R-033(a)

La Serena (The Mermaid)

Genre:

Traditional/Love

Subject:

Sea/Milk/Merchant/Mermaid/SailorsSorrows

Transliteration:

Ephemera 918

Translation:

L-094(c)/Ephemera 918

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

8808

Vocal:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Si la mar era de leche, los barquitos de cannella.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"If the sea were full of milk, the boats of cinanamon,"

Language:

Ladino

Arvoles Iloran Por Lluvias

Also known as:

Arvoles Iloran

Additional song notes:

See "Arvoles Iloran"

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

1500

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Arvoles iloran por lluvias y montana por aires,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"Trees are crying for rain and mountains for winds"

Language:

Ladino

Avre Tu Puerta Serada

Also known as:

Avre Tu Puerta Cerrada

Composer:

Traditional

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

1665

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Avre tu puerta cerrada, qu'en tu balcon luz no hay.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"Open up the closed door, for I see no light on your..."

Language:

Ladino

Bulbes — בולבעס

Also known as:

Naye Bulbes

Also known as:

Potatoes

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Potatoes/Food/Poverty/Humorous

Origin:

ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/Alb O-009(a)/

Translation:

Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb S-006(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb O-009(a)

Music:

ML MTAG 75/

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

2649

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Suntik, bulbes, montik, bulbes, dinstog un mitvokh bulbes,

First line (Yiddish):

זונטיק, בולבעס, מאָנטיק, בולבעס, דינסטאָג און מיטױאָך, בולבעס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

German transliteration and English translation with album

Language:

Yiddish

Quando El Rey Nimrod

Also known as:

Avram Ovinu

Genre:

Sephardic/Ladino

Subject:

Abraham/King Nimrod/Blessing/

Origin:

Alb T-026(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Ephemera 1130

Transliteration:

Alb C-017(a)/

Translation:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb C-025(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Ephemera 1130

Related information in folder 1130:

Comments:

1. Original Text and translation from the internet

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

2851

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline, arr for harps.

First line:

Cuando el rey Nimrod Al campo salia, mirava en el cielo...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

When king Nimrod was riding across the fields, he looked...

Language:

Ladino

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:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

3308

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

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

First line (Yiddish):

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

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Es Brent — עס ברענט

Also known as:

Undzer Shtetl Brent

Also known as:

Haayara Boeret

Also known as:

Our Little Village Is Aflame

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Holocaust/

Subject:

Catastrophe/Destruction/Pogrom/Resistance/Alarm/Warning

Origin:

Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 330/ML WAH 12/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-24(e)/

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb Z-010(g)/Mlot-Gott 12/Alb M-029(a)/Vinkov 4 62

Translation:

Ephemera 1204/Alb M-029(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb R-033(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb D-004(g)

Music:

Kaczer 424/ML WAH 12/Vinkov 4 62

Additional song notes:

It's Burning Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk. Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

4771

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

S'brent! Briderlekh, s'brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...

First line (Yiddish):

ס'ברענט! ברידערלעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.

Language:

Yiddish

Los Bilbilicos

Also known as:

The Night Birds

Also known as:

Amorosa (Cardoso)

Also known as:

Los Bilbilicos

Composer:

Cardoso, Jorge

Genre:

Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk

Subject:

Birdsong/Nightingales/Blessing

Origin:

Alb L-024(b)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Alb R-001(b)

Translation:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Alb L-024(b)/Alb R-001(b)

Music:

Alb R-001(b)

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

9406

Vocal:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Los bibilicos cantan, con sospiros de amor, mi neshama,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

The nightingales are singing with sighs of love,

Language:

Ladino

Oy Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl — אױ דאָרטן דאָרטן איבערן װאַסערל

Also known as:

Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl

Genre:

Folk/Lament

Subject:

Separation/Distance

Origin:

Rubin Oak 90/ML MTAG 26/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Z-12(a)/Alb B-036(a)/

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(f)3/ML MTAG 27/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/

Translation:

Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Alb B-036(a)

Music:

Rub Oak 54/ML MTAG 27/Alb Z-012(a)

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

11707

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl, Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן װאַסערל, אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

German translit and English translat with album

Language:

Yiddish

Noches Noches Buenas Noches

Genre:

Love/Sephardic

Subject:

Passion/Night/Murder/Restlessness

Origin:

Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb S-063(a)/Alb G-034(a)

Translation:

Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb S-063(a)/Alb G-034(a)

Additional song notes:

Nights Are For Falling In Love. Part of the romance "Melisenda Insomne"

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

11201

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Noches, noches, buenas noches, Noches son de enamorar,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"Nights, nights, good nights are for making love"

Language:

Ladino

Raisins and Almonds

Also known as:

Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen

Also known as:

Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof

Author:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

12923

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..

First line (Yiddish):

אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

German translit and English translat with album

Language:

Yiddish

Reyzele — רײזעלע (ווידי

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Love/Courtship/Folk

Subject:

Love/Courtship

Origin:

ML MTAG 48/Alb L-023(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-007(b)Belarsky Fav 31

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 48/Alb L-023(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 15

Translation:

Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Belarsky Fav 15

Music:

ML MTAG 50/Gold Zem 186/Belarsky Fav 15

Additional song notes:

See Heskes 1, entries 2165, 2931, 3281 respecting sheet music. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 731:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

12753

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Shteyt zikh dort in gesele, shtil fartrakht a hayzele,

First line (Yiddish):

שטײט זיך דאָרט אין געסעלע, שטיל פֿאַרטראַכט אַ הײַזעלע,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

German translit and English translat with album

Language:

Yiddish

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-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

14276

Vocal:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. Un der frost hot shtark...

First line (Yiddish):

שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט, און דער פֿראָסט האָט שטשרק...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

German translit and English translat with album

Language:

Yiddish

Tu Madre Cuando Te Pario (Ladino)

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

15754

Artist:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Tu madre cuando te pario y te quito al mundo,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"When your mother gave birth to you and you went from..."

Language:

Ladino

Yankele — יאַנקעלע

Also known as:

Shlof Mayn Yankele

Also known as:

Shlof Shoyn Mayn Yankele

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Folk/Lullabye

Subject:

Child/Sleep/Teeth/Crying/Student/Wet/Khosn

Origin:

ML MTAG 08/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 60/Alb L-022(a)/Alb F-024(e)/

Transliteration:

GYF 63/ML MTAG 08/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb R-001(a)/Alb P-001(a)/Alb L-022(a)

Translation:

Alb H-006(a)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 63/Alb O-001(c)/Alb P-001(a

Music:

ML MTAG 09/GYF 61/

Additional song notes:

See also Ephemera 918 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration

Related information in folder 745:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

17136

Vocal:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Shlof zhe mir shoyn, Yankele, mayn sheyner, Di eygelekh,

First line (Yiddish):

שלאָף זשע מיר שױן, יאַנקעלע, מײַן שײנער, די אײגעלעך, די...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

German translit and English translat with album

Language:

Yiddish

Yo M'enamori D'un Aire

Genre:

Love/Sephardic

Subject:

Love/Bearing/Appearance/Charm/Beauty

Song comment:

I Fell In Love With The Charms

Origin:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb E-015(c)/

Transliteration:

Alb G-026(a)/

Translation:

Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/

On album:

R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)

Track ID:

17689

Vocal:

Reisel, Jacqueline

Piano/Harpsichord:

Meter, Grietje

Violin:

Behr, Benny

First line:

Yo m'enamori d'un aire la la la... d'un aire d'una mujer, d'una mujer,...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"I fell in love with the appearance, the appearance of a...

Language:

Ladino