Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs
- Album ID:
- R-039(a)
- Publisher:
- Cassette Privately Issued
Contents
Hot A Yid A Vaybele — האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע
- Author:
- Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
- Composer:
- Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Marriage/Husband/Wife/Conflict/Incompetent/Food
- Origin:
- Kammen JT 66/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
- Transliteration:
- Rubin Voi 165/Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
- Translation:
- Rubin Voi 165
- Music:
- Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
- Additional song notes:
- A Jew Has A Wife!
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 12 for transliteration and music
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 6851
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Hot a yid a vaybele, hot a vayb a yidele,
- First line (Yiddish):
- האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע, האָט אַ װײַב אַ ייִדעלע,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
A Bisl Libe Un A Bisele Glik — אַ ביסעלע ליבע און אַ ביסעלע גליק
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Fate/Youth/Memory
- Transliteration:
- Warem 22/SM Moskow 58/SM Moskow 59/Ephemera 1520 p6
- Translation:
- Alb M-068(a)55/Ephemera 1520 p 6
- Music:
- Warem 22/SM Moskow 58/SM Moskow 59/Ephemera 1520 p6
- Additional song notes:
- A little Love and a Little Luck
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 20
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- A bisl libe un a bisele glik, di zun zol shaynen, nor af..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ ביסל ליבע און אַ ביסעלע גליק, די זון זאָל שײַנען, נאָר אַף..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
A Kind On A Heym — אַ קינד אָן אַ הײם
- Author:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Composer:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Child/Divorce/Suffering/Joyless/Lonliness
- Origin:
- SM Dropsie 48
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1325/SM Dropsie 48
- Music:
- SM Dropsie 48
- Additional song notes:
- A Child Without A Home
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 361
- Vocal:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- A kind on a heymele, an opgehakt beymele,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קינד אָן אַ הײמעלע, אַן אָפּגעהאַקט בײמעלע,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Beygelekh — בײגעלעך
- Also known as:
- Bublitshki
- Also known as:
- Question
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
- Origin:
- Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/
- Music:
- Moskow SM 61
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 2341
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Glik — גליק
- Author:
- Meisell, Bella — מײַזעל, בעלאַ
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Fate/Happiness/Love
- Song comment:
- From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
- Origin:
- Alb T-028(f)
- Transliteration:
- Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)
- Translation:
- Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26
- Music:
- Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p
- Additional song notes:
- Luck
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 5702
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Glik, du bist gekumen tsu mir, ober a bisl tsu shpet--
- First line (Yiddish):
- גליק, דו ביסט געקומען צו מיר, אָבער אַ ביסל צו שפּעט--
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 11740
- Vocal:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- 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,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 12085
- Vocal:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nebeldike finster umetum, shteyt a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
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-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 12946
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- 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)
- 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:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 13718
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himel a matone
- First line:
- שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ
- Also known as:
- Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
- Author:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Composer:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
- Subject:
- Aging/Memory
- Origin:
- ML PYS 274
- Transliteration:
- Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
- Translation:
- Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
- Additional song notes:
- What Was Once Is No More
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 16680
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Vu Iz Dos Gesele — װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע
- Also known as:
- Vi Iz Dos Gesele
- Genre:
- Folk/Love/Waltz/Lament
- Subject:
- Love/Dwelling/Memory/Street
- Origin:
- Alb H-007(a)/Jaffee Kam 13/Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/ Oyfn Veg 121
- Transliteration:
- Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121/ Oyfn Veg 121
- Translation:
- Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121
- Music:
- Jaffe Kam 13/Estella 6/
- Additional song notes:
- Where Is The Little Street (Alleyway?)
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 16811
- Artist:
- Ruth
- Artist:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz di shtub, vu iz mayn yingele vemen..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז די שטוב, װוּ איז מײַן ייִנגעלע װעמען..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Vu Zaynen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor? — וווּ זענען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר
- Author:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Composer:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Fate/Complaint/Hope/Folk Belief/Bargin/Few
- Origin:
- SH 1322
- Transliteration:
- SH 1322
- Music:
- SH 1322
- Additional song notes:
- Where Are My Seven Good Years
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 16852
- Vocal:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
- First line:
- װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- 08/23/11 RAF: Truncated
Yosl Yosl — יאָסל יאָסל
- Author:
- Steinberg, Samuel
- Composer:
- Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
- Genre:
- Theatre
- Subject:
- Love/Desire/Attraction
- Song comment:
- See "Joseph Joseph" - English Adaptation
- Origin:
- Alb K-068(d)/Alb K-007(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(a)/Estella 6/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-068(d)/ephemera 1456
- Translation:
- Alb K-068(d)
- Music:
- Estella 6
- Additional song notes:
- Also see "Joseph Joseph" for English adaptation
- Related information in folder 1456:
- Comments:
- 1. 3/10/15 Transliterated text provided by Chava Kramer via internet and entered in Ephemera on March 10, 2015
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 17839
- Vocal:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Yosl, Yosl, mayn khies geyt mir azhe oys nokh dir,
- First line (Yiddish):
- יאָסל, יאָסל, מײַן חיות גײט מיר אַשז אַרױס נאָך דיר,
- Track comment:
- 08/23/11 RAF: Does not appear to be on tape
- Language:
- Yiddish
Zog Zog Zog Es Mir — זאָג זאָג זאָג עס מיר
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
- Genre:
- Theater/Love
- Subject:
- Courting/Romance/Affirmation
- Origin:
- Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Metro Scher 8/Alb M-068(a)04/SH 580
- Translation:
- SH 580
- Music:
- Metro Scher 8/SH 580
- Additional song notes:
- Tell It To Me
From the musical "Goldele Dem Bekers"
- On album:
- R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 18177
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
- Vocal:
- Ruth
- Piano:
- Ruben, Jules, piano acc
- First line:
- Zog, zog, zog es mir, ikh vil es hern shoyn fun dir, di kleyne, di sheyne verter
- First line:
- זאָג, זאָג, זאָג עס מיר, איך װיל עס בערן שױן פֿון דיר, די קליינע,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)