Songs written or composed
Di Brivelekh Fun Rusland — די בריוועלעך פֿון רוסלאַנד
- Author:
- Markovitsh, Joseph
- Composer:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Genre:
- Theatre/Concert/Lament
- Subject:
- Letters/Wives/Children/Hunger/Curse/Abandonment/America
- Transliteration:
- K-176(a)
- Translation:
- K-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- The Letters From Russia
Recording
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42852
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- First line:
- Mayn tayerer man, my dear husband, I hope this letter finds you well and the journey to England was easy,..
- First line:
- מײַן טײַערער מאַן, איך וויין, איך קלאָג בײַ נאַגט, נאָר איך ליג און טראַכט, עפֿשער קענסטו שוין דאָרט ניט ניט לעבן,...
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Rececitive/Concert
- Length:
- 5:46
London Hot Zikh Ibergekert — לאָנדאָנדאָן האָט זיך איבערגעקערט
- Author:
- Levenvirt, Sam
- Composer:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Genre:
- Place/Concert/
- Subject:
- London/Change/Memory/Cars/Subway/Crowds/Appliances
- Transliteration:
- K-176(a)
- Translation:
- K-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- London Has Turned Upside down
Recording
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42856
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- London iz nisht vi es iz amol geven, ikh in mayne yunge yorn hob dos keyn mol nit gezen, az unter der erd…
- First line (Yiddish):
- לאָנדאָן אָיז נישט ווי עד איז אַמאָל געווען איך אין מײַנע יונגע יאָרן האָב דאָס קיין קיין מאָל ניט געזען, אַז אונטער דער
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater
- Length:
- 4:00
Freg Keyn Katshanes — פֿרעג קײַן קאַטשאַנעס
- Author:
- Nager, Arn,
- Composer:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Genre:
- Concert
- Subject:
- Change/Piety/Reversal/Hypocrisy/Flirtation/Husband
- Transliteration:
- K-176(a)
- Translation:
- K-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Don't Ask Silly Questions
Recording
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42857
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- A kosher yidl bin ikh mir do ongekumen fun galutsyen, njsht far aykh gedakht, ikh hob mayn talis un tfilin…
- First line (yiddish):
- אַ כּשר ייִדל בין איך מיר דאָ אָנגעקומען פֿון גאַליטציען, נישט פֿאַר אייכט געדאַכט, איך האָב מײַן תּלית און תּפֿילן מיט
- Language:
- yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 5:28
Yeder Sadie Iz A Leydi — ידער סיידי איז אָ ליידי
- Author:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Composer:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Composer:
- Moore, Sarha
- Genre:
- Jazz/Music Hall/Theater
- Subject:
- Place/East Stempney/Love/Lady/Gent
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Vivi Lachs credited with English lyrics
Recording
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42858
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- East Stempney, East Stempney, vu di libe iz tsubrent un yeder seydi iz a leydi, un yeder sam a dzhent…
- First line:
- איסט סטעמפני, איסט סטעמפני, װוּ די ליבע איז צוברענט, און יעדער סיידי איז אַ ליידי און יעדער סאַם אַ דשהענמ....
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Jazz/Music Hall/Theater
- Length:
- 5:07
Azoy Geyt Dos Gelt Avek — אָזוי גייט דאָס געלט אָוועק
- Composer:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Genre:
- Lament/Theater/Music Hall
- Subject:
- Youth/Complaint/Pawnbroker/Girls/Gifts/Extravagance
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- And So The Money Goes
Recording
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42865
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- Ikh lakh fun a yunger man ven er tut zikh baklugn, az er hot keyn gelt shrayt er gevalt ale monet ze ikh im di mashkones
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך לאַך פֿון אַ יונגער מאַן, ווען ער טוט זיך באַקלוגן אַז ער האָט קײַן געלט, שרײַט ער געוואַלט, אַלע מאָנאַט זע איך...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Novelty/Music Hall/Theater
- Length:
- 3:51
Other tracks with this artist
Mit Farmakhte Oygn — מיט פֿאַרמאַכטע אױגן
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Composer:
- Hirsh, Nurit — הירש, נורית
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Lonliness/Muse/Inspiration/Poetry/God/Mountains/Valley/God
- Origin:
- ML SOG 198
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-051(a)/Alb L-022(a)/ML SOG 198/Alb K-0135(a)/Ephemera 1401
- Translation:
- Alb L-051(a)/Alb L-022(a)/CD K-075(b)/ML SOG 199/K-0135(a)/Ephemera 1401
- Music:
- ML SOG 199
- Additional song notes:
- With Closed Eyes
- Related information in folder 1401:
- Comments:
- 1. Undated Translation and Transliteration of the poem from internet apparently by Batya Fonda - Jewish Folk Songs
- On album:
- K-135(a) (Klezmer Klub /Whitechapel Mayn Vaytshepl)
- Track ID:
- 35748
- Mandolin:
- Moore, Keith
- Double Bass/Violin:
- Doyle, Julia
- Accordion:
- Ellenberg, Gabriel
- Trombone:
- Hall, Caroline
- Lead Vocals:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Clarinet/Naal (Drum):
- Peter, Jon
- Drums:
- Schalom, Guy
- First line:
- Mit farnakhte oygn herstu nenter dem yam, mit fiberndike finger filstu...
- First line (Yiddish):
- מיט פֿאַרמאַכטע אױגן הערסטו נעענטער דעם ים, מיט פֿיבערנדיקע.פֿינגער, פֿילסטו
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:30
My Home in Morgan Street
- Genre:
- Folk/Place
- Subject:
- Home/Memory/Poverty/Smells/Fish/Vendors/Bagels/Fiddler
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-135(a)
- Translation:
- Alb K-135(a)
- On album:
- K-135(a) (Klezmer Klub /Whitechapel Mayn Vaytshepl)
- Track ID:
- 35738
- Drums:
- Schalom, Guy
- Mandolin:
- Moore, Keith
- Double Bass/Violin:
- Doyle, Julia