Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore

Album ID:
S-111(a)
Publisher:
Recorded from WEVD Live Radio Broadcast
Date of issuance:
1949
Language:
Yiddish/Hebrew
Provenance:
Gift of Sydney (Zalmen) Schwimmer, January 2008
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin/Holocaust
Where produced:
New York
Number of tracks:
18

Contents

Fray Shvimen Shifn — פֿרײַ שווימען שיפֿן
Also known as:
Es Vet Geshen
Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Ships/Freedom/Hope/Wandering
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33782
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Fray shvimen shifn oyf yamen, di ..mastn flatern tsum bloy,
First line (Yiddish):
פֿרײַ שװימען שיפֿן אױפֿן יםען, די מאַסטן פֿלאַערן צמום בלו,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:44
Slushai
Genre:
Holocaust
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33784
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Nisht far tsu makhshoves baym muter in zinen, un fistster un tifer di
First line (Yiddish):
נישט פֿאַר צו מחשבֿות בײַם מוטער אין זןנען, אין פֿינסטער און טיפֿער די נאַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:36
Du Fregst Mikh — דו פֿרעגסט מיך
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk Melody
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
Alb B-013(a)Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 03
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 03
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33785
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:10
Dray Tekhterlekh — דרײַ טעכטערלעך
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Family
Subject:
Wedding/Father/Daughters/Youngest
Origin:
ML MTAG 210/Gebir ML 70/Alb L-023(a)/Alb A-003(c)Gebir Lemm 152/Alb G-022(b)
Transliteration:
Alb A-003(c)/ML MTAG 210/Alb B-007(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb T-031(b)/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Alb A-003(c)/Alb L-023(a)/Gebir SIMC 72/ Alb T-031(b)/Alb G-022(b)/Alb B-095(b
Music:
Gebir ML 70/Gebir Lemm 151/Gebir MGZ 82
Additional song notes:
See Heskes 1, entry 2930 respecting sheet music.
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33786
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Ven mit mazl, gezunt un lebn S'elste tekhterl mir veln oysgebn,
First line (Yiddish):
װען מיט מזל, געזונט און לעבן ס'עלסטע טעכטערל מיר װעלן…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:48
Hulyet Hulyet Kinderlekh — הוליעט הוליעט קינדערלעך
Also known as:
Frolic Frolic Children
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Children/Aging/Nostalgia
Origin:
ML MTAG 214/Alb L-023(a)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(a)/Kinderbuch 178/Vinkov 5 7
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 214/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Kinderbuch 178/Alb T-031(b)Vinkov 5 3
Translation:
Kinderbuch 178/Alb L-023(a)/Alb B-007(a)/AlbT-031(b)/Vinkov 5 9
Music:
ML MTAG 214/Alb Z-012(a)/Kinderbuch 178/Vinkov 5 7
Additional song notes:
Frolic Children
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33787
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Shpilt aykh, libe kinderlekh -- Der friling shoyn bagint! Der friling shoyn…
First line (Yiddish):
שפּילט אײַך, ליבע קינדערלעך -- דער פֿרילינג שױן באַגינט!
