Songs written or composed
The House I Live In
- Author:
- Allen, Lewis
- Composer:
- Robinson, Earl
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Patriotic
- Subject:
- America/Democracy/Equality/Freedman/History/Liberty/Home
- Origin:
- 1458 Ephemera 2018
- Additional song notes:
- Lewis Allen is a/k/a Abel Meeropol
Recordings
- On album:
- K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
- Track ID:
- 21804
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Narration:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- Narration:
- Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
- First line:
- The house we live in, the goodness everywher, a land of...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Part of "From Ellis Island to the East Side"
- On album:
- V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
- Track ID:
- 43020
- Piano:
- Berman, Gary
- Violin:
- Ma, Enze
- Violin:
- Smith, Andy
- Viola da gama:
- Thomsen, Fred
Margolin, Connie
- Vocal:
- Rocamora, Nancy
- Vocal:
- Valentine, Megan
- Vocal:
- Friedland, Beth
- Vocal:
- Marx, Jacqueline
- Vocal:
- Stewart, Andy
- Vocal:
- Hammond, Marie
- Vocal:
- Rivkin-Fish, Ziggy
- Vocal:
- Loewenthal, Norm
- Vocal:
- Junker, James
- Vocal:
- Fleisher, David
- First line:
- What is America to me! A name a flag I see. A certain word: democracy, what is democracy to me! The house I Live in,…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Concert, Choral,
- Length:
- 2:47
Other tracks with this artist
Beloved Comrade
- On album:
- L-004(c) (Leon Lishner sings Songs For the Dawn of Peace)
- Track ID:
- 2199
- Author:
- Allen, Lewis
- Composer:
- Katz, Fred
- Artist:
- Eckert, Thomasa and Leon Lishner
- First line:
- To you, beloved comrade, we make this solemn vow,
- Track comment:
- From Spanish Civil War
- Language:
- English