B-028(m)

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:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36516

Artist:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

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...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

3:38

Israeli Medley (Barry Sisters)

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36517

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Language:

Hebrew

Style:

Concert/Pop/Spirited

Length:

3:40

Ay Ay Hora — אײַ אײַ האָרע

Author:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Klezmer/NigunFreylekhs/Theater

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36518

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Arranger:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Hora, hora, hora, ay, yi, biribidi bim bom,

First line (Yiddish):

האָרע, האָרע, האָרע, אײַ, אײַ, ביריבידי בים באָם,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Concert/Klezmer/Freylekhs

Length:

2:19

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:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36511

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,

First line:

אין װאַסער אין פֿײַער, װאָלט זי געלאָפֿן פֿאַר איר קינד,

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

4:38

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-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36512

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine, bekelekh vi royte

First line (Yiddish):

צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע, בעקעלעך ווי....

Track comment:

Does this version have variant verses?

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop/Swing

Length:

3:01

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:

A Kalte Nakht

Also known as:

A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)

Also known as:

El Chiclerito

Also known as:

Freylekhe Yidelekh

Also known as:

Sigaryot

Also known as:

Kupite Papirosy

Author:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Composer:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Genre:

Theatre/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family

Origin:

Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)

Transliteration:

Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)

Translation:

Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a

Music:

Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267

Additional song notes:

Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36513

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Kupite, koyft zhe, koyft papirosn! Trukene frun regn nit...

First line (Yiddish):

קופּיטיע, קױפֿט זשע, קױפֿט פּאַפּיראָסן! טרוקענע פֿון רעגן ניט...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

4:04

Yo Mayn Tayere Tokhter — יאָ מײַן ליבע טאָכטער

Author:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Pop/Swing/Jazz

Subject:

Mother/Daughter/Love/Permission

Additional song notes:

Yes My Darling Daughter

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36514

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Conductor/Arranger:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Mama, meg ikh geyn shpatsirn, yo mayn libe tokhter,

First line (Yiddish):

מאַמאַ, מעג איך גײן שפּאַציר, יאָ מײַן ליבע טאָכטער,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop/Jazz/Swing

Length:

2:37

Vu Iz Dos Gesele — װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע

Also known as:

Vi Iz Dos Gesele

Genre:

Folk/Love/Waltz/Lament

Subject:

Love/Dwelling/Memory/Street

Origin:

Alb H-007(a)/Jaffee Kam 13/Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/ Oyfn Veg 121

Transliteration:

Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121/ Oyfn Veg 121

Translation:

Alb S-062(a)/Alb B-036(a)/Alb V0121

Music:

Jaffe Kam 13/Estella 6/

Additional song notes:

Where Is The Little Street (Alleyway?)

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36515

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtub, vu iz dos yingele vemen..

First line:

װוּ איז דאָס געסעלע, װוּ איז דאָס שטוב, װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װאָס...

Track comment:

Where is the village, the place of my youth, where is the...

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Waltz/Concert/Pop

Length:

3:29

Hevenu Shalom Aleykhem — הבאנוּ שלוֹם עליכם

Also known as:

Lid Fun Sholom (Hevenu Shalom..)

Genre:

Folk/Hora/Israeli

Subject:

Peace

Origin:

Coopersmith NJS 78/Alb E-009(a)/Bugatch 66/Alb L-015(a)

Transliteration:

Bugatch 66/Alb H-002(c)/Alb G-005(c)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb E-009(a)/Alb L-015(a)

Translation:

Coopersmith NJS 78/Alb S-085(a)/

Music:

Coopersmith NJS 78/Bugatch 66/Kammen Jaff 4

Additional song notes:

We Bring You Peace See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, page 4 English adaptation by Pearl Bernyoe

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36499

Vocal/Arranger:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Hevenu shalom aleykhem

First line (Hebrew):

הבאנוּ שלוֹם עליכם

Track comment:

"We bring you greetings of peace"

Language:

Hebrew

Style:

Pop/American

Length:

2:55

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:

Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)

Also known as:

Living With the H Tune

Author:

Nathanson, Moshe

Genre:

Folk/Hora

Subject:

Dance/Celebration/Joy

Song comment:

See Page 130 for extended info on the song

Origin:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)

Transliteration:

Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)

Translation:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)

Music:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15

Additional song notes:

Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.

Related information in folder 832:

Comments:

1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36500

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Artist:

A Shtetl Wedding Ensemble

First line:

Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismekha. Uru...

First line (Hebrew):

הבה נגילה ונשׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.

