Songs written or composed
My Yiddishe Mammy
- Author:
- Cantor, Eddie
- Composer:
- Cantor, Eddie
- Genre:
- Novelty/Humorous/Vaudeville
- Subject:
- Mother/Place/South/Swanee/Dixie/Cotton
- Additional song notes:
- Taakeoff on "My Yidishe Mame" and "Mammy"
Recordings
- On album:
- K-035(c) (Original Klezmer Jazz Band Jammin' on 7)
- Track ID:
- 22799
- Trumpet:
- Gross, Ken
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
- Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
- Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Trombone:
- Levitt, David
- Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
- Rubinstein, Danny
- Drums:
- Horn, Shelly
- Bass:
- Abruzzo, Tom
- Clarinet/Alto Sax:
- Chernet, Joel
- First line:
- Down south, that's where all the cotton grows, down south where the Swannee…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Jazz
- Length:
- 3:28
- On album:
- K-035(d)2
- Track ID:
- 32890
- Bass:
- Abruzzo, Tom
- Clarinet/Alto Sax:
- Chernet, Joel
- Trumpet:
- Gross, Ken
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Banjo/Guitar/Vocal:
- Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
- Arranger/Musical Director/Piano/Vocal:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Trombone:
- Levitt, David
- Tenor Sax/Clarinet:
- Rubinstein, Danny
- Drums:
- Horn, Shelly
- First line:
- Down south, that's where all the cotton grows, down south where the Swannee…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Jazz
- Length:
- 3:28
My Yiddisha Mammy
- Author:
- Gerber, Alex
- Author:
- Schwartz, Jean
- Author:
- Cantor, Eddie
- Genre:
- Vaudeville/Novelty/Humorous/Race/Parody
- Subject:
- M other/South/Place/Bronx
- Additional song notes:
- Parodies Al Jolson's "My Mammy"
Recording
- On album:
- J-035(a) (Jewface)
- Track ID:
- 33538
- Vocal:
- Kaufman, Irving
- First line:
- Down south where the Swanee River flows, down south, that's where all of the…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Vaudeville/Dialect
- Length:
- 2:43
Other tracks with this artist
If You Knew Susie (Eng)
- On album:
- S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 7066
- Author/Composer:
- De Sylva, Buddy
- Artist:
- Cantor, Eddie
- First line:
- I have got a sweetie known as Suzy, in the words of...
The Argentines, The Portuguese...
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21430
- Author/Composer:
- Swanstrom/ Morgan
- Artist:
- Cantor, Eddie
- First line:
- Columbus discovered America in 1492, then came the English..
- Track comment:
- "The Argentines, The Portuguese, And The Greeks"
Lena From Palestina
- Also known as:
- Palesteena
- Author:
- Conrad, Con
- Author:
- Robinson, J. Russel
- Composer:
- Conrad, Con
- Composer:
- Conrad, Con
- Composer:
- Robinson, J. Russel
- Composer:
- Robinson, J. Russel
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudville/Dixieland/Jazz/Novelty
- Subject:
- Lena/Fat Lady/Palestine/Courting/Concertina/Arab
- Additional song notes:
- Same melody for entries titled "Chaim Popukal", "Unter Belzer -
Himlen", "Gereist Un Getroffen", and "Nokh A Bisl".
- Related information in folder 584:
- Comments:
- 1. Article by Charles A. Kennedy (Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University). Titled, "When Palestine Played the Palace: Vaudeville Interprets the Balfour Declaration".
Includes texts of novelty songs, Zionist songs, (all set in the Middle East), including text of "Lena From Palestina"
2. Article by Itzik Gottesman in Yiddish Forward of March 19-25, 2010, tiitled "Oyf Di Shpurn fun Lena Fun Palestina (on the track of Lena fun Palestina).
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28537
- Vocal:
- Cantor, Eddie
- First line:
- In the Bronx of New YorkCity, there live a girl, she's not so pretty, Lena is
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Nov 1920, Emerson 10292/ Unknown Orchestra
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Dixieland
- Length:
- 02:35
The Legend of Jewish Humor
- Genre:
- Documentary/Performances
- Subject:
- Humor/Culture/Jews/Comedians
- On album:
- V0006
- Track ID:
- 33828
- Performer:
- Brice, Fanny
- Performer:
- Cantor, Eddie
- Performers:
- Marx Brothers
- Performer:
- Caesar, Sid
- Artist:
- Berle, Milton
- Artist:
- Rivers, Joan
- Artist:
- Lewis, Jerry
- Artist:
- Waldoks, Moshe
- Artist:
- King, Alan
- Artist:
- Crystal, Billy
- Director:
- Bloomstein, Rex
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 60:00
From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video)
- Genre:
- Documentary/Show Business
- Subject:
- Immigration/Integration/Music/Acculturation/Music/Persona
- On album:
- V0147 (From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video))
- Track ID:
- 35728
- Performer:
- Brice, Fanny
- Performer:
- Calloway, Cab
- Performer:
- Cantor, Eddie
- Performer:
- Garland, Judy
- Performer:
- Jolson, Al
- Performer:
- Marx Brothers
- Performer:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Performer:
- Schwartz, Maurice
- Performer:
- Tucker, Sophie
- Performer:
- Berlin, Irving
- Narrator:
- Fierstein, Harvey
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Narrative/Performances/Spoken Word