Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945
- Album ID:
- B-087(a)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- RA Friedman
- Date of issuance:
- 2000
- Liner notes:
- privately made CD/ recopied to archival CD 3/2009
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Gift of RA Friedman, 2000
- Genre:
- Theater
- Where produced:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Number of tracks:
- 18
- Copyright information:
- 2000
- Additional notes:
- Majority of transfers from WEVD, NY/Original discs Lib. Of Cong. via Henry Sapoznik /Tracks originally recorded 1945-1948
Contents
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-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30775
- Vocal:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Ikh zits un veyn, ikh bin aleyn, oy ikh benk nokh dir a gantsn tog un nakht
- First line:
- איך זיץ און װיין, איך בין אַליין, אױ איך בענק נאָך דיר אַ גאַנצן טאָג און נאַכט
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
I Never Will Forget You — איך קען דיך ניט פֿאַרגעסן
- Author:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- Composer:
- Nedwik
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30776
- Vocal:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- Piano:
- Carter, Ray
- First line:
- I never will forget you
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English Yiddish
Ven Ikh Zol Dikh Farlirn — װען איך זאָל דיך פֿאַרלירן
- Author:
- Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס
- Composer:
- Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס
- Genre:
- Theater/Love
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30777
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- Cimbalom/Arrangement:
- Vink, Bokkie
- First line:
- Ven ikh zol dikh farlirn dan vil ikh nisht lebn shoyn mer,
- First line:
- װען איך זאָל דיך פֿאַרלירן דאַן װיל איך נישט לעבן שׁױן מער
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ
- Also known as:
- Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
- Author:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Composer:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
- Subject:
- Aging/Memory
- Origin:
- ML PYS 274
- Transliteration:
- Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
- Translation:
- Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
- Additional song notes:
- What Was Once Is No More
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30783
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Vos geven iz geven un nito, shoyn avek yene yor yene sho
- First line:
- װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ, שׁױן אַװעק יענע יאָר יענע שׁעה,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
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-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30784
- Vocal:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- Piano:
- Carter, Ray
- First line:
- Too late did my heart discover, too late that we loved one another
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Farges Mikh Nit — פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre/Love
- Subject:
- Memory/Separation/Fear/Request/Foreboding
- Origin:
- Sheet Music
- Transliteration:
- Sheet Music
- Music:
- Sheet Music
- Additional song notes:
- Don't Forget Me
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30778
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Her vi mayn harts bet, farges mikh nit
- First line:
- הער װי מייִן האַרץ בעט, פֿאַרגעס מיך ניט
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Du Un Di Zun Un Di Shtern — דו און די זון און די שטערן
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theater/Duet/Love
- Subject:
- Sun/Stars/Flowers/Perfume/Beauty/Bains/Heavenly
- Origin:
- SM 1324
- Transliteration:
- SM 1324
- Music:
- SM 1324
- Additional song notes:
- You and the Sun and the Stars
From the Musical "Lebn Zol Amerike"
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30779
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Du un di zun un di shtern, ir shaynt far mir ale gli
- First line:
- דו און די זון און די שׁטערן שׁייִנט פֿאַר מיר אַלע גלי
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Ikh Vel Vartn Oyf Dir — איך װעל װאַרטן אױף דיר
- Author:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theater/love/Lament
- Subject:
- Rejection/Return/Patience/Desire/Years/Loss
- Origin:
- SM 515
- Transliteration:
- SM 515
- Music:
- SM 515
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30780
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Ikh vel vartn far dir meg es nemen vi lang
- First line:
- איך װעל װאַרטן פֿאַר דיר מעג עס נעמען װי לאַנג
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Mayn Tayere Kh'hob Dikh Lib — מײַן טײַערע כ'האָב דיך ליב
- Also known as:
- Mayn Tayere
- Author:
- Ostroff, Oscar — אָסטראָף, אָסקאַר
- Author:
- Ostroff, Oscar — אָסטראָף, אָסקאַר
- Composer:
- Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
- Composer:
- Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Love/Adoration/Joy
- Origin:
- SM 373
- Transliteration:
- SM 373
- Music:
- SM 373
- Additional song notes:
- My Precious, I Love You
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30781
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Mayn tayere kh'hob dikh lib mit a libe getlekh reyn,
- First line:
- מײַן טײַערע, כ'האָב דיך ליב, מיט אַ ליבע געטלעך רײן
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Glik — גליק
- Author:
- Meisell, Bella — מײַזעל, בעלאַ
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Fate/Happiness/Love
- Song comment:
- From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
- Origin:
- Alb T-028(f)
- Transliteration:
- Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)
- Translation:
- Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26
- Music:
- Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p
- Additional song notes:
- Luck
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30782
- VocalAdditional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Glik, du bist gekumen un ober a bisl tsu spheyt
- First line:
- גליק דו ביסט געקומען און אָבער אַ ביסל צו שׁפּייט
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Miserlou — מיסערלאָו
- Composer:
- Roubanis, Nick — רובּינס, ניק
- Genre:
- Love
- Subject:
- Desert
- Origin:
- Alb T-005(c)/CD S-001(d)
- Transliteration:
- CD S-001(d)/Alb K-029(h)/Alb P-038(b)
- Translation:
- CD S-001(d)/Alb K-029(h)
- Additional song notes:
- Music adapted from Greek folk dance melody
- Related information in folder 268:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 6/10/2005
- Comments:
- Response to letter titled "Fun Vanen Shtamt dos 'Miserlou"- lid?''" Song text published.
