C-008(a)

Hebrew Lamentation (Heb)

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

6382

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Cannot identify song

Language:

Hebrew

A Din Toyre Mit Got — אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט

Also known as:

Berditshiver Kadish

Also known as:

Kaddish Of Levi Yitskhok

Also known as:

Levi Yitskhoks Kadish

Also known as:

Dem Berditshevers Rovs Kadish

Author:

Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק

Composer:

Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק

Genre:

Khasidic/Faith/

Subject:

Disputation/God/Faith/Kaddish

Song comment:

Words and music traditionally credited to Rev Levi Yitskhok

Origin:

Kotlyan 29/Alb A-053(a)

Transliteration:

Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb A-053(a)

Translation:

Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb S-086(a)/Alb A-053(a)

Music:

Kotlyan 25

Additional song notes:

A Dispute With God

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

101

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

A gut morgn dir, Reboynu Shel Oylam, Ikh, Levi Yitskhok...

First line (Yiddish):

אַ גוט מאָרגן דיר, רבּונו של עולם, איך, לױ יצחק בּן שׂרה...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Der Berditchiver Gezang"

Language:

Yiddish

Ay Ay Ay (Nign) — אײַ אײַ אײַ (ניגון)

Genre:

Nigun/Doyne

Additional song notes:

Is Merlin Shepherd the composer?

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

1710

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Batlen — בטלן

Also known as:

In Droysn Geyt A Regn

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

2007

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Zitst a batlan in kloyz, bay der gmore, vos kumt derfun...

First line (Yiddish):

זיצט אַ בטלן אין קלױז, בײַי דער גמרא, װאָס קומט מען דערפֿון...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Similar in theme to Mai Ko Mash Melon

Language:

Yiddish

Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl A Guter — בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל אַ גוטער

Also known as:

Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl Fun Dantsig

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Tailor/Dantsig/Place/Inept/Occupation

Origin:

Alb N-011(a)

Transliteration:

Alb N-011(a)

Translation:

Alb N-011(a)

Music:

Alb N-011(a)

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

2444

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Hob ikh mir a nodl mit a fodim, ney ikh di sheynste begodim,

First line (Yiddish):

האָב איך אַ נאָדל מיט אַ פֿאָדים, נײ איך די שענסטע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Shnaiderl"

Language:

Yiddish

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

3327

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..

First line (Yiddish):

אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".

Language:

Yiddish

Freylekhs (Nign) — פֿרײלעכס (ניגון)

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

5430

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Klezmer/Instrumental

Fun Vanen Kumt A Yid — פֿון װאַנען קומט אַ ייִד

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Place/Drinking/Carouse

Origin:

Fater LXI/Alb N-026(a)/Boiberik Z 36

Transliteration:

Fater LXI/Alb N-026(a)/Brounoff.61

Translation:

N-026(a)/Brounoff.61

Music:

Fater LXI/Bounoff 61

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

5512

Vocal:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Fun vanen kumt a yid (4x), fun lubavitsh,

First line (Yiddish):

פֿון װאַנען קומט אַ ייִד (4), פֿון לובאַװיטש,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Mai Ko Mash Me Lon — מאַי־קאָ משמע־לן?

Also known as:

Di Gemure

Also known as:

Mika's Song

Author:

Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם

Genre:

Literary Origin/Lament/Maskilic

Subject:

Yeshiva/Student/Life/Meaning/Despair/Futility/Waste

Origin:

YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 116

Transliteration:

YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 116/Alb L-004(a)

Translation:

Alb L-004(a)

Music:

YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 117/SM Moskow SM 23

Additional song notes:

What Does It Mean To Me? What Do We Learn From This?

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

9592

Arranger:

Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.

Vocal:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?