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
1:21
A Nign — אַ ניגון
Also known as:
A Yid A Kaptsn (Leybush...Nign)
Also known as:
Leybush Lehrers Nign
Author:
Lehrer, Leybush — לערער, לײבוש
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Khasidic
Subject:
Poor Man/Kaptsn/Melody/Nigun/Contention/God
Origin:
Alb L-001(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)/SM Moskow 56
Transliteration:
Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-004(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)//SM Moskow 56
Translation:
ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)/Alb D-002(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)
Music:
ML PYS 113//SM Moskow 56
Additional song notes:
Known in Camp Boiberik as "Leybush Lehrer's Nigun" See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. L. Magister is pseudonym for Leybush Lehrer
Related information in folder 740:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33727
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Iz a kaptsn a mol gevezn, flegt er nor mit got zikh krign, vunder iber vunder
First line (Yiddish):
איז אַ קפּצן אַ מאָל געװעזן, פֿלעגט ער נאָר מיט גאָט זיך קריגן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:56
Morgn Blumen — מאָרגן בלומן
Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Flowers
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33781
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Morgn blumen bli, ir zent mayn…,in der fri, frishe munter,
First line (Yiddish):
מאָרגן בלומען בלי, איר זענט מײַן..., אין דער פֿרי, פֿרישע מונטער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
1:22
Der Kremer — דער קרעמער
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Jassinovsky, Khazn Pinkhos — יאַסינאָװסקי, פּינחס
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk
Subject:
Shopkeeper/Envy/Occupation/Customer/Pettiness
Origin:
ML SOG 74/Alb J-020(b)/Belarsky Fav 31/Sh Sh 167
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 6/Alb J-020(b)/ML SOG 74
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 6/Alb J-020(b)/ML SOG 75/ Sh Sh 166/Alb M-129(a)/Alb M-129(b)
Music:
Belarsky Fav 6/ML SOG 74
Additional song notes:
The Shopkeeper/ Song was a favorite of Golde Meir
Related information in folder 32:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Eliezer Whartman
Publisher:
Jewish Exponent
Date:
8/28/1970
Comments:
Reference to the folksong "Der Kremer" by Abraham Leissin as one remembered by Golda Meir. See "Lessin Avrom" , Folder 30
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33728
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:29
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:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33729
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Shteyt zikh dort in gesele, shtil fartrakht a hayzele,
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט זיך דאָרט אין געסעלע, שטיל פֿאַרטראַכט אַ הײַזעלע,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:46
Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33730
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:38
Yam Lid — ים ליד
Author:
Bialik, Khaim Nakhman — ביאַליק, חיים נחמן
Composer:
Shneour, Moyshe — שניאר, משה
Genre:
Zionist/Translation/Literary Origin
Subject:
Zion/Yearning
Song comment:
Adapted from the Hebrew of Yehuda Halevi by Chaim Nakhman Bialik
Origin:
Bugatch 80/Alb L-001(d)/ML PYS 212/
Transliteration:
Bugatch 80/Alb K-042(c)/Alb L-001(d)/
Translation:
ML PYL 212/Alb L-001(d)/Alb K-042(c)/Klezkamp 94 39/
Music:
Bugatch 80/ML PYL 212/
Additional song notes:
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 748:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33731
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Kh'hob fargesn ale libste, k'hob farlozt may eygn heym,
First line (Yiddish):
כ'האָב פֿאַרגעסן אַלע ליבסטע, כ'האָב פֿאָרלאָזט מײַן אײגן הײם,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:44
Yerusholaim (Rappaport) — ירושלים (ראַפּאַפּאָרט)
Author:
Hameiri, Avigdor — המאירי, אביגדוד
Composer:
Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Israeli/Place/Zionist
Subject:
Jerusalem/Mt Scopus
Origin:
Bugatch 17/Netzer 21/Alb N-014(a)//Belarsky Fav 32
Transliteration:
Bugatch 17/Netzer 21/Alb K-047(a)/Alb-014(a)/Belarsky Fav 24
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 14/Alb K-047(a)//Belarsky Fav 24/Alb S-083(d)
Additional song notes:
Jerusalem/ See Ephemera #337 for confusion as to identity of composer. Bugattch does not credit Rappaport, descibes music as "Folk Melody". "Hebrew Songs.com" on the internet cites Rapaport/Folk for "Music".
