The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage
- Album ID:
- Y-063(a)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- Israel Music DSCD 8003
- Date of issuance:
- 1999
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Gift of Bart Banks, January 2016
- Genre:
- Compilation/Concert
- Where produced:
- Israel
- Number of tracks:
- 20
Contents
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:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41734
- Vocal:
- Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
- First line:
- Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 4:45
Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) — אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)
- Also known as:
- Der Alef Beys
- Also known as:
- In The Fireplace
- Also known as:
- Afn Pripetshik
- Also known as:
- Oifm Pripezik
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Composer:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Composer:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)
- Translation:
- Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/
- Music:
- ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/SM Scher 13/Lefko Folk 72
- Additional song notes:
- At The Fireplace
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Translation and Transliteration at Ephemera 1269
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/ Eng Translit - Alb P-038€
- Related information in folder 332:
- Document type:
- Translation
- Author:
- Max Rosenfeld
- Comments:
- Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld.
2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher."
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41735
- Vocal:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl, un in shtub iz heys, un der rebe lernt kleyne…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק ברענט אַ פֿײַערל, און אין שטוב איז הײס, און דער רבּי ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:02
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:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41736
- Vocal:
- Andrew Sisters
- First line:
- Ay Rumenye (6x), geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne, dort tsu voynen iz..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אײַ, רומעניע (6), געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שיינע (2) דאָרט צו װױנען איז אַ
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:57
Moyshele Mayn Fraynd — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Memory/Folk
- Subject:
- Childhood/Aging/Friends
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 122/Alb R-22(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb F-024(e)/Sheet Music Moskow 3
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 122/Alb D-004(d)/Alb R-022(a)/CD A-005(e)SM Moskow 3/e1435
- Translation:
- CD L-054(a)/Silverman SJP06/Alb R-022(a)/Alb M-041(a)/CD A-005(e)/SM Moskow 3
- Music:
- ML MTAG 122/Silverman SJP06//Sheet Music Moskow 3
- Additional song notes:
- Ephemera 1458 see 2013 for translat and translit Alb ID V02920(2) What's Not To Like 2013 and V029(7)a 2018 Ephemera 1458
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41737
- Vocal:
- Alexandrovitsh, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
- Arranger:
- Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
- First line:
- Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik, du bist geven mayn…
- First line (Yiddish):
- װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע? כ'דערקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק, דו ביסט געווען
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 4:27
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:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41738
- Vocal:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Artist:
- Kreisler, Marcel — קרײַסלער, מאַרסעל
- First line:
- Az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, pinkt vi a kholem..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּינקט װי אַ חלום...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 4:23
Tchirbim Tchirbom — טשיריבים טשיריבאַם
- Genre:
- Pop/Folk
- Subject:
- Song/Food/Holidays, Peysekh
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41739
- First line:
- La (9), Lomir zingen(3), tchirbim Tchirbom
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:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41740
- /Accompaniment:
- Hed Arzi Orchestra — הד ארצי אָרקעסטער
- Vocal:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Tarski, Alexander — טאַרסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- First line:
- Vayt in dem midbar, fun heyse zun farbrent, hob ikh a mol a meydele dort..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װײַט אין דעם מידבּר, פֿון הײסע זון פֿאַרברענט, האָב איך אַ מאָל אַ מיידל דאָרט..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/
- Length:
- 2:59
Mamele (Goodheart) — מאַמעלע (גאָדהאַרט)
- Author:
- Alstone, Alex
- Author:
- Parish, Mitchell
- Composer:
- Goodheart, A.