First line (Yiddish):

מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Ovinu Malkeynu (Unknown) — אבינו מלכּנו

Author:

Akiba, Rabbi

Author:

Amram Goan, Rabbi

Genre:

Religious/High Holy Days/Liturgical/Prayer

Subject:

Sin/Repentance/Confession/Forgivness

Origin:

Alb C-005(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Seder Avo 466

Transliteration:

Alb C-005(b)/Alb S-092(s)/alb M-129(a)

Translation:

Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Alb C-005(c)/Seder Avo 466

Additional song notes:

See Vorbei 293 for history of the text See Alb S-202(b) for synopsis of text

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

11653

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Ovinu Malkeynu, ovinu oneynu, Ovinu Malkeynu, onaynu, anaynu

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Our Father, Our King, we have sinned before Thee.

Language:

Hebrew

Shalosh Suedes (Yid & Nign) — שלוש סעודות (ייִדיש און ניגון)

Genre:

Khasidic/Folk/Satirical

Subject:

Food/Rebbe

Transliteration:

Frankl 64/Alb F-040(a)/

Music:

Frankl 64

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

13519

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Askinu seudoso, fun di makholim tsu shalosh suedes, esn mir bekhadvoso un mit.

First line (Yiddish):

...פֿון די מאכלים צו שלוש סעודות, עסן מיר...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Theatrical/Folk

Sha Shtil! — שאַ שטיל!

Genre:

Anti-Khasidic/Humorous/Folk/Satire

Subject:

Rebe/Khasidim/Dance/Sing/Activities

Origin:

Vinkov 3 100/Alb L-022(a)/ML PYS 144/Alb B-007(b)/Alb B-036(a)/C-060(a)

Transliteration:

Alb B-036(a)/Silverman YSB 96/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-005(c)/Alb M-049(a)

Translation:

Alb M-049(a)/Alb S-068(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Silver 96/C-060(a)

Music:

Vinkov 3 100/Kremer 40/Silver 96/ML PYS 144/

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

13383

Vocal:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Sha! Shtil! Makht nisht keyn gevald! Der rebe geyt shoyn...

First line (Yiddish):

שאַ! שטיל! מאַכט נישט קײן געװאַלד! דער רבּי גײט שױן טאַנצן באַלד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Tayere Malke — טײַערע מלכּה

Also known as:

Bim Bom (Tayere Malke)

Also known as:

Der Bekher (Warshavsky)

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Composer:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Genre:

Folk/Holiday/Peysekh/Passover

Subject:

Wife/Toast/Drinking/Passover/Enemies/Wine Cup/

Origin:

Alb L-001(a)/Warshav 19/Alb M-029(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-004(c)Kinderbuch 84

Transliteration:

Alb B-004(c)/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/CD K-029(j)

Translation:

Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/Alb B-007(a)/Alb T-018(a)/CD K-029(j)/Sh Sh 200

Music:

ML YT 64/Kinderbuch 84

Additional song notes:

Originally titled "Der Bekher"

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

14864

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Tayere Malke, gezunt zolstu zayn, gis on dem bekher,

First line (Yiddish):

טײַערע מלכּה, געזונט זאָלסטו זײַן, גיס אָן דעם בעכער,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Appears twice on album. Recorded as "Tayere Malke"

Language:

Yiddish

Tayere Malke — טײַערע מלכּה

Also known as:

Bim Bom (Tayere Malke)

Also known as:

Der Bekher (Warshavsky)

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Composer:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Genre:

Folk/Holiday/Peysekh/Passover

Subject:

Wife/Toast/Drinking/Passover/Enemies/Wine Cup/

Origin:

Alb L-001(a)/Warshav 19/Alb M-029(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-004(c)Kinderbuch 84

Transliteration:

Alb B-004(c)/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/CD K-029(j)

Translation:

Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/Alb B-007(a)/Alb T-018(a)/CD K-029(j)/Sh Sh 200

Music:

ML YT 64/Kinderbuch 84

Additional song notes:

Originally titled "Der Bekher"

On album:

C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)

Track ID:

34635

Artist:

Chenkin, Victor

First line:

Tayere Malke, gezunt zolstu zayn, gis on dem bekher,

First line (Yiddish):

טײַערע מלכּה, געזונט זאָלסטו זײַן, גיס אָן דעם בעכער,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Appears twice on album. Recorded as "Bim Bom"

Language:

Yiddish