T-003(d)

Hey Tsigelekh — הײ ציגעלעך

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Love/Lament/Shepherd/Goats

Origin:

ML MTAG 213/Vinkov 1 42/Alb R-007(f)4/Gebir Lemm 94/Alb A-044(a)/Gebir ML 38

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 213/Vinkov 1 42/Alb R-007(f)4/Alb T-015(c)/Alb A-044(a)/Lifshitz 28

Translation:

Vinkov 1 42/Alb A-044(a)/Gebir SIMC 38

Music:

ML MTAG 213/Vinkov 1 42/Gebir Lemm 94/Lifshitz 26

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

6526

Vocal:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Hey, tsigelekh, kumt aher tsu mir geshvind!

First line (Yiddish):

הײ, ציגעלעך, קומט אַהער צו מיר געשװינד!

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה

Also known as:

A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse

Additional song notes:

See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

483

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

A mol iz geven a mayse, Di meyse iz gor nit freylekh.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, די מעשׂה איז גאָר ניט פֿרײַלעך,

Language:

Yiddish

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע

Also known as:

Yiddishe Mame

Author:

Yellen, Jack

Author:

Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו

Composer:

Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו

Composer:

Yellen, Jack

Genre:

Memory/Family

Subject:

Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration

Origin:

GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301

Transliteration:

Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)

Translation:

GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301

Music:

GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

743

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

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:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

2995

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

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

Beriozkele — בעריאָזקעלע

Also known as:

Beriozka Belaya (White Birch)

Also known as:

The Birch Tree (Russian, Berieza)

Author:

Einhorn, David — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Author:

Einhorn, Dovid — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Composer:

Shepherd, Merlin — שעפּהערד, מערלין

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Birch Tree/Lonliness/Stranger/Prayer/Nightengale

Origin:

Alb J-020(b)/Kipnis 100 97/Sh Sh 253/Alb B-207(a)

Transliteration:

Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-207(a)

Translation:

Alb J-020(b)/Sh Sh 252/Alb B-207(a)/Alb 129(a)&(b)

Music:

Kipnis 100 97

Additional song notes:

The Birch Tree Melody from the Kipnis collection

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

2604

Author/Composer:

Einhorn, Dovid — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Ruik, ruik, shoklt ir geloktes grinem kepl mayn vaysinke...

First line:

רויִק, רויִק, שאָקלט איר געלאָקטעס גרינים קעפּל מײַן װײַסינקע...

Track comment:

See also Forward Article of 10-29-93 with alb W-20(a)

Dona Dona — דאָנאַ דאָנאַ

Author:

Zeitlin, Aaron — צײַטלין, אַהרן

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Genre:

Literary Origin/Theatre/Folk

Subject:

Calf/Freedom/Choice/Subjegation/Wagon/Swallow (Bird)

Origin:

ML PYS 175/Kinderbuch 104/Alb A-001(h)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(a)/Vinkov 4 45

Transliteration:

Alb B-007(a)/Kinderbuch 104/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb L-023(b)/Kinderland

Translation:

Kinderbuch 104/Alb L-048(a)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb B-007(a)/Kinderland/Schwartz 6

Music:

ML PYS 175/Kinderbuch 104/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 45/Schwartz 6

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also Ephemera 918 for original text, translation and Transliteration

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

3968

Vocal:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Oyfn furl ligt dos kelbl, ligt gebunden mit a shtrik,

First line (Yiddish):

אױפֿן פֿורל ליגט דאָס קעלבל, ליגט געבונדן מיט אַ שטריק,

Track comment:

Song introduced in 1940 revival of Yiddish musical "Esterl".

