Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs
- Album ID:
- B-007(c)
- Publisher:
- Elektra Records EKL 281
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Genre:
- Folk/Theatre
- Where produced:
- New York
- Number of tracks:
- 16
Contents
Shabos Oyf Der Gantse Velt — שבּת אױף דער גאַנצע װעלט
- Also known as:
- Sholem
- Genre:
- Sabbath/Peace
- Subject:
- Sabbath/Peace/Holiday
- Origin:
- Vinkov 2 225/Alb B-004(c)/Alb K-075(a)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 2 225/Alb B-007(c)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb L-38(a)/Alb L-038(b)/Ephemera 1458
- Translation:
- Alb L-038(a)/Vinkov 2 225/Alb O-009(a)/Alb B-007(c)/AlbL-038(b)/Ephemera 1458
- Music:
- Vinkov 2 225/
- Additional song notes:
- Sabbath Over The Entire World
Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a)
Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 13464
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Shabos (6x), zol zayn yidn shabos, shabos oyf der gantser..
- First line:
- שבּת (6), זאָל זײַן ייִדן שבּת, שבּת אױף דער גאַנצער װעלט.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
A Kleyn Melamedl — אַ קלײן מלמדל
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Melamed/Teacher/Nadn/Negotiations/Shortage/Fees/Money
- Origin:
- B-007(c)
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/Alb J-025(a)/J-025(b)
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 369
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Tsu veyst ir ver ikh bin, ikh bin, ikh bin, ikh bin,
- First line (Yiddish):
- צו װײסט איך װער אַיך בין, איך בין, איך בין,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Bayt Zhe Mir Oys A Finfuntsvansiker — בײַט זשע מיר אױס אַ פֿינפֿאונצװאַנציקער
- Also known as:
- Rumshi
- Also known as:
- The Twenty Fiver
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Wedding/Klezmorim/Tipping Musicians/Money
- Origin:
- Ber Fef 258/Vinkov 2 164/ML MTAG 60/Epelboym 83
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 2 165/Alb K-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/ML MTAG 60/Rubin Voi17/Epelboym 83
- Translation:
- Rubin Voi 17/Alb K-020(a)/Vinkov 2 165/Alb B-007(c)/Alb O-009(a)
- Music:
- Vinkov 2 165/Rubin Voi 17/ML MTAG 60/Epelboym 83
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 2133
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Bayt zhe mir oys a funfuntsvansiker, oyf samerodne drayer;
- First line (Yiddish):
- בײַט זשע מיר אױס אַ פֿינפֿאונצװאַנציקער, אױף סאַמעראַדנע דרײַער;
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "A Finf-Un-Tsvantsiger"
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 2339
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh gey arum farshmakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך גײ אַרום פֿאַשמאַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- 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:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 2993
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- 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 ?
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 3594
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven...
- First line (Yiddish):
- צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Dire Gelt — דירה-געלט
- Also known as:
- Rent Money
- Also known as:
- Dir Gelt
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Landlord/Tenant/Apartment/Rent/Eviction/Repairs/Poverty
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 76/Alb Z-012(a)/
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 76/Alb N-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-014(k)
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb N-020(a)/
- Music:
- ML MTAG 76/Alb Z-012(a)/
- Additional song notes:
- Rent Money
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 3887
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Dire-gelt un oy-oy-oy! Dire-gelt un bozhe moy!
- First line (Yiddish):
- דירה-געלט און אױ-אױ-אױ, דירה-געלט און באָזהע-מױ!
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Doyne (Bikel) — דױנע (ביקעל)
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 4207
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Shpil mir fidele, shpil a doyne, s'iz bakant shoyn do a yedn
- First line:
- שפּיל מיר פֿידעלע, שפּיל אַ דױנע, ס'איז באַקאַנט שױן דאָ אַ יעדן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
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:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 5771
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- 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..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Kalt Vaser — קאַלט װאַסער
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 7811
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Zetst un gis kalt vaser, kalt vaser, kalt vaser,
- First line:
- זעצט און גיסט קאַלט װאַסער, קאַלט װאַסער, קאַלט װאַסער,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Khasene Lid (Ellstein) — חתונה ליד (עלשטײַן)
- Also known as:
- Khasene Tants
- Also known as:
- A Khasene Lid
- Author:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Marriage/Brides/Peace/Soldiers/Return/Hope/Joy/Celebration
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/Alb K-029(i)
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)Alb K-029(i)
- Additional song notes:
- Dedicated to brides waitng for grooms to return from World War II.