- Genre:
- Nostalgia
- Subject:
- Mother/Shabos/Sabbath/Candles
- Origin:
- Alb L-023(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-023(a)
- Translation:
- Alb L-023(a)
- Related information in folder 511:
- Document type:
- Text
- Comments:
- Text transliterated
Text translated and transliterated
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41741
- Vocal:
- Peerce, Jan
- Orchestra/Conductor/Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Mamele, mamele, mit libshaft vel ikh rufn dikh, mamele, oygn mid, shvakh dayn…
- First line (Yiddish):
- מאַמעלע, מאַמעלע, מיט ליבשאַפֿט װעל איך רופֿן דיך, מאַמעלע, אויגן מיד,…
- Track comment:
- No credit on album notes to Ellstein as per Album P-02(c)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:29
Kinder Yorn (Gebirtig) — קינדער יאָרן (געבירטיג)
- Also known as:
- Shnot Yaldut
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Nostalgia/Childhood/Aging/Memory/
- Origin:
- Gebir ML 9/ML MTAG 222/Alb A-001(h)/Belarsky 221/Alb B-007(a)/Gebir Lemm 44
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 222/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)/Alb T-031(b)
- Translation:
- Alb G-022(a)/GYF 55/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)Gebir SIMC 4
- Music:
- GYF 53/ML MTAG 221/Belarsky 47/ Gebir Lemm 44
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41742
- Vocal:
- Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
- Arranger:
- Weiss, Roni — וייס, רוני,
- First line:
- Kinder-yorn, zise kinder-yorn, eybik blaybt ir vakh in mayn zikorn, ven ikh…..
- First line (Yiddish):
- קינדער יאָרן, זיסע קינדער יאָרן, אײביק בלײַבט איר וואַך אין מײַן זכּרון,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 2:07
Yankele — יאַנקעלע
- Also known as:
- Shlof Mayn Yankele
- Also known as:
- Shlof Shoyn Mayn Yankele
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Folk/Lullabye
- Subject:
- Child/Sleep/Teeth/Crying/Student/Wet/Khosn
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 08/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 60/Alb L-022(a)/Alb F-024(e)/
- Transliteration:
- GYF 63/ML MTAG 08/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb R-001(a)/Alb P-001(a)/Alb L-022(a)
- Translation:
- Alb H-006(a)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 63/Alb O-001(c)/Alb P-001(a
- Music:
- ML MTAG 09/GYF 61/
- Additional song notes:
- See also Ephemera 918 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration
- Related information in folder 745:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41743
- Vocal:
- Heinovitz, Cantor Asher — הײַנובֿיץ, חזן אשר
- First line:
- Shlof zhe mir shoyn Yankele, mayn sheyner Di eygelekh di shvartsinke makh tsu
- First line (Yiddish):
- שלאָף זשע מיר שוין יאַנקעלע מײַן שיינער די אייגעלע די שוואַרצינקע מאַך צו
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:50
Eyshes Khayil (Lillian, Rumshinsky) — אשת חיל (ליליאַן, רומשינסקי)
- Author:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Biblical
- Subject:
- Wife/Constancy/Love/Shabos/Home
- Origin:
- Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(k)/Metro Scher 6
- Translation:
- Alb D-0004(k)
- Music:
- Metro Scher 6
- Additional song notes:
- A Woman of Valor
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41744
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- First line:
- An emese eyshes khayil, oy an emese eyshes khayil, a tayere kayn trayerer fun ir
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַן אמתע אשת חיל, אוי אַן אמתע אשת חיל, אַ טײַערע, קיין טײַערע פֿון איר...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:13
Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם
- Also known as:
- Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd
- Also known as:
- Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Folk
- Subject:
- Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love
- Song comment:
- P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/
- Transliteration:
- GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)
- Translation:
- Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414
- Music:
- ML MTAG 164/
- Additional song notes:
- By The Wayside Stands A Tree
See also illustration in Manger Illust
See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552
Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania
- Related information in folder 111:
- Comments:
- 1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym."
See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik)
2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe".
4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.
- Related information in folder 996:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41745
- Vocal:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Oyfn veg shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn, ale feygl funem boym zaynen zikh..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם בוים זײַנען זיך...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:27
Mayn Yidishe Meydele — מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע
- Author:
- Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Charm/Beauty/Love
- Origin:
- Kammen 25F 61
- Transliteration:
- Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
- Music:
- Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
- Additional song notes:
- See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5
From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
- Related information in folder 370:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 8/13/1999
- Comments:
- Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele.
Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
- Related information in folder 1502:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41746
- Artist:
- Hed Arzi Orchestra — הד ארצי אָרקעסטער
- Vocal:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Tarski, Alexander — טאַרסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- First line:
- Mayn yidishe meydele, zi iz azoy sheyn, mayn yidishe meydele, mit ir yidishn…
- First line (Yiddish):
- מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, זי איז אַזױ שײן, מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, מיט איר ייִדישן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango
- Length:
- 2:54
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:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41747
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- Artist:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himel a matone, hostu mir…
- First line (Yiddish):
- שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה, האָסטו מיר...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Rhumba
- Length:
- 2:20
A Brivele Der Mamen — אַ בריוועלע דער מאַמען
- Also known as:
- Mikhtav Le'ima
- Author:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Composer:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Composer:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Mother/Son/Parting/Letter/Emigration/Class/Neglect/
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65/Alb G-013(c)/Alb L-009(a)/SM Moskow 54
- Translation:
- Silverman YSB 145/Alb D-004(k)/Alb D-016(a)/Levin N 65/Alb M-068(a)55
- Music:
- ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65/SM Moskow 54
- Additional song notes:
- A letter To Mother
See also for translit and translate What's Not To Like Ephemera 1458 ---2017
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41748
- Vocal:
- Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
- First line:
- Mayn kind, mayn treyst, du forst avek, ze zay a zin, a guter, ikh bet mit trern
- First line (Yiddish):
- מײַן קינד, מײַן טרײסט, דו פֿאָרסט אַװעק, זע זײַ אַ זין אַ גוטער,איך בעט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 2:45
Raisins and Almonds
- Also known as:
- Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
- Also known as:
- Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
- Author:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41749
- Arranger:
- Bass, Werner S.
- Artist:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Vocal:
- Peerce, Jan
- First line:
- In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone, bas tsion aleyn,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון אַליין. איר בּן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/Concert
- Length:
- 3:04
Lomir Ale Zingen A Zemerl — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען אַ זמרל
- Also known as:
- A Zemerl
- Also known as:
- Di Negidim Un Di Kaptsonim
- Also known as:
- Lekhem, Bosor V'dogim
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Class/Rich/Poor/Food/Meat/Fish/Bread/Tsimes/Contrast
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 156/Alb B-007(a)/Alb J-034(a)/Epelboym 26
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 156/Alb B-007(a)/K-059(d)/Alb J-034(a)/Epelboym 26/Ephemera 1428-2015
- Translation:
- Alb B-017(a)/Alb F-001(c)/Alb A-034(a)/Ephemera 1428-2015 /Alb 1299(a & b)
- Music:
- ML MTAG 156/Epelboym 26
- Additional song notes:
- Published under the title "A Shnayderl"
Ephemera 1458: See 2015 program for translat and translit
- Related information in folder 742:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41750
- Artist:
- Simon Tenovsky Orchestra
- Vocal:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Lomir ale zingen, lomir ale zingen, a zemerl, a zemerl, a zemerl tsu got,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, אַ זמרל, אַ זמרל, אַ זמרל,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:29
Nokh A Glezl — נאָך אַ גלעזל
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Trilling, Ilya — טרילינג, יליאַ
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Sorrows/Drinking/
- Additional song notes:
- From the musical romance "David and Esther
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41751
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- First line:
- Nokh a glezl (2), ... folg mikh brider, varf avek di zorg, nokh a glezl,..,
- First line (Yiddish):
- נאָך אַ גלעז (2), ... פֿאָלג מיך ברידער, װאַרף אַװעק די זאָרג,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Swing
- Length:
- 2:57
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:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41752
- Vocal:
- Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
- Arranger:
- Weiss, Roni — וייס, רוני,
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a yingele fartroyert un…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע פֿאַרטרויערט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 3:24
Dos Yidishe Lid — דאָס ייִדישע ליד
- Author:
- Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Cantorial/Religious
- Subject:
- Faith/Holidays/Khazn/Contor/Exile/Expulsion/Wandering
- Transliteration:
- Alb A-005(e)
- Translation:
- Alb A-005(e)
- On album:
- Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
- Track ID:
- 41753
- Vocal:
- Adler, Chaim — אַדלער, חיים
- First line:
- Der yid meg zayn orem, dokh is er zeyer raykh, vayl gaystike oytsres hot er…
- First line (Yiddish):
- דער ייִד מעג זײַן אָרעם, דאָך איז ער זײער רײַך, ווײַל גײַסטיקע אוצרות האָט ער
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 9:12