Songs written or composed
Nikita's Lament
- Author:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Genre:
- Parody/Humorous
- Song comment:
- Cassette B-036(b)
Recording
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 11143
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- As I walked out on the streets of Old Moscow,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
Balade Vegn Hint — באַלאַדע וועגן הינט
- Author:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Food/Dogs/Injustice/Good/Evil/Indifference
Recording
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33454
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Shtendik ven ikh es heyse lokshn mit yoykh vert zikh gemitlekh un varem in boykh
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטענדיק ווען איך עס הייסע לאָקשן און יויך ווערט זיך געמיטלעך און וואַרעם אין...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:02
Other tracks with this artist
Hot Zikh Mir Di Zip Tsezipt — האָט זיך מיר די זיפּ צעזיפּט
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 6872
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Hot zikh mir di zip tsezipt, hot zikh mir tsubrokhn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- האָט זיך מיר די זיפּ צעזיפּט, האָט זיך מיר צובראָכן
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- See also "In Road Arayn" See Vinkov II 148
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:25
Hey Khasido — הײ חסידאָ
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 6511
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Hey, khasido, khasido, keyn trunk bronfn iz nito,
- First line (Yiddish):
- הײ, חסידאָ, חסידאָ, אַ טרונק בראָנפֿן איז ניטאָ, פֿון אַ טרונק...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:03
Hober Un Korn — האָבער און קאָרן
- Also known as:
- Dem Fartekh Farlorn
- Composer:
- Krein, Alexander
- Genre:
- Love/Custom
- Subject:
- Apron/Loss/Fertility/Rye/Oats
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(a)/Alb G-019(a)
- Transliteration:
- Rub Voi 109/Alb B-036(a)/Alb P-004(l)/Alb G-019(a)/Irza 11
- Translation:
- Rub Voi 109/Alb B-036(a)/Alb P-004(l)
- Music:
- Rub Voi 494
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 6671
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Hey, hober un korn, rivke hot dem fartekh farlorn
- First line (Yiddish):
- הײ, האָבער און קאָרן, רבֿקה האָט דעם פֿאַרטוך פֿאַרלאָרן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Gone Is Rivke's Apron"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 1:50
Little Joe The Rustler (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 9233
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- He rustled all through Europe, And he rustled through the...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by A Brumberg. Melody-Little Joe the Wrangler
The Ballad Of Harry Pollitt (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 14977
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Harry was a worker, one of Lenin's lads,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
The Cloakmaker's Union (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 15005
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- The Cloakmaker's Union is a no good union,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg
Avremele Melamed — אַבֿרהמלע מלמד
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Bad Luck/Shlimazl/Misfortune
- Origin:
- Vinkov 3 320/Kotylan 120/Alb B-036(a)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 3 320/Alb B-036(a)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 3 18/Alb B-036(a)
- Music:
- Vinkov 3 320/Kotylan 120
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 1671
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Oy, bay vemen hot men peysekh tsum ershtn seder gefunen a..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױ, בײַ װעמען האָט מען פּסח צום ערשטן סדר געפֿונען אַ גערשט…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Abie The Teacher"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Comic
- Length:
- 2:44
Bill Bailey-The Ultimate Sectarian
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 2410
- Author:
- Rice, Andy
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Bill Bailey belonged to every radical party,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg. Melody-Come Home Bill Bailey
- Language:
- English
Bulbes — בולבעס
- Also known as:
- Naye Bulbes
- Also known as:
- Potatoes
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Potatoes/Food/Poverty/Humorous
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/Alb O-009(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb S-006(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb O-009(a)
- Music:
- ML MTAG 75/
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 2653
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Zuntik--bulbes, Montik--bulbes, Dinstik un mitvokh--bulbes,
- First line (Yiddish):
- זונטיק--בולבעס, מאָנטיק--בולבעס דינסטיק און מיטװאָך--בולבעס
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Potatoes, Potatoes"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:22
Di Varshaver Kadetn — די װאַרשאַװער קאַדעטן
- Genre:
- Underworld/Folk
- Subject:
- Thieves/Pickpockets/Pimps/Crime/
- Song comment:
- Collecgted in Lublin, 1908
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(a)/Lehman 96/Kipnis 100 267
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Music:
- Kipnis 100 267/Lehman 96
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 3795
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Di varshaver kadetn, zey zenen voyle yingen, zay hobn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די װאַרשאַװער קאַדעטן, זײ זענען װױלע ייִנגען, זײ האָבן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "The Warsaw Kadets"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:32
Kh'vel Shoyn Mer Nit Ganvenen — כ'װעל שױן מער ניט גנבֿענען
- Genre:
- Folk/Underworld/Humorous
- Subject:
- Thief/Stealing/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(a)/Kotylan 144
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-036(a)/Kotyl 144
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(a)/CD K-075(b)/Kotyl 144
- Music:
- Kotylan 142
- Related information in folder 1469:
- Comments:
- 1. 5/30/2014 English translation from Jane Peppler via internet on May 30, 2014
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 7986
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Fli zhe mayn feygele hekher fun ale, gib op a grus mayn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿלי-זשע, מײַן פֿעגעלע העכער פֿון אַלע, גיב אָפּ אַ גרוס מײַן ליבער..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "I Won't Steal Anymore"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:15
In Old Moscow (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 7410
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- In old Moscow, in the Kremlin, In the fall of '39,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg. Melody- My Darling Clementine
Chaim Popukal — חיים פּאָפּוקאַל
- Also known as:
- Jojne Karabin
- Also known as:
- Khaim Close Shop
- Also known as:
- Khaim Popukal
- Also known as:
- Klez (Khaim Popukal (Instr)
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous/Pejorative
- Subject:
- Old Clothes/Cuckold
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Same melody as "Lena From Palestina", "Unter Belzer Himlen" and -
"Gereist Un Getroffen".
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 8028
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Zhyl, byl byednyi Khiam, Nikem ne Zamyechayem, I alte zakhn
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Poor Chaim"
- Language:
- Russian
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:12
Oy Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl — אױ דאָרטן דאָרטן איבערן װאַסערל
- Also known as:
- Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Separation/Distance
- Origin:
- Rubin Oak 90/ML MTAG 26/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Z-12(a)/Alb B-036(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(f)3/ML MTAG 27/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/
- Translation:
- Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Alb B-036(a)
- Music:
- Rub Oak 54/ML MTAG 27/Alb Z-012(a)
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 11715
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- First line:
- Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl, Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן װאַסערל, אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under Over There, Far Away
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:28
Oy Avram — אױ אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Folk/Love
- Subject:
- Love/Constancy/Passion
- Origin:
- Vinkov 1 19/Alb B-036(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 1 19/Alb J-011(a)/Alb B-075(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb K-005(a)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 1 19/Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb 0-007(b)/Alb B-036(a)
- Music:
- Vinkov 1 19
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 11685
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Oy Avram, Ikh ken on dir nit zayn! Ikh on dir un du on mir..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױ אַבֿרהם, איך קען אָן דיר ניט זײַן! איך אָן דיר און דו אָן מיר..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 1:30
Our Line's Been Changed Again (E)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 11627
- Author:
- Levy, Alton
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- United fronts are what we love, Our line's been changed...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg. Melody - Negro spiritual.
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:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 13382
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- 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)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "The Rabbi Is About To Dance"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 1:35
Shvarts Bistu Shvarts — שװאַרץ ביסטו שװאַרץ
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 14343
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Shvarts, bistu shvarts, ober mit kheyn, far vemen bistu mies
- First line (Yiddish):
- שװאַרץ, ביסטו שװאַרץ, אָבער מיט חן, פֿאַר װעמען ביסטו מיאוס,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
Shvartse Karshelekh — שװאַרצע קאַרשעלעך
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous/Waltz/Dance
- Subject:
- Courting/Girls/Lament/Rejection
- Origin:
- Kammen 25F 63/Alb N-011(a)/Rubin Oak 88/Alb B-036(a)/Alb N-026(a)/ML MTAG 28
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-036(a)/ML MTAG 28/Alb R-007(f)2/Alb N-011(a)/Alb N-026(a)/Ephemera 1458
- Translation:
- Rubin Oak 64/Alb N-011(a)/Alb R-07(f)2/Alb T-015(c)/Alb B-005(b)/Ephemera 1458
- Music:
- ML MTAG 28
- Additional song notes:
- Black Cherries
Ephemera 1458: See 2015 program for translat and translit
- Related information in folder 490:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in Yiddish Forward of December 23, 2005 by Chana Mlotek titled "Tsugob-Sures Tsu 'Shvartse Karshelekh' " ( Additional verses to Shvartse Karshelekh by Isadore Liillian).
2. Article in Yiddish Forward of June 15, 1990 titled "Tsugob-Sures Tsu Shavartse Karshelekh" as sung by Mike Burstein and Zalmen Mlotek in video "Lomir Zingen Yiddish"
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 14352
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Shvartsinke karshelekh rayst men un royte lozt men shteyn
- First line (Yiddish):
- שװאַרצינקע קאַרשעלעך רײַסט מקן און רױטינקע לאָזט מען שטײן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:13
Sheyne Meydlekh Hobn Miese Dolies — שײנע מײדעלעך האָבן מיאסע דאָליעס
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 13743
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Bin ikh geforn keyn odes, oyf der moldevanke,
- First line (Yiddish):
- בין איך געפֿאָרן קיין אָדעס, צו דער מאָלדאַװאַנקע, האָב איך מיר...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Pretty Girls Come To Grief"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 0:45
Something Has Gone Awry (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 14593
- Author/Composer:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- There was a time, a glorious time, Not very long ago,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
Song Of The Old Bolsheviks (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 14619
- Composer:
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- When I was a lad in 1906, I joined a band of Bolsheviks,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Sovietolgy (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 14663
- Author:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Take charisma, just a bit, add some eschatology,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
Tsu Der Khupe Kleyn — צו דער חופּה קלײן
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 15642
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Forn mekhutonim iber ale gasn, forn tsu reb leyzern...
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿאָרן מחותּנים איבער אַלע גאַסן, פֿאָרן צן רבּ לײזערן די טאָכטטער...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 1:28
The Lady From Siberia (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 15111
- Author:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- There was a certain Russian, An ordinary Russian,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
The Lady With The Popular Front
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 15112
- Author/Composer:
- Dufty, William
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- She used to be an agitator, Let all the boys in the party...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
The Land Of The Daily Worker (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 15113
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Oh, all around our Union Square, Is the land of the Daily...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg. Melody- Pop Goes The Weasel
The Last International
- Genre:
- Humorous
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(b)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 15116
- Author/Composer:
- Glazer, Joe
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- We are the members of the last International,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
- Language:
- English
Undzer Rebenyu — אונדזער רבּיניו
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 15956
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Undzer rebenyu, rebenyu, rebenyu, oy vey rebenyu, rebenyu,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אונדזער רעבּעניו, רעבּעניו, רעבּעניו, אױ װײ רעבּעניו,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Sung in operetta "Dem Rebns Nigun".
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:08
Unite For Unity (Eng)
- On album:
- B-036(b) (My Darling Party Line)
- Track ID:
- 15971
- Author/Composer:
- Glazer, Tom
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Poor little me; I'm in the C.P.! I propagandize the...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text provided by Abe Brumberg.
Vu Iz Dos Yingele (Polish, Yid) — װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע (פּױליש, ייִדיש)
- On album:
- B-036(a) (Of Lovers Dreamers & Thieves / Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 16823
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Vu iz dos yingele vos hot mikh gevolt, vos hot mir...
- First line:
- װוּ איז דאָס ייִנגעלע װאָס האָט מיך געװאָלט, װאָס האַט מיר צוגעזאָקט..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Polish/Yiddish
Yom Tov — יום-טובֿ
- Also known as:
- Holiday
- Author:
- Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Father/Child/Hoiday/Peysekh/Security/Hand/Memory/Shtetl
- Origin:
- Alb G-019(a)/Alb B-036(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-019(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-019(a)/Alb B-036(a)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33418
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Harshav, Benjamin
- English Adaptation:
- Harshav, Barbara
- First line:
- My father leads me by the hand to synagogue, the day is sunny with dawn
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:47
Yom Tov — יום-טובֿ
- Also known as:
- Holiday
- Author:
- Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Father/Child/Hoiday/Peysekh/Security/Hand/Memory/Shtetl
- Origin:
- Alb G-019(a)/Alb B-036(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-019(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-019(a)/Alb B-036(a)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33419
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Der tate firt mir far a hant in shul, der tog iz frimorgandik zunik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דער טאַטע פֿירט מיר פֿאַר אַ האַנט אין שול, דער טאָג איז פֿרימאָרגאַנדיק זוניק,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:48
Der Yunger Dor — דער יונגער דאָר
- Also known as:
- The Young Generation
- Author:
- Grade, Chaim — גראַגע, חײם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Gereration/Change/Transformation/Liberation/Redemption
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33420
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- And you, my young comrades, in wind blown shirts and crimson cravets,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:27
Der Yunger Dor — דער יונגער דאָר
- Also known as:
- The Young Generation
- Author:
- Grade, Chaim — גראַגע, חײם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Gereration/Change/Transformation/Liberation/Redemption
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33421
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Un ir, mayne yunge khaverim, in vintike bluzes un royte kravatn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- און איר, מײַנע יונגע חבֿרים, אין ווינטיקע בלוזעס און רויטע קראַוואַטן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:30
She'll Be Comin'...(Yid) — זי װעט קומען פֿונעם בערגל
- On album:
- W-029(a) (Sing With Josh Waletsky 1999 Camp Boiberik Reunion)
- Track ID:
- 27333
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Piano/Narration:
- Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
- First line:
- Zi vet kumen funem bergl, ven zi kumt (2), zi vet trogn...
- First line:
- זי װעט קומען פֿונעם בערגל, װען זי קומט (2), זי װעט טראָגן...
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Zi Vet Kumen Funem Bergl"
Zi Vet Kumen Funem Bergl — זי װעט קומען פֿונעם בערגל
- Related information in folder 1181:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in Yiddish Forverts of March 9-15, 2012 by Chana Mlotek in "Leyner Dermonen Lider"(Readers Remember Songs) under title "A Tsugob Tsum Lid "Zi Vet Kumen Fun Di Berg"'. ( Additions To the Yiddish adaption of"She' ll Be Comin" around The Mountain) crediting Chana Lapin with finding the additional verses in the Wolf Younin Archive at YIVO
- On album:
- W-029(a) (Sing With Josh Waletsky 1999 Camp Boiberik Reunion)
- Track ID:
- 27334
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Piano/Narration:
- Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
- First line:
- Zi vet kumen funem bergl, ven zi kumt (2), zi vet trogn...
- First line:
- זי װעט קומען פֿונעם בערגל, װען זי קומט (2), זי װעט טראָגן...