Language:

Yiddish

Farmakht Iz Mayn Tir — פֿאַרמאַכט איז מײַן טיר

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

5134

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

Author:

Katznelson, Yitzkhak — כצנלסון, יצחק

First line:

Farmakht iz mayn tir, keyner klapt nit in ir,

First line:

פֿאַרמאַכט איז מײַן טיר, קײנער קלאַפּט ניט אין איר,

Dray Yingelekh (Gelbart) — דרײַ ייִנגעלעך (געלבאָרט)

Author:

Goichberg, Yisroel — גױכבערג, ישׂראל

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Genre:

Children/Humorous/Literary Origin

Subject:

Mother/Children/Names/BrothersShoes/Nuts/Mother/Cheeks

Origin:

Goykh 88/Alb B-007(a)/Alb O-001(c)/Gelb GB 16/Alb L-044(d)

Transliteration:

Kinderbukh 57/Alb B-007(a)/Alb O-001(c)

Translation:

Kinderbukh 57/Alb B-007(a)/Alb O-001(c)Alb L-044(d)

Music:

Kinderbukh 56/Gelb GB 16

Additional song notes:

Three Boys

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

4286

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Di mame hot dray yingelekh, dray yingelekh gehat.

First line (Yiddish):

די מאַמע האָט דרײַ ייִנגעלעך, דרײַ ייִנגעלעך געהאַט.

Language:

Yiddish

Margaritkelekh — מאַרגאַריטקעלעך

Also known as:

A Moment

Also known as:

Marganiot

Also known as:

Rakefet

Author:

Shneur, Zalman — שניאור, זלמן

Genre:

Literary Origin/Love

Subject:

Seduction/Abandonment/Love/Forest/River/Dasies/Courting

Origin:

ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Alb L-001(a)/Alb A-002(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Alb F-24(e)

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Alb K-059(d)/Gold Zem 184/Alb K-068(d)/

Translation:

CD L-054(a)/Alb K-068(d)/Vinkov 1 66/Alb Z-018(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Sh Sh 234/

Music:

ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Netzer 22/Belarsky 065/

Additional song notes:

Daisies See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Org, Translit & Translat on Alb B-211(a)

Related information in folder 735:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

9784

Vocal:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

In veldl baym taykhl, dort zaynen gevaksn margaritkelekh,

First line (Yiddish):

אין װעלדל בײַם טײַכל, דאָרט זײַנען געװאַקסן מאַרגאַריטלעך עלנט...

Language:

Yiddish

Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז

Also known as:

Belz

Author:

Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב

Composer:

Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער

Genre:

Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin

Subject:

Place/Belz/Childhood

Origin:

GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309

Transliteration:

Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/

Translation:

Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311

Music:

GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308

Additional song notes:

From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

9975

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Dertseyl mir alter, dertseyl mir geshvind, Veyl ikh vil...

First line (Yiddish):

דערצײל מיר אַלטער, דערצײל מיר געשװינד, װײַל איך װיל װיסן אַלץ..

Language:

Yiddish

Sherele (Nign) — שערעלע (ניגון)

Genre:

Nigun

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

13658

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

Style:

Nigun

Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה

Also known as:

Tum Balalayke

Also known as:

Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)

Also known as:

Play Balalaike

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

15803

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

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,

Language:

Yiddish

In Mayn Gortn — אין מײַן גאָרטן

Author:

Bialik, Khaim Nakhman — ביאַליק, חיים נחמן

Genre:

Love/Marriage/Courtship/Literary Origin

Subject:

Marriage/Garden/Well/Bucket/'Water/Worry

Origin:

ML SOG 57/Alb L-001(d)

Transliteration:

ML SOG 57/Alb L-001(d)/Alb W-021(d)

Translation:

Bialik Efros 226/Alb L-001(d)/Alb W-021(d)

Additional song notes:

This song adopted or translated from the Hebrew of Khaim Nakhman - Bialik, but given a title entry independent of the original. ML SOG credits I. Ma Yifis as the translator.

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

17374

Vocalist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

Yiddish Adaptation:

Ma Yifis, I.

First line:

In mayn gortn hot a brunem, mit an emer zikh gefunen:

First line (Yiddish):

אין מײַן גאָרטן האָט אַ ברונעם, מיט אַן עמער זיך געפֿונען,

Track comment:

Yiddish version also by Bialik.

Language:

Yiddish