Name:
Levy, Jacques

Songs written or composed

Show You Care

Author:
Mlotek, Chana — מלאָטעק, חנה
Author:
Rosenfeld, Moyshe
Author:
Levy, Jacques
Author:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Responsibility/Charity/Women/Organizations.Mobility
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)

Recording

On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
14172
Vocal:
Golden Land Company
Accomp:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Good evening, Mrs. Weinberg, I hope you're doing well,

Other tracks with this artist

A Kholem — אַ חלום

Genre:
Love
Subject:
Dream/Eyes/Longing
Origin:
Alb O-001(b)/ML MTAG 24
Transliteration:
K-094(a)/Alb O-001(b)/ML MTAG 24/Alb C-035(e)
Translation:
Alb O-001(b)/Alb G-013(c)
Music:
ML MTAG 24
Additional song notes:
summary translation K-094(a)
On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
352
Vocal:
Borts, Joanne
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
English Adaptation:
Levy, Jacques
English Adaptation:
Rosenfeld, Moyshe
English Adaptation:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
First line:
A kholem, a kholem, I had a wonderous kholem, I dreamt...
Track comment:
Based on Yiddish folksong.
Language:
English
Style:
Theater

I Like She — אײַ לײַק שי

Also known as:
Oy I Like She
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love
Song comment:
From the play "A Night In California"
Transliteration:
Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/Alb G-013(c)
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/A-035(f)
On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
11726
Translation English:
Levy, Jacques
Vocal:
Borts, Joanne
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Oy, I Like Him"
Language:
English

Motl Der Apreyter — מאָטל דער אַפּרײטער

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Labor/Tragedy/Labor/Strike/Violence/Occupation/Sweatshop
Origin:
Alt T-005(a)/ML PYS 248/Alb K-030(a)
Transliteration:
ML PYS 248/CD P-030(a)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(a)/CD P-030(a)/Ephemera 1458
Music:
ML PYS 248
Additional song notes:
Motel The Operator/ Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit
Related information in folder 291:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Gedaliah Magid
Publisher:
Forward
Date:
5/21/1999
Comments:
Translation from "Der Yiddish Vinkl".
On album:
A-027(a) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre… — ..)
Track ID:
10735
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Conductor/Arranger/English Translation:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
English Translation:
Levy, Jacques
English Translation:
Rosenfeld, Moyshe
First line:
Motl der apreyter, in shop dort shtendik neyt er,
First line:
מאָטל דער אַפּרײטער, אין שאָפּ דאָרט שטענדיק נײט ער, אַלע יאָרן...
Track comment:
English by Jacques Levy, Moyshe Rosenfeld, Zlamen Mlotek
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theater

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:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
12097
Author:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
English Adaption:
Levy, Jacques
Artist:
Small, Neva
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
A foggy night, a bitter night, that cuts you to the bone.
First line:
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Language:
English/Yiddish

Yidl Mitn Fidl — ייִדל מיטן פֿידל

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Folk
Subject:
Klezmer/Musicians/Life/Nature/Joy
Origin:
ML PYS 258/Alb L-044(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Alb I-013(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb L-044(c)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Qalb L-044(c)/Alb B-122(a)
Music:
Warem 240/ML PYS 258
Additional song notes:
Little Jew With His Fiddle (?) From the film of the same name.
Related information in folder 1002:
Comments:
1. Internet article by Rhoda (Rokhl) Bernard, with original Yiddish text, transliteration and translation of the song.
On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
17541
Translation, English:
Levy, Jacques
Vocal:
Berk, Phyllis
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Yidl mitn fidl, Arye mitn bas, Dos leben iz a lidl,
First line:
ייִדל מיטן פֿידל, עהריע מיטן באַס, דאָס לעבן איז אַ לידל,
Track comment:
From film of same name with Molly Picon.
Language:
English/Yiddish

I Like She — אײַ לײַק שי

Also known as:
Oy I Like She
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love
Song comment:
From the play "A Night In California"
Transliteration:
Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/Alb G-013(c)
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/A-035(f)
On album:
W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
Track ID:
23680
Translation English:
Levy, Jacques
Vocal:
Waldman, Janice
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Piano/Conductor:
Delfin, Jon
First line:
Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Paved With Gold"/ Recorded as "Oy, I Like Him"
Language:
English

Papirosn (Medley) — פּאַפּיראָסן (מעדלי)

On album:
A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
Track ID:
26484
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
English Adaption:
Levy, Jacques
First line:
A foggy night, a bitter night, that cuts you to the bone.
First line:
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Track comment:
From "Di Gantse Velt Iz A Teater" - Version from Golden Land
Language:
English/Yiddish