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Zi Vet Kumen Funem Bergl"
A Nayem Shtokh — אַ נײעם שטאָך
- On album:
- W-029(a) (Sing With Josh Waletsky 1999 Camp Boiberik Reunion)
- Track ID:
- 27335
- Author:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Piano:
- Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Yedn shabos yede vokh, shrayben mir a nayem shtokh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- יעדן שבת יעדע װאָך, שרײַבען מיר אַ נײַעם שטאָך, אַ שטאָך אַהער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
B-O-I-B-E-R-I-K — ב-ױ-ב-ע-ר-י-ק
- On album:
- W-029(a) (Sing With Josh Waletsky 1999 Camp Boiberik Reunion)
- Track ID:
- 27336
- Author:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Piano:
- Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
- Vocal:
- Glazer, Joe
- First line:
- Gerufn vert er lerer, er hot a groysn plikh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- גערופֿן װערט ער לערער, ער האָט אַ גרױסן פּליך, און װען די...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Oklahoma (Boiberik) — אָקלאַהאָמע (בױבעריק)
- Composer:
- Rodgers, Richard
- Composer:
- Hammerstein, Oscar
- On album:
- W-029(a) (Sing With Josh Waletsky 1999 Camp Boiberik Reunion)
- Track ID:
- 27341
- Composer:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Freedman, Robert
- First line:
- Boiberik, a lebn zolstu lange, lange yor,
- First line:
- בױבעריק, אַ לעבן זאָלסטו לאַנגע, לאַנגע יאָר,
Boiberik (Oklahoma) — בױבעריק
- On album:
- xW-029(a)
- Track ID:
- 27342
- Composer:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Vocal:
- Freedman, Robert
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Boiberik, a lebn zolstu lange, lange yor,
- Language:
- Yiddish
A Leybs Boykh — אַ לײבס בױך
- On album:
- W-029(a) (Sing With Josh Waletsky 1999 Camp Boiberik Reunion)
- Track ID:
- 27347
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Amol ven der leyb iz in hunger geven, hot er di khayes in...
- First line:
- אַ מאָל װען דער לײב איז אין הונגער געװען, האָט ער די חיות...
Freg Ikh Bay Mayn Liber Froy — פֿרעג איך בײַ מײַן ליבער פֿרוי
- Also known as:
- The End Of The Book
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Humorous
- Subject:
- Husband/Wife/Housework/Nonsense/Book/Ending/Humor/Laughter
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(a)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33452
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Freg ikh bay mayn liber froy, vi azoy tsu endikn dos roman, in mayn bikhele--
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿרעג איך נײַ מײַן ליבער פֿרוי, ווי אַזוי צו ענדיקן דאָס ראָמאַן אין מײַן ביכעלע
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:29
Freg Ikh Bay Mayn Liber Froy — פֿרעג איך בײַ מײַן ליבער פֿרוי
- Also known as:
- The End Of The Book
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Humorous
- Subject:
- Husband/Wife/Housework/Nonsense/Book/Ending/Humor/Laughter
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(a)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33453
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaption:
- Harshav, Benjamin
- English Adaption:
- Harshav, Barbara
- First line:
- So I ask may dear wife how to finish the affair of my little booky,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:31
Ringl Ringl Rod — רינגל רינגל ראָד
- Also known as:
- Round And Around And Around
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Love/Lonliness/King/Age/Hunter/Wives/Sorrow
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33451
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Mayn yunge rebns sheyne froy--ver zifts bay dir in kamer dort, ver veynt,
- First line (Yiddish):
- מײַן יונגע רבנס שיינע פֿרוי--ווער זיפֿץ בײַ דיר אין קאַמער דאָרט, ווער וויינט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:35
Watch Your Step (Halpern) — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ (האַלפּערן)
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Hurry/Time/Speed/Trains/Desire
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33449
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Gold iz di tsayt in dem goldenem land, git men a klang un a hoyb mit a hant,
- First line (Yiddish):
- גאַלד איז די צײַט אין דעם גאָלדענעם לאַנד, גיט מען אַ קלאַנג און אַ הויב מיט אַ האַנט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:32
Ringl Ringl Rod — רינגל רינגל ראָד
- Also known as:
- Round And Around And Around
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Love/Lonliness/King/Age/Hunter/Wives/Sorrow
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33450
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Our rabbi's beautiful your wife, who is it that moans in your chamber,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:49
Meydlekh In Krotono Park — מיידלעך אין קראָטאָנאָ־פּאַרק
- Also known as:
- Girls In Crotono Park
- Author:
- Margolin, Anna — מאַרגאָלין, אַנאַ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Romantic/Suggestive
- Subject:
- Girls/Park/Appearance/Gossip/Colors/Youth
- Origin:
- Alb B-036/Margolin 150
- Translation:
- Alb B-036/Margolin 151
- Additional song notes:
- From "Sun, Asphalt, Roads"
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33431
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Falk, Marcia
- First line:
- Girls had wound themselves into autumn evenings as if in a faded picture
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:41
In Tsentral Park — אין צענטראַל פּאַרק
- Also known as:
- In Central Park
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Place/Memory/Alienation/Urban/Foreigner
- Origin:
- B-036(c)
- Translation:
- B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33445
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Ver iz shuldik in dos vos men zet nit dayn boym, gortn in shney, mayn gortn in..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:57
Undzer Gortn — אונדזער גאָרטן
- Also known as:
- Our Garden
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Composer:
- Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Garden/Artificiality/Guard/Bird/Flightless/Tiny/Guard
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)/Levin L WM 160/Alb L-044(c)
- Transliteration:
- Levin L WM 160/Alb L-044(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)/Levin L WM 160/Alb L-044(c)
- Music:
- Levin L WM 160
- Additional song notes:
- Our Garden
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33446
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaption:
- Harshav, Benjamin
- English Adaption:
- Harshav, Barbara
- First line:
- What a garden, where the tree is bare, but for its seven leaves, and it seems…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:22
Undzer Gortn — אונדזער גאָרטן
- Also known as:
- Our Garden
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Composer:
- Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Garden/Artificiality/Guard/Bird/Flightless/Tiny/Guard
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)/Levin L WM 160/Alb L-044(c)
- Transliteration:
- Levin L WM 160/Alb L-044(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)/Levin L WM 160/Alb L-044(c)
- Music:
- Levin L WM 160
- Additional song notes:
- Our Garden
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33447
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Aza golden gute boym, hot zikh zibn bletlekh koym, un es dakht zikh az er…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַזאַ גאָלדען גוטע בוים, האָט זיך זיבן בלעטלעך קוים, און עס דאַכט אַז ער טראַגט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:21
Odm — אָדם
- Also known as:
- Adam
- Author:
- Dropkin, Celia — דראַבקין, ציליע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Sensous
- Subject:
- Passion/Fear/Submission
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33437
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- A tselozenes, an oysgetsertltn fun file froyen-hent, hob ikh dikh oyf mayn veg..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ צעלאָזענעס, אַן אויסגעצערטלטן פֿון פֿילע פֿרויען־הענט, האָב איך דיך אויך מײַן
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:55
Vays Vi Der Shney — ווײַס ווי דער שניי
- Also known as:
- Like Snow On The Alps
- Author:
- Dropkin, Celia — דראַבקין, ציליע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Beauty/Snow/Rejection
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33438
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Schulman, Grace
- First line:
- Like snow on the Alps, sharp as mountain air, like heady old balms,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:53
Vays Vi Der Shney — ווײַס ווי דער שניי
- Also known as:
- Like Snow On The Alps
- Author:
- Dropkin, Celia — דראַבקין, ציליע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Beauty/Snow/Rejection
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33439
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Vays vi der shney oyf di alpn, sharf, vid di bargike luft,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווײַס ווי דער שניי אוף די אַלפּן, שאַרף ווי די באַרגיקע לופֿט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:53
Mir Shtamen Fun Felzun — מיר שטאַמען פֿון פֿעלזון
- Also known as:
- We Spring From Rocks
- Author:
- Hofshteyn, Dovid — האָפֿשטײַן, דוד
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/USSR
- Subject:
- Rocks/Change/Future/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33440
- Vocal/English Adaption:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- We spring from rocks, ground by the millstones of time,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:55
Mir Shtamen Fun Felzun — מיר שטאַמען פֿון פֿעלזון
- Also known as:
- We Spring From Rocks
- Author:
- Hofshteyn, Dovid — האָפֿשטײַן, דוד
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/USSR
- Subject:
- Rocks/Change/Future/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33441
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Mir shtamen fun feldzn, tsemoltn fun milshteyn fun tsaytn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- מיר שטאַמען פֿון פֿעלדזן, צעמאָלטן פֿון מילשטיין פֿון צײַטן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:55
Fargeyt Ir Umetike Zeydes — פֿאַרגייט איר אומעטיקע זיידעס
- Also known as:
- Pass On You Lonely Grandfathers
- Author:
- Kharik, Izi — כאַריק, איזי
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/USSR
- Subject:
- Grandfathers/Shtetl/Disappearance/Grief/Fear/Hope/Change
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33442
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Wolf, Leonard
- First line:
- Pass on, pass on you lonely grandfathers with frightened beards,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:10
In Tsentral Park — אין צענטראַל פּאַרק
- Also known as:
- In Central Park
- Author:
- Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Place/Memory/Alienation/Urban/Foreigner
- Origin:
- B-036(c)
- Translation:
- B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33443
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaption:
- Hollander, John
- First line:
- Whose fault is it that your tree can't be seen, garden of snow, my garden of sno
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:17
Shpiltsayg — שפּילצײַג
- Also known as:
- Toys
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Kornecka, Ewa
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Toys/Dolls/Pony/Orphans/Children/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)/Alb S-016(a)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)/AlbT-015(a)/Penguin YID 692/Alb P-038€
- Additional song notes:
- Toys
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33424
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Bloch, Chana
- First line:
- My daughter, you must care for your toys, poor things, they're even smaller…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:06
Meydlekh In Krotono Park — מיידלעך אין קראָטאָנאָ־פּאַרק
- Also known as:
- Girls In Crotono Park
- Author:
- Margolin, Anna — מאַרגאָלין, אַנאַ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Romantic/Suggestive
- Subject:
- Girls/Park/Appearance/Gossip/Colors/Youth
- Origin:
- Alb B-036/Margolin 150
- Translation:
- Alb B-036/Margolin 151
- Additional song notes:
- From "Sun, Asphalt, Roads"
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33432
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- In harbstikn farnakht hobn meydlekh zikh farlebt vi in volkn bild,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין האַבסטיקן פֿאַרנאַכט באָבן מיידלעף זיף פֿאַרלעבט ווי אין וואָלקן בילד,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:37
Antrakt — אַנטראַקט
- Also known as:
- Entr'acte
- Also known as:
- Entre'Acte
- Author:
- Margolin, Anna — מאַרגאָלין, אַנאַ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Sensous
- Subject:
- Talk/Stalking/Feeling/Seduction/Imagination
- Origin:
- Alb B-036©/Margolin 231
- Translation:
- Alb B-036/Margolin 230
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33433
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Falk, Marcia
- First line:
- The delicate weave of clever talk, like a spiderweb shaken by wind,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:25
Antrakt — אַנטראַקט
- Also known as:
- Entr'acte
- Also known as:
- Entre'Acte
- Author:
- Margolin, Anna — מאַרגאָלין, אַנאַ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Sensous
- Subject:
- Talk/Stalking/Feeling/Seduction/Imagination
- Origin:
- Alb B-036©/Margolin 231
- Translation:
- Alb B-036/Margolin 230
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33434
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Di eydele geveb fun klugn shmues, vi shpiverb durkhgetsitert fun a vint,
- First line (Yiddish):
- די איידעלע געוועב פֿון קלוגן שמועס, ווי שפּינוועב דורכגעציטערט פֿון אַ וונט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:21
Odm — אָדם
- Also known as:
- Adam
- Author:
- Dropkin, Celia — דראַבקין, ציליע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Sensous
- Subject:
- Passion/Fear/Submission
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33435
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Schulman, Grace
- First line:
- I met you on the way, young adam, fondled, soothed by women's hands,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 0:43
On Yidn — אָן ייִדן
- Also known as:
- Without Jews
- Author:
- Glatshteyn, Yakov — גלאַטשטײַן, יעקבֿ,
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Memory/Extinction/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33422
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Harshav, Benjamin
- English Adaptation:
- Harshav, Barbara
- First line:
- Without Jews, there will be no Jewish God, if we go away from the world,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:30
On Yidn — אָן ייִדן
- Also known as:
- Without Jews
- Author:
- Glatshteyn, Yakov — גלאַטשטײַן, יעקבֿ,
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Memory/Extinction/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33423
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- On yidn, vet nit zayn keyn yidisher got, geyen mir, kholile, avek fun der velt
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָן ייִדן, וועט ניט זײַן קיין ייִדיזער גאָט, גייען מיר, חלילה, אַוועק פֿון דער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:29
Shpiltsayg — שפּילצײַג
- Also known as:
- Toys
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Kornecka, Ewa
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Toys/Dolls/Pony/Orphans/Children/
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(c)/Alb S-016(a)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(c)/AlbT-015(a)/Penguin YID 692/Alb P-038€
- Additional song notes:
- Toys
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33425
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Dayne shpiltsvayg, mayn kind, halt zey tayer, dayne shpiltsvayg, nokh klener...
- First line (Yiddish):
- דײַנע שפּילטסווײַג, מײַן קינד, האַלט זיי טײַער, דײַנע שפּילטסווײַג, נאָך קלענער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:04
Azoy Shteyt Ungeshribn Oyf A Breyt… — אָזוי שטייט אונגעשריבן אויף אָ באייט פֿון אַ וואָגן
- Also known as:
- Inscribed On A Slat In A Railway Car
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Railway Car/Transport/Pearl Necklace/Dancer/Fate
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33427
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaption:
- Kozodoy, Neal
- First line:
- Should you happen on a string of pearls threaded on a length of blood red silk,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:10
Azoy Shteyt Ungeshribn Oyf A Breyt… — אָזוי שטייט אונגעשריבן אויף אָ באייט פֿון אַ וואָגן
- Also known as:
- Inscribed On A Slat In A Railway Car
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Railway Car/Transport/Pearl Necklace/Dancer/Fate
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33428
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Ver es vet amol gefinen perl getsirelt oyf a blutike-roytn shnirele fun zayd,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווער עס וועט אַמאָל געפֿינען פּערל געצירעלט אויף אַ בלוטיקע־רויטן שנירעלע פֿון זײַד,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:09
Ovnt (Binyumin) — אָווענט (ביניאָמינ)
- Also known as:
- Evening
- Author:
- Binyumin, H. — ביניאָמען, ה.
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Power/Word/Communications/Collapse/Information/Language
- Additional song notes:
- Evening
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33429
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- English Adaptation:
- Harshav, Benjamin
- English Adaptation:
- Harshav, Barbara
- First line:
- Seven voices fell, the eighth is shaken out, red rays drip through cut-out...
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:25
Ovnt (Binyumin) — אָווענט (ביניאָמינ)
- Also known as:
- Evening
- Author:
- Binyumin, H. — ביניאָמען, ה.
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Power/Word/Communications/Collapse/Information/Language
- Additional song notes:
- Evening
- On album:
- B-036(c) (The Many Faces of Yiddish Poetry read by Abe Brumberg)
- Track ID:
- 33430
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- First line:
- Zibn shtimen faln, akhte vert tstreyselt, dripen royte shtraln durkh a volkn…
- First line (Yiddish):
- זיבן שטימען פֿאַלן, אַכטע ווערן צעטרייסעלט, דריפּן רויטע שטראַלן דורף אַ וואָלקן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:31
Di Varshaver Kadetn — די װאַרשאַװער קאַדעטן
- Genre:
- Underworld/Folk
- Subject:
- Thieves/Pickpockets/Pimps/Crime/
- Song comment:
- Collecgted in Lublin, 1908
- Origin:
- Alb B-036(a)/Lehman 96/Kipnis 100 267
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Translation:
- Alb B-036(a)
- Music:
- Kipnis 100 267/Lehman 96
- On album:
- V0072(a)
- Track ID:
- 34765
- Vocal:
- Brumberg, Abe — ברומבערג, אייב
- Violin:
- Dreyer, Eugene
- Flute:
- Danoff, Arnold
- Accordion:
- Vigoda, Robert
- Tambourine:
- Brumberg, Daniel
- First line:
- Di varshaver kadetn, zey zenen voyle yingen, zay hobn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די װאַרשאַװער קאַדעטן, זײ זענען װױלע ייִנגען, זײ האָבן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "The Warsaw Kadets"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:32