The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2
- Album ID:
- V-005(a)2
- Publisher:
- Leisure Time Records LTR 146
Contents
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
- Also known as:
- Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
- Author:
- Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Genre:
- Immigration/Lament
- Subject:
- Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
- Origin:
- Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Additional song notes:
- See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version.
Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit.
See Gottlieb p. 147.
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate
What's Not To Like 2017
- Related information in folder 408:
- Comments:
- 1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine".
2. 2. Original text with 8 verses
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24271
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- I'm the Rose who Johnny Doughboy wed one day on Erin's isle,
- First line:
- אָט אַ קומט דער אודזער אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...
- Track comment:
- Novelty, Variant, Irish, Dialect version
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Ikh Vil A Vayb — איך װיל אַ װײַב
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24272
- Artist:
- Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
- First line:
- Ikh vil a vayb (2x), git zi mir, git zi mir, ikh darf zi...
- First line:
- איך װיל אַ װײַב (2), גיט זי מיר, גיט זי מיר, איך דאַרף זי אָן...
Aleyn Gezukht Zikh Tsores — אַלײן געזוכט זיך צרהות
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24273
- Vocal:
- Skulnick, Menasha — סקולניק, מנשה
- First line:
- Kh'hob aleyn gezukht zikh tsores,
- First line:
- כ'כאָב אַלײן געזוכט זיך צרהות,
Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln (Parody, E, Y) — איך װיל זיך שפּילן (פּאַראָדיע)
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24274
- Composer:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- Some gals enjoy good music, go to lectures and read books,
- First line:
- כ'כאָב אַלײן געזוכט זיך צוהות,
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Joe and Paul
- Author:
- Barton, Eddie
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Novelty/Klezmer/
- Subject:
- Boy's Clothing/Advertising/Bargins/Off Color/Humor/
- Related information in folder 339:
- Document type:
- Email
- Author:
- Ron Robboy
- Date:
- 11/23/1997
- Comments:
- 1 11/27/1997 Long analytic article emailed by Ron Robboy to Mendeleabout the recording of Joe and Paul entered in Ephemera on .November 27/1997.
2 2/26/2018 Article from the internet entered in Ephemera on February 26/2018.dealing with the history of the song Joe and Paul
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24275
- Author/Artist:
- Barton Brothers
- First line:
- Yay bay yababa yababay bay bay, WVBD, hay bab a rebab,
- First line:
- יאײַ בײַ יאַבאַבאַ יאַבאַבײַ בײַ בײַ, WVBD, הײ באַב אַ ריבאַב,
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Novelty/Humorous/Klezmer
Ikh Vil A Khusn — איך װיל אַ חתן
- Also known as:
- I Want A Fellow (Eng, Yid)
- Author:
- Reilly, Betty
- Composer:
- Tanzman, Yosef — טאַנזמאַן, יוסף
- Genre:
- Novelty/Theatre/Vaudville
- Subject:
- Marriage/Bridegroom/Love
- Song comment:
- See Hershkes entry 3222
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24276
- Vocal:
- Reilly, Betty
- First line:
- In my recent tour abroad, to entertain the GIs there,
- First line:
- אױ, איך װיל אַ חתן, אױ אַ שרעק,...שטאַרב איך אַװעק,
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Swing/Freylekhs
A Khasene In Brownsville — אַ חתונה אין בראָנסװיל
- Author:
- Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
- Genre:
- Theatre/Shund/Vaudeville
- Subject:
- Wedding/Brownsville/Place/Gifts
- Song comment:
- Same melody as "Unter Belzer Himlen"
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24277
- Vocal:
- Fuchs, Leo — פֿוקס, לעאָ
- First line:
- A khasene in brownsville, a khasene in brownsville,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ חתונה אין בראָנסװיל ,אַ חתונה אין בראָנסװיל,
- Track comment:
- Same melody as "Unter Belzer Himlen"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theatre/Vaudeville/Klezmer
Vi Heybt Men Es On — װי הײבט מען עס אָן
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24278
- Vocal:
- Skulnick, Menasha — סקולניק, מנשה
- First line:
- Ir zolt fun mir nit lakhn, ikh zog in lebn nit, s'iz azoy..
- First line:
- איר זאָלט פֿון מיר ניט לאַכן, איך זאָג אין לעבן ניט, ס'איז אַזױ..
Koyft A Khusn — קױפֿט אַ חתן
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24279
- Artist:
- Wilner, Max — װילנער, מאַקס
- First line:
- Ikh bin dokh a sakh mit khasanim un a shir, ver es darf a...
- First line:
- איך בין דאָך אַ סך מיט חתנים אָן אַ שיר, װער עס דאָרף אַ חתן...
I Sit And I Knit (Eng)
- Author:
- Hodes, Billy
- Author:
- Rumsey, Murray
- Composer:
- Rumsey, Murray
- Composer:
- Hodes, Billy
- Genre:
- Novelty
- Additional song notes:
- Song credited to both names.
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24280
- Vocal:
- Hodes, Billy
- First line:
- Sadie Solowitz likes to play bridge, Rose Rosen goes in...
- Language:
- English
Freylekh Zayn — פֿרײלעך זײַן
- Author:
- Wilner, Max — װילנער, מאַקס
- Genre:
- Humorous/Vaudville/Novelty
- Subject:
- Beggar/Errant Wife/Family/Shabos Kugel/Return
- Song comment:
- Khasidic-Scat incorporated as part of music
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-029(i)
- Translation:
- Alb K-029(i)
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24281
- Artist:
- Wilner, Max — װילנער, מאַקס
- First line:
- A lidl zing ikh itst far aykh, vos iz a mekhaye,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ לידל זינג איך איצט פֿאַר אײַך, װאָס איז אַ מחיה,
- Track comment:
- Album notes indicates singer is Rexite - probably Max Wilner
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theatre/Humorous
Mayn Tayer Jekele — מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע
- On album:
- V-005(a)2 (The Best of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 2)
- Track ID:
- 24282
- Composer:
- Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
- Author/Artist:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- First line:
- Mayn tayer jekele, shik mir a tshekele, vayl di vayber vil..
- First line:
- מײַן טײַער דזשעקעלע, שיק מיר אַ טשעקעלע, װײַל די װײַבער װיל...
- Track comment:
- Same melody as Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn