Y-002(a)

Shpilt Klezmorim (Yarkoni) — שפּילט קלעזמאָרים

Additional song notes:

Play Musicians

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

14217

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Oy oy oy, shpil klezmor, dos shtikele, dos kale firt dem...

First line:

אױ אױ אַױ, שפּיל קלעזמאָר, דאָס שטיקעלע, דאָס כּלה פֿירט דעם חתן...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Alte Lieder" with Zay Freylekh, Shpilt Klez

A Kleyn Shtibele — אַ קלײן שטיבעלע

Genre:

Folk/Love/Lament

Subject:

House/Garden/Loss/Separation/Yearning/Bird/Fish

Origin:

Alb S-062(a)

Transliteration:

Alb S-062(a)

Translation:

Alb S-062(a)

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

371

Narrator:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

A kleyn shtibele shteyt geboygn, sheyt geboygn, in a grine..

First line (Yiddish):

אַ קלײן שטיבעלע שטײט געבױגן, שטײט געבױגן, אין אַ גרינעם גאָרטן,

Track comment:

cartoznik in kurtn."

Language:

Yiddish

Der Rebe Hot Geheysn (Alte Lid..) — דער רבּי האָט געהײסן (אַלטע לידער)

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

3352

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Mir veln zingen dos alte lide, vayl es shmekt vi alter vayn,

First line (Yiddish):

מיר װעלן זינגען דאָס אַלטע לידלף װײַל עס שמעקט װי אַלטער װײַן,

Track comment:

Same melody as "Reb Dovidl"

Language:

Yiddish

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:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

3959

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

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

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:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

4262

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Ven mit mazl, gezunt un lebn S'elste tekhterl mir veln...

First line:

װען מיט מזל, געזונט און לעבן ס'עלסטע טעכטערל מיר װעלן...

Zol Nokh Zayn Shabos — זאָל נאָך זײַן שבּת

Also known as:

Got Fun Avrom (Golub)

Also known as:

Bobenyu (Golub)

Author:

Roisenblat, Chaim — רױזענבלאַט, הײם

Composer:

Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Shabos/Havdola/Grandmother

Origin:

ML PYP 274/ML PYS 207/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 68/Alb G-044(a)Sh Sh 273/SM 183/Box 8

Transliteration:

Alb B-007(c)/GYF 71/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 207

Translation:

Alb B-007(c)/GYF 71/Alb K-047(a)/Alb G-044(a)Sh Sh 272

Music:

Golub Songs 24

Additional song notes:

Shabos Should Not Be Over

Related information in folder 744:

Comments:

1. See folder 743

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

5768

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Oy, bobenyu, zog nokh nisht "Got Fun Avrom", Vos iz dos...

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, באָבעניו, זאָג נאָך נישט "גאָט פֿון אַבֿרהם", װאָס איז דאָס מיט..

Track comment:

Recorded under "Bobenyu"

Language:

Yiddish

Ikh Vel Keynmol Nish Fargesn — איך װעל קײנמאָל נישט פֿאַרגעםן

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

7208

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Ikh vel keynmol nit fargesn, dos alte shmule yidish gesl,

First line:

איך װעל קײנמאָל ייִדיש געסל, דאָס אַלטע שמולע ייִדיש געסל,

Di Tsvey Mekhutenestes

Also known as:

Mekhuteneste Mayne

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

10210

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye, Oy, lomir zayn...

First line (Yiddish):

מחותּנתטע מײַנע, מחותּנתטע געטרײַע, אױ, לאָמיר זײַן אױף אײביק...

Language:

Yiddish

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:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

10766

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

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

Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם

Also known as:

Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd

Also known as:

Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love

Song comment:

P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"

Origin:

ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/

Transliteration:

GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)

Translation:

Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414

Music:

ML MTAG 164/

Additional song notes:

By The Wayside Stands A Tree See also illustration in Manger Illust See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania

Related information in folder 111:

Comments:

1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym." See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik) 2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell. 3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe". 4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.

Related information in folder 996:

Comments:

1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

11971

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Oyfn vegt shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn,

First line (Yiddish):

אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...

Language:

Yiddish

A Zemer — אַ זמר

Also known as:

Reb Motenyu

Also known as:

Zogt Der Rebe

Author:

Zeitlin, Aaron — צײַטלין, אַהרן

Composer:

Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

God/Faith/Struggle/Khasid/

Origin:

Kon 65/ML PYS 142/Alb B-007(a)/Bugatch 146/Sheet Music 305

Transliteration:

Alb O-009(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Bugatch 146/Alb L-038(a)/Sheet Music 30

Translation:

Alb L-038(a)/ML PYS 142/Alb O-009(a)/Alb O-006(c)/Alb D-002(a)

Music:

Bugatch 146/ML PYS 142/Kon 65/Sheet Music 305

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

12657

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Zogt der rebe, reb motenyu: -- A gut morgn dir, gotenyu!

First line (Yiddish):

זאָגט דער רבּי, רבּ מאָטעניו: -- אַ גוט מאָרגען דיר, גאָטעניו!

Language:

Yiddish

Zol Zayn (Papernikov) — זאָל זײַן (פּאַפּערניקאָוו)

Author:

Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף

Composer:

Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Goals/Attempt/Optomisn/Persistence

Origin:

ML MTAG 186/Alb L-002(a)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 186/Alb L-002(a)/Alb M-049(a)

Translation:

Alb T-015(e)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb 129(a)&(b)/Alb P-038€

Music:

ML MTAG 186

Additional song notes:

Let It Be So

Related information in folder 749:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

18226

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Zol zayn az ikh boy in der luft mayne shleser,

First line (Yiddish):

זאָל זײַן אַז איך בױ אין דער לופֿט מײַנע שלעסער,

Language:

Yiddish

Zol Zayn Shtil — זאָל זײַן שטיל

Also known as:

A Shabesdike Zemerl

Author:

Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך

Composer:

Younin, Wolf — יונין, װאָלף

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Quiet, Melody, Shabos, Joy, Heart, Soul, Food, Rest

Translation:

Ephemera 1449

Additional song notes:

Let There Be Quiet Shmuel Firshko credited as author on track #s 18238, 18239, 18240 and 18365

Related information in folder 1449:

Comments:

1. 1/1/2015 Translated text copied from internet on Jan 1, 2015 and entered in Ephemera on Jan 5, 2015

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

18237

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Zol zayn shtil un zol zayn sha, lomir ale zingen a zemrerl..

First line:

זאָל זײַן שטיל און זאָל זײַן שאַ, לאָמיר אַלע זינגען אַ זמרל אַזאַ,

Zay Freylekh — זײַ פֿרײלעך

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Joy/Hide Sorrows/Secret/Pain/Tears/

Origin:

Ephemera 1424

Transliteration:

Ephemera 1424

Translation:

Alb G-070(g)/Ephemera 1424

Additional song notes:

Be Joyful

On album:

Y-002(a) (Sabra Sings More Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

17940

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Zay freylekh, zay freylekh,...

First line:

זײַ פֿרײלעך, זײַ פֿרײלעך...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Alte Lieder" with Zay Freylekh, Shpilt Klez