Related information in folder 1337:
Comments:
1. 7/2/2013 Emails from Reuven Weiner, Cantor Sam Weiss and Ofer Ben-Amots dated July 2, 2013 discussing the origins of the melody. 2. 6/92014 Transliteration and translation of the song was downloaded from hebrewsongs.com as of June 9, 2014 from the internet
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33732
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Me al pisgat hatsofim, shalom lakh, yerusholaim,
First line (Hebrew):
מעל פסגת הר הצופים, שלום לך, ירושלים, מעל פסגת הר הצופים...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:35
Veulai — ואולי (שרת)
Also known as:
Es Kon Zayn
Also known as:
Efsher Iz Di Gantse Zakh A Lign
Also known as:
Kineret (Rakhel, Bogdanski)
Author:
Rakhel — רחל
Composer:
Sharet, Yehuda — שרת, יהודה
Genre:
Literary Origin/Pioneer/Zionist
Subject:
Kineret/Dream
Origin:
Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 28/Alb D-002(a)
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 28/Alb D-002(a)/Ausubel Poetry 107
Music:
Belarsky Fav 31
Additional song notes:
Translation in Ausubel published under title "Kinnereth" Alt translation: "and perhaps" on album y-056(a)
Related information in folder 1201:
Comments:
1. 12/4/2011 Yiddish Adaptation by Zalmen Shazer titled "Efshar Iz Di Gantze Zakh A Lign- Perhaps the Whole Thing Is A Lie. Provided by Chava Kremer December 12, 2011
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33733
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Ve'ulai lo hayu hadvarim meolam, ve'ulai lo hishkamti im…
First line (Hebrew):
ואולי לא היו הדברים מעולם, ואולי לא השכמתי עם שחר לגן...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:14
Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Geule — זאָל שױן קומען די גאולה
Also known as:
Di Geule
Also known as:
La Liberacion
Also known as:
May The Redemption Come
Author:
Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
Composer:
Kook, Rav Avraham Isaac — קוק, רבֿ אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Post Holocaust
Subject:
Salvation/Redemption/Meshiekh/Hope/
Origin:
ML MTAG 172/Belarsky 234/Alb R-024(d)/Alb K-075(a)/Alb A-044(a)
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 172/Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-075(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Alb C-035(e)/
Translation:
Alb T-015(c)/Alb B-007(j)/Alb R-024(d)/K-075(a)/Z- 018(a)/Kalisch 147
Music:
ML MTAG 172/Kalisch 144
Additional song notes:
Let Redemption Come Also transliteration and translation on Alb b-126(a)
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33734
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Oy, zol shoyn kumen di geule, zol shoyn kumen di geule,
First line (Yiddish):
אוי, זאָל שױן קומען די גאולה, זאָל שױן קומען די גאולה,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:03
Ikh Benk Aheym (Rozental) — איך בענק אַהײם (ראָזענטאַל)
Author:
Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב
Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Memory/Yearning/Home/Lament
Origin:
ML WAH 22/Alb V-001(a)/Alb S-025(a)
Transliteration:
ML WAH 22/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
ML WAH 22/Ephemera 1458
Music:
ML WAH 22
Additional song notes:
What's Not To Like 2017
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33735
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Ven, mentsh, bist yung, iz groys dayn shvung,
First line (Yiddish):
װען, מענטש, ביסט יונג, איז גרױס דײַן שװוּנג--
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:00
Der Bekher (Frug) — דער בעכער (פֿרוג)
Also known as:
Der Kos
Author:
Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל
Composer:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Goblet/Cup/Tears/Redemption/Child/Question/Story
Origin:
Frug 57
Transliteration:
Frug 57
Music:
Frug 57
Additional song notes:
Translated from the Russian by Yitskhok Leyb Perets
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33736
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Zog mir, mameshi, ikh bet dikh, iz dos emes,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג מיר, מאַמעשי, איך בעט דיך, איז דאָס אמת, װאָס עס האָט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:39
Moyshele Mayn Fraynd — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Memory/Folk
Subject:
Childhood/Aging/Friends
Origin:
ML MTAG 122/Alb R-22(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb F-024(e)/Sheet Music Moskow 3
Transliteration:
CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 122/Alb D-004(d)/Alb R-022(a)/CD A-005(e)SM Moskow 3/e1435
Translation:
CD L-054(a)/Silverman SJP06/Alb R-022(a)/Alb M-041(a)/CD A-005(e)/SM Moskow 3
Music:
ML MTAG 122/Silverman SJP06//Sheet Music Moskow 3
Additional song notes:
Ephemera 1458 see 2013 for translat and translit Alb ID V02920(2) What's Not To Like 2013 and V029(7)a 2018 Ephemera 1458
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33737
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע ? כ'דערקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:08