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 8112
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Shpilt oyf a khasene tants far ale kales,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שפּילט אױף אַ חתונה טאַנץ פֿאַר אַלע כּלות, װײַל כּלות ... קומען…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- 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:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 9966
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, punkt vi a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּונק װי אַ חלום...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Mekhutonim Geyen — מחותּנים גײען
- Also known as:
- Di Mekhutonim
- Also known as:
- Di Mekhutonim Geyen
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Composer:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Genre:
- Folk/Wedding
- Subject:
- Family/Wedding Party/Wedding Guests/Procession/In Laws
- Song comment:
- Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)"
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 56/Alb D-004(d)/Kinderbuch 170/Epelboym 21
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 56/Alb M-057(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb R-07(f)2/Alb M-057(a)/A-005(e)/Epl 21
- Translation:
- Alb R-007(f)2/Kinderbuch 171/Alb B-007(c)/CD A-005(e)/Alb W-021(d)
- Music:
- Kinderbuch 170/ML MTAG 56/Epelboym 21
- Additional song notes:
- Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)"
The In-Laws' Procession
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 10235
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Di mekhutonim geyen kinder, lomir zikh freyn, shat nor shat!
- First line (Yiddish):
- די מחותּנים גײען קינדער, לאָמיר זיך פֿרײען, שאַט נאָר שאַט!
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)""(צאַד חתנס) פֿרײלעכס "אַ
- Language:
- Yiddish
Di Tsvey Mekhutenestes
- Also known as:
- Mekhuteneste Mayne
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 10212
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye, mir vern haynt...
- First line (Yiddish):
- מחותּנתטע מײַנע, מחותּנתטע געטרײַע, מיר װערן הײַנט אױף אײביק...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn — צװײ בריװ צום ליאַדער רבּין
- Also known as:
- A Pintele
- Also known as:
- A Briv Tsum Liader Rebn
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Rebbe/Letters/Wife/Business/Health/Pregnancy/Khosid
- Origin:
- Kotlyan 104/Alb A-013(a)/Vinkov 3 102/
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/Alb L-023(b)/Alb L-038(a)/Vinkov 3 102/Alb L-023(b)
- Translation:
- Kotlyan 104/Vinkov 3 102/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb L-023(b)
- Music:
- Kotlyan 101/Vinkov 3 102
- Related information in folder 94:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 1/21/2005
- Comments:
- Background of the song (a/ka/ "Miestietshku Ladinnyu"
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 15721
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Uv mestetshko lyadenyu- a pintele, mogilyovski gubernyu,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אוּװ מעסטעסשקאָ ליאַדענו-- אַ פּינטעלע, מאָלהילאָװסקי גובערניו,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "A Pintele"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Yosl Klezmer (Feingold) — יאָסל קלעזמער (פֿייִנגאָלד)
- Author:
- Gross, Naftali — גראָס, נפתלי
- Composer:
- Feingold, Lipa. — פֿײַנגאָלד, ליפּאַ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Klezmer/Musician/Afterlife/Occupation
- Origin:
- WLZ 14SGS/Alb N-026(a)
- Transliteration:
- WLZ 14SGS 42/Alb B-007(c)/Alb L-049(a)/O-016(a)
- Translation:
- WLZ 14SGS/Alb B-007(c)/Alb N-026(a)/O-016(a)
- On album:
- B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 17830
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
- First line:
- Az yosl klezmer shpilt af a simkhe, tantst khevre vi a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַז יאָסל קלעזמער שפּילט אַף אַ שׂמחה, טאַנצט חבֿרה װי אַ כװאַליע...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Yosl Der Klezmer"
- Language:
- Yiddish