U-005(a)

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:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26004

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

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

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

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:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26005

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

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 ?

Track comment:

Similar melody to "High Noon" - Do Not Forsake Me, O My...

Language:

Yiddish

Vigndik A Fremd Kind — װיגנדיק אַ פֿרעמד קינד

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26006

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Zolst azoy lebn un zayn gezunt, ikh vel dir zitsn un vign...

First line:

זאָלסט אַזױ לעבן און זײַן געזונט, איך װעל זיצן און װיגן דאָס..

Track comment:

Ruth Rubin called this "Song of the Baby Sitter"

Shlof Mayn Tokhter — שלאַף מײַן טאָכטער

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26007

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Shlof mayn tokhter, sheyne fayne, in dayn vigele,

First line:

שלאָף מײַן טאָכטער, שײנע פֿײַנע, אין דײַן װיגעלע,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Spij coreczko"

Lomir Ale Zingen A Zemerl — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען אַ זמרל

Also known as:

A Zemerl

Also known as:

Di Negidim Un Di Kaptsonim

Also known as:

Lekhem, Bosor V'dogim

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Class/Rich/Poor/Food/Meat/Fish/Bread/Tsimes/Contrast

Origin:

ML MTAG 156/Alb B-007(a)/Alb J-034(a)/Epelboym 26

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 156/Alb B-007(a)/K-059(d)/Alb J-034(a)/Epelboym 26/Ephemera 1428-2015

Translation:

Alb B-017(a)/Alb F-001(c)/Alb A-034(a)/Ephemera 1428-2015 /Alb 1299(a & b)

Music:

ML MTAG 156/Epelboym 26

Additional song notes:

Published under the title "A Shnayderl" Ephemera 1458: See 2015 program for translat and translit

Related information in folder 742:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26008

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Lomir ale zingen, lomir ale zingen, a zemerl, a zemerl tsu..

First line (Yiddish):

לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, אַ זמרל, אַ זמרל צו גאָט,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Zaspiewajmy"

Language:

Yiddish

Di Zun (Warshavsky) — די זון (וואַרשאַווסקי)

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Genre:

Folk/

Subject:

Sun/Hope/Bird/Song

Origin:

Warsh Ye Yid 50

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26009

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Di zun iz oyfgegangen, es shaynt in yenem ort...

First line (Yiddish):

די זון איז אױפֿגעגאַנגען, עס שײַנט אין יענעם אָרט...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Slonce wzeszlo" -

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:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26011

Vocal:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Track comment:

Recorded under Zydowska mama

Language:

Yiddish

Ver Hot Aza Yingele — װער האָט אַזאַ ייִנגעלע

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26012

Author:

Gabor, Tamas

Composer:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Fun dem himl tsugeshikt, a yingele mir, mit an oytser...

First line:

פֿון דעם הימל צוגעשיקט, אַ ייִנגעלע מיר, מיט אַן אוצר מיר באַגליקט

Track comment:

Recorded under Zeslany z niebios See PYS 12 for credit

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:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26013

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Bublitshki, koyft mayne beygelekh, heysinke bublitshki,

First line (Yiddish):

בובליטשקי, קױפֿט מײַנע בײגעלעך, הײסינקע בֿײגעלעך, נו קױפֿט זשע..

Language:

Yiddish

Yingele Nit Veyn — ייִנגעלע ניט װײן

Author:

Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Theatre/Lament

Subject:

Father/Son/Motherless/Immigration/Protection/Family/Child

Transliteration:

Alb K-029(b)/SM 1317

Translation:

Alb K-029(b)/SM 1317

Music:

SM 1317

Additional song notes:

Don't Cry Little Boy

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26014

Vocal:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.

Track comment:

Recorded under "Nie placz malenki"

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:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26015

Artist:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

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

First line (Yiddish):

ס'ברענט! ברידערלכעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך...

Track comment:

Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.

Language:

Yiddish

Tsu Shpet — צו שפּעט

Author:

Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים

Composer:

Windish, Samuel

Genre:

Theater/Lament/Cabaret

Subject:

Lost Love/Loss

Transliteration:

SM General 881

Translation:

SM General 881

Music:

SM General 881

Additional song notes:

Too Late

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26016

Vocal:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

Ikh zits un veyn, ikh bin aleyn, oy, ikh benk oyf dir a...

First line (Yiddish):

איך זיץ און װײן, איך בין אַלײן, אױ, איך בענק אױף דיר אַ...

Language:

Yiddish