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30767
- Vocal:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Shtendik flegt mayn mame zogn mir
- First line (Yiddish):
- שׁטענדיק פֿלעגט מייִן מאַמע זאָגן מיר
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theatre
Eybik Dayn — אייביק דייִן
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
- Composer:
- Kreitzberg, Yasha — קרײַצבערג, יאַשאַ
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Devotion/Undying love
- Song comment:
- Possibly never commercially recorded
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30768
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Ebik dayn, eybik dayn ikh vil itst a shvue gebn libe mayn
- First line:
- אייביק דייִן, אייביק דייִן, איך וויל איצט אַ שבֿועה געבן ליבע מײַן
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
- Also known as:
- I Love You Much Too Much
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
- Origin:
- Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
- Music:
- SM Scher 2
- Additional song notes:
- I Love You Much To Much
Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552
From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533
Translate - Alb P-038(a)
- Related information in folder 122:
- Document type:
- Email
- Author:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander
- Publisher:
- Friedman, RA
- Comments:
- Transliterated songtext from original sheet music.
Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30769
- Vocal:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Ikh hob dikh tsu fil lib
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theatre
Gib Mir Op Mayn Harts Tsurik — גיב מיר אָפּ מייִן האַרצ צוריק
- Author:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Composer:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Pleading/Return of love
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30771
- VocalAdditional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Oy, gib mir op mayn harts tsurik
- First line:
- אױ , גיב מיר אַפֿ מייִן האַרץ צוריק
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Mazl — מזל
- Also known as:
- Mayn Mazl
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament/Waltz
- Subject:
- Life/Fate/Happiness/Regret
- Song comment:
- Introduced in the film "Mamele".
- Origin:
- GYF 48/Alb F-024(e)/Metro Scher 30
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(a)/Warem 136/GYF 48/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/SM Scher 7
- Translation:
- Alb T-015(c)/GYF 51/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/
- Music:
- Warem 136/GYF 49/MS Scher 7
- Additional song notes:
- Luck/Fate
Karsten Troyke characterizes this erroneously as "Traditional" On Alb T-028(b) it is recorded under title "Mazl Du Shaynst Amol Far Yeydem"
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30772
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Mazl, es shaynt amol far yedn
- First line:
- מזל עס שׁייִנט אַמאָל פֿאַר יעדען
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
Abi Gezunt — אַבי געזונט
- Also known as:
- A Bisl Zun A Bisl Regn
- Also known as:
- Be Healthy
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre
- Subject:
- Health/Contentment
- Song comment:
- From the film "Mamele"
- Origin:
- Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-029(g)/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb D-016(a)/Warem 10/Alb B-095(b)/SM 5
- Translation:
- Alb D-016(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb K-030(d)/Alb K-029(g)/CD B-076(a)
- Music:
- ML PYS 175/SM Scher 10
- Additional song notes:
- As Long As You're Healthy
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30773
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- A bisl zun, a bisl regn, a ruik ort dem kop tsu legn
- First line:
- אַ ביסל זון אַ ביסל רעגן אַ רויִק אָרט דעם קאָפּ צו לעגן
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
A Bisele Frier — אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער
- Also known as:
- A Bisl Frier
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Humorous
- Subject:
- Love/Women/Appearance/Regret/Men
- Additional song notes:
- Why Didn't I Meet You Earlier?
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30770
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Farvos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bisele frier,
- First line:
- פֿארװאָס האָב איך דיך ניט באגעגענט א ביסעלע פֿריער
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre