Tracks with this artist
Lebn Zol Kolumbus — לעבן זאָל קאָלומבוס
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater/Patriotic
- Subject:
- Immigration/Government/Patriotism/Peace/Democracy
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/SH Dropsie 46
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/Alb G-013(a)/Sm Dropsie 46/Ephemera 1516
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1516
- Music:
- ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/SMDropsie 46
- Additional song notes:
- Long Live Columbus
- Related information in folder 484:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 1/20/2006
- Comments:
- 1. 1/20/2006 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of June 20, 2006 by Chane Mlotek titled "Di Tsveyte Strofe Fun "Lebn Zol Kolumbus" (The 2nd stanza of Lebn Zol Kolumbus) Text and additional verses one of which refers to Leo Frank and that the lawyers will get him off.
2 Translation of additional verses.
- On album:
- G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
- Track ID:
- 8944
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Artist:
- Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
- Orchestration:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Vocal:
- Berk, Phyllis
- First line:
- A shtetl iz Amerika, Except a little bigger, To leave a...
- First line:
- אַ שטעטל איז אַמעריקע, אַ מחיה, כ'לעבן עס רוט אױך איר די...
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
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
Kum Leybke Tantsn — קום לײבקע טאַנצן
- Also known as:
- Leybke
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Humorous
- Subject:
- Love/Dancing/Politics/Charlston/Tango
- Origin:
- Gebir ML 43/ML MTAG 229/Alb G-022(a)/Gebir Lemm 104/Vinkov 5 79
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 229/Alb G-022(a)/CD O-016(a)/Alb G-022(b)/Alb B-095(a)/Vinkov 5 79
- Translation:
- Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-081(a)/CD O-016(a)/Gebir SIMC 42/Alb G-022(b)/Alb B-095(b)/
- Music:
- ML MTAG 229/Gebir ML 42/Gebir Lemm 103/Vinkov 5 79
- Additional song notes:
- Come Leybke, Dance!
- On album:
- P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" — מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג)
- Track ID:
- 18663
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Piano:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Leybke, mayn liber, dos vet keyn guts nit gebn, Du brengst..
- First line (Yiddish):
- לײבקע מײַן ליבער, דאָס װעט קיין גוטס נישט געבן, דו ברענגסט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Am Yisroel Chai (Efnt Tir Un...) — עם ישׂראל חי (עפֿנט טיר און עפֿנט..)
- On album:
- P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" — מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג)
- Track ID:
- 18676
- Author:
- Knapheise, M.
- Composer:
- Berezovsky, Shaul — בערעזאָװסקי, שאול
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Efnt tir un efnt toyer, shoyn genug, genug der troyer,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עפֿנט טיר און עפֿנט טױער, שױן גענוג, גענוג דער טרױער,
- Language:
- Yiddish
Second Ave Medley
- On album:
- L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
- Track ID:
- 23120
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Artist:
- Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
- Artist:
- Golden Land Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn (Medley) — בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן (מעדלי)
- On album:
- L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
- Track ID:
- 23123
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Artist:
- Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
- First line:
- Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
- Language:
- Yiddish
Fifti Fifti — פֿיפֿטי פֿיפֿטי
- Also known as:
- Fifty Fifty
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theater/Humorous/Vaudeville
- Subject:
- Equality/Socialism/Vanderbilt/Labor/Sweatshop/Sharing
- Song comment:
- From the operetta "Uptown Downtown"/See Heshkes 720
- Origin:
- Werb 168
- Transliteration:
- Slobin 168/Alb G-013(a)
- Translation:
- Slobin 168/Alb G-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)55
- Additional song notes:
- "Mir A Nikl Dir A Nikl" based on this song - See Heshkes 3408. From the operetta "Uptown-Downtown"
- On album:
- M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
- Track ID:
- 33370
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Artist:
- Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Jaffe, Elli
- Arranger:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Arranger:
- Cohen, Harvey
- First line:
- Ikh hof, mir veln nokh derlebn, kumen zol di tseyt,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך האָף, מיר װעלן נאָך דערלעבן, קומען זאָל די צײַט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Vaudeville
- Length:
- 2:37
Vatch Your Step — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ
- Also known as:
- Watch Your Step (Loenworth)
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
- Subject:
- America/Pressure/Stress/Haste
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(f)
- Translation:
- Alb K-029(f)Alb M-068(a)55
- Additional song notes:
- From the musical - Berele Tremp/ See Heskes 1 entry 1216 respecting sheet music.
- Related information in folder 176:
- Document type:
- Text
- Comments:
- Tranliteration
- On album:
- M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
- Track ID:
- 33377
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Arranger:
- Russ, Patrick
- Artist:
- Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Jaffe, Elli
- First line:
- Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Vaudeville
- Length:
- 2:20
All Is Vanity
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Everyman/Fate/Life/Struggle/Unknown
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Ah well. Better luck next time…
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33514
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Hensrud, Matt
- Vocal:
- Jensen, Silvie
- Vocal:
- Goldfeder, Karen
- Vocal:
- Cluver, Martha
- Vocal:
- Wedren, Craig
- Vocal:
- Narayan, Mann
- Vocal:
- Hrycelak, Steve
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Vocal:
- Sklamberg, Lorin
- Vocal:
- Williams, Jane Kelly
- Vocal:
- They Might Be Giants
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 1:05
The Tale of The Drowned Klezmorim
- Author:
- Berger, Glen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater
- Subject:
- Death/Drink/Klezmorim/Musicians/Sin/Punishment/Drowning
- Origin:
- Alb L-052(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". According to legend,the Gargoyle guarding the well in the middle of the marketplace once lured a band of musicians to theirdeaths.
- On album:
- L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
- Track ID:
- 33499
- Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin:
- Seabrook, Brandon
- Drums:
- Alexander, Aaron
- Keyboards/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Tuba/Bass:
- Caswell, Ron
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz
- Length:
- 2:32
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
- Also known as:
- Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
- Author:
- Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Genre:
- Immigration/Lament
- Subject:
- Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
- Origin:
- Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Additional song notes:
- See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version.
Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit.
See Gottlieb p. 147.
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate
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- Related information in folder 408:
- Comments:
- 1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine".
2. 2. Original text with 8 verses
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- M-068(a)04 (Milken/ Abraham Ellstein: Great Songs of The Yiddish Stage Volume 1)
- Track ID:
- 42429
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Artist:
- Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- Orchestration/Arranger:
- Henning, Paul
- Arranger:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Conductor:
- Jaffe, Elli
- First line:
- Es kumt tsu mir gekumen mayn kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine bekelekh
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס קומט צו מיר געקומען מײַן קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע, בעקעל
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Concert
- Length:
- 3:25