalisch 70/Alb F-035(a)/Alb V-001(d)/B-007(o)/Vinkov 4 142/Schwatz 4/Ephemera

Music:

Rub Treas 181/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428/Schwartz 5

Additional song notes:

Quiet, The Night Is Starry Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

14273

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. Un der frost - er hot...

First line (Yiddish):

שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט, און דער פֿראָסט- ער האָט געברענט

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה

Also known as:

Tum Balalayke

Also known as:

Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)

Also known as:

Play Balalaike

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

15778

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

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,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Tsvey Taybelekh — צװײ טײַבעלעך

Genre:

Folk/Love/Lament

Subject:

Doves/Love/Curse/Interference/Separation

Song comment:

Song associated with Liuba Levitshka in the Vilna Ghetto

Origin:

ML SOG 34/Kalisch 151/Rubin Oak 88/Alb R-024(d)

Transliteration:

ML SOG 34/Kalisch 12/Rubin Oak 70/Alb R-024(d)WEVD 2/Alb V0121

Translation:

ML SOG 35/Kalisch 12/Rubin Oak 70/Alb R-024(d)Alb O-001(a)/Alb V0121

Music:

ML SOG 35/Kalisch 10Rubin Oak 70

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

15744

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Tsvey taybelekh zenen iber a vaser gefloygn,

First line (Yiddish):

צװײ טײַבעלעך זענען איבער אַ װאַסער געפֿלױגן, אין די פּיסקעלעך..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Identified with Liuba Levitska in in Vilna Ghetto.

Language:

Yiddish

Vos Vilstu Muter Hobn? — װאָס װילסטוּ מוטער האָבן?

Genre:

Folk/Lament

Subject:

Love/Match/Parents/Refusal/Daughter

Origin:

Alb R-007(a)/Vinkov 2 107/ Alb R-049(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(a)/Vinkov 2 107/ Alb R-049(a)

Translation:

Alb R-007(a)/Vinkov 2 107/ Alb R-049(a)

Music:

Vinkov 2 107

Related information in folder 805:

Comments:

1. Article by Chana Mlotek in Yiddish Forverts of June 15th, 1990 responding to reader Dr Yona Landos of Stockholm, Sweden. At that time Chana did not have any information about this song.

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

16728

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Vos vilstu muter hobn, vos mutshestu dayn kind?

First line:

װאַס װילסטוּ מוטער האָבען, װאָס מוטשעסטוּ דײַן קינד?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Oyfn Yam — אויפֿן ים

Author:

Yehoyash — יהואָש

Composer:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Sea/Ocean/Calm/IslandWaves/Mind

Origin:

Alb A-001(n)

Translation:

Alb A-001(n)

On album:

R-007(e)1 (Yiddish Love Songs sung by Ruth Rubin)

Track ID:

39167

Vocal:

Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ

Guitar:

Hellerman, Fred

First line:

Oyfn yam veyt a vintele, veyt a vintele, un di khvalies…

First line (Yiddish):

אױפֿן ים װײעט אַ װינטעלע, װײעט אַ װינטעלע, און די כװאַליעס שלאַגן

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Acapella/Folk