Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life
- Album ID:
- O-025(c)
- Format:
- Audio CD (2 CD Set)
- Publisher:
- Mercury Records 534799-2
- Date of issuance:
- 1997
- Language:
- English / Yiddish / French / Spanish
- Provenance:
- Purchase FNAC Lyon, France, October 23, 2013
- Genre:
- Compilation
- Where produced:
- Hamburg, Germany
- Number of tracks:
- 36
- Additional notes:
- This album has not been catalogued at the title or track level.
Contents
Mi Caballo
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38969
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Es mi caballo blanco como un amanecer; siempre juntitos vamos,es mi amigo mas...
- Style:
- Spanish
- Length:
- 2:45
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38970
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, true beliver, a long way from home
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 4:20
Morning Of My Life
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Love
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38936
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- In the mornging, when the moon is at it's rest, you will see me...
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:30
Freight Train
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38937
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Frieght train, Frieght train, going so fast, please don't say what train I'm on.
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:29
Every Night
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Love
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38938
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Every Night, when the sun gose in (x3) I hang down my head and mournful cry
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:46
Le Deserteur
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- letter from a war deserter to the president / loss / death
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38939
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Monsieur le President Je vous fais une lettre Que vous lirez peut-etre
- Style:
- French
- Length:
- 3:15
Lord Of The Reedy River
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38940
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- she fell in love with a swan, her eyes were filled with feathers, he filled her
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:22
Never Grow Old
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38941
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- Look at me I'm turnign to go,I'm a tale that's never been told,look at me I glow
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:32
Ma Omrot Einayich
- Genre:
- Folk
- Additional song notes:
- What do your eyes say?
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38942
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Shemesh, shemesh, rad layam, ruach kal y'hom mi cholem alaiych, B'mishlat eirom
- First line:
- שמש רד לים רוח קל יהום מי חולם עליך במשלט ערם. שני אורות בליל לי רומזים פתאם.
- Style:
- Hebrew
- Length:
- 2:28
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38943
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- If today was not an endless highway, if tonight was not a crooked train...
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:30
Viva La Feria
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38944
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Viva le feria viva la place viva la ilusion! Vivan los cerros pintarrajeados...
- Style:
- Esparanto
- Length:
- 1:45
What Have They Done To The Rain
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38945
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Just a little rain falling on the ground the grass lifts it's head to the heavn
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 1:43
Entens-Tu Le Vent
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38946
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Entens-tu le vent de la nuit que revient chanter son ennui on dirait la fin d'un
- Style:
- French
- Length:
- 2:10
Ty Pasztoj
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38947
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Vdol po ulitse metyelitsa metyot, za metyelitsey moy milen'kiy idyot.
- Style:
- Russian
- Length:
- 3:16
900 Miles From My Home
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38948
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Ride on the train, I got tears in my eyes. Trying to read a letter from my home.
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:40
Un Prince En Avignon
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38949
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- l était un prince en Avignon Sans royaume, sans château, ni donjon
- Style:
- French
- Length:
- 2:58
Hush-A-Bye
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38950
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Hush a bye, don't you cry go to sleep little baby, and when you wake, you shall
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:45
Tell It On The Mountain
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38951
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Go tell it on the mountain, to let my people go!Who's that yonder dressed in red
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:00
My Fisherman, My Laddie-O
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38952
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Where you going to be when the sun goes down my fisherman? Where you gunna be...
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:10
Sing Hallelujah
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38971
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- I'm gonna take a long, long journey – Sing Hallelujah I better get started early
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:42
Noch einen Tanz (One More Dance)
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38953
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Peter Thomas
- First line:
- Schatz, geh nach haus',Dein Mann, der ist krank. Ist er krank, Medizin steht
- Style:
- German
- Length:
- 2:54
Cinderella Rockerfella
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38954
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Yo-de-lady yo-de-lady that I love (I’m de lady de lady who)
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:29
Oh Babe You're Gonna Wonder
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38955
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- Oh babe your gonna wonder (x3) when it's over you're gonna wonder where i've gon
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:25
Bonnie Boat
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38956
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wings over the sea carry the lamb
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:28
Dirty Old Town
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38957
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- I found my love, by the guess works draght dreamed a dream by the old oakenal
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:30
Drunten im Tale
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38958
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Drunten im Tale fluestert der Wind von jenen Tagen, die nicht mehr sind.
- Style:
- German
- Length:
- 2:48
Donna-Donna
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38959
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- On a wagan bound and helpless lyes a calf who is dommed to dye, high above him
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 3:31
Hora
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38960
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Im gam roshenu shach v'etzev sovevanu hava v'nitlakach min hasimcha shebanu
- Style:
- Hebrew
- Length:
- 2:51
That's My Song
- Genre:
- Folk
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38961
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- It's been a long night, done a whole lot of working, had a hard time, but i'm al
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:56
Ack Varmeland, Du Skona
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38962
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- Ack Värmeland, du sköna, du härliga land! Du krona bland Svearikes länder!
- Style:
- German
- Length:
- 2:15
Garden of My Home
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38963
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Here in the garden of my home I sit and watch the flowers grown,
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:56
My Lagan Love
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38964
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- Artist:
- Orchester Boris Jojic
- First line:
- Where Lagan stream sings lullaby, there blows a lily fair the twilight gleams
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:45
El Vito
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38965
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Con el vito, vito, vito, con el vito, vito, va. No me mires a la cara
- Style:
- Spanish
- Length:
- 2:17
Wanderlove
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38966
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Come my love and we shall wander all of life to see and know when the seasons
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:31
Le Vent Et La Jeunesse
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38967
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- Il est fou le vent du printemps Il est pareil à la jeunesse
- Style:
- French
- Length:
- 2:47
Lonesome Travelier
- On album:
- O-025(c) (Esther & Abi Ofarim Songs of our Life)
- Track ID:
- 38968
- Vocal:
- Ofarim, Esther — עופרים, אסתּר
- Guitar:
- Ofarim, Abi — עופרים, אבי
- First line:
- I am a lonely and a lonesome traveller, I'm just travelling home.
- Style:
- English
- Length:
- 2:19