Language:

Hebrew

Style:

Pop/American

Length:

3:17

Passover Medley

Composer:

Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה

Genre:

Medley/Passover Songs

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36502

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

3:07

Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע

Author:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

Composer:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

Genre:

Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal

Subject:

Rumania/Place/Food/Women

Origin:

GYF 12

Transliteration:

Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1

Translation:

Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)

Music:

Warem 175/GYF 12

Related information in folder 397:

Document type:

Text

Comments:

Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation. Also, various versions.

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36508

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Arranger:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

Oy! Rumenye, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.

First line (Yiddish):

עך, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

4:01

Der Alter Tsigayner — דער אַלטער ציגײַנער

Author:

Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Theater

Subject:

Gypsy/Music/Melody/Fiddle

Transliteration:

Alb K-029(b)/Alb P-030(a)

Translation:

Alb K-029(b)/Alb P-030(a)

Additional song notes:

From the msuical "Bublitshki"

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36509

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyen himl, vayt fun dem royshikn shtot timl

First line (Yiddish):

דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם רוישיקן שטאָט טימל

Track comment:

From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Concert

Length:

3:47

Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה

Author:

Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)

Composer:

Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף

Genre:

Love/Pop

Subject:

Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered

Origin:

GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29

Transliteration:

Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)

Translation:

GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)

Music:

Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1

Additional song notes:

Also translated on CD B-076(a)

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36510

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Mayn glik hob ikh gefinen, ven ikh hob dikh gefinen,

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן גליק האָב איך געפֿינען, ווען טיך האָב דיך געפֿינען,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Concert/Swing

Dem Ganevs Yikhes — דעם גנבֿס יחוּס

Also known as:

Dem Rebns Nign (Dem Ganevs...)

Also known as:

Nign Khasidi

Also known as:

Shmaravoznik

Also known as:

Vos Bistu Broyges

Also known as:

Vos Bistu Ketsele Broyges

Also known as:

Yikhes

Genre:

Folk/Underground/Thieves/Humorous/Insulting

Subject:

Pedigree/Family/Father/Mother/Sister/Brother/Occupation

Song comment:

Same melody as "Dem Rebns Nigun"

Origin:

Kotlansky 139/CD S-100(a)

Transliteration:

Kotlansky 139/Alb K-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb J-024(a)CD L-054(a)

Translation:

Alb J-024(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Kotylan 139/Alb Z-010(b)/CD S-100(a)/CD L-054(a)

Music:

Kotlyan 140

Related information in folder 205:

Comments:

1. Transliterated text of variant of Dem Ganevs Yikhes from email of March 2, 2003 sent by Bob Poe. 2. Article from Yiddish Forward of Nov 9, 2007 by Chana Mlotek titled "Vos Bistu, Kotinke Barugz?"

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36504

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Vos bistu, ketsele, broyges, un vos zhe hostu aropgelozt...

First line (Yiddish):

װאַס ביסטו, קעצעלע, ברוגז, און װאָס זשע האָסטו אַרופּגעלאָזט די...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Concert/Klezmer/Freylekhs

Length:

2:24

Mayn Mames Shabos Likht — מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט

Also known as:

My Mother's Sabbath Candles

Author:

Yellen, Jack

Composer:

Yellen, Jack

Genre:

Theater/Pop

Subject:

Mother/Shabos/Memory/Candles/Ritual/Family

Transliteration:

Ephemera 1105

Translation:

Ephemera 1105

Additional song notes:

My Mother's Sabbath Candles

Related information in folder 1105:

Comments:

1. Transkiteration and translation of Mayn Mames Shabos Likht from internet

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36505

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Concert

Length:

2:46

Gis Gis Gis — גיס גיס גיס

Author:

Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Genre:

Theater

Subject:

Drinking/Liquor/Wine

Additional song notes:

From Secunda's operetta "A Sheyner Kholom" Book by William Segal.

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36506

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Geyt a yid in shenkl arayn, shenkl arayn, in shenkl arayn,

First line (Yiddish):

גײט אַ ייִד אין שענקל אַרײַן, שענקל אַרײַן, אין שענקל אַרײַן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Swing/Klezmer

Length:

2:41

A Hopkele — אַ האָפּקעלע

Author:

Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב

Composer:

Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער

Genre:

Theatre

Subject:

Dance/Freylekh

Transliteration:

Warem 90/Alb K-029(h)

Translation:

Alb K-029(h)

Music:

Warem 90

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36507

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..

First line (Yiddish):

טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..

Track comment:

From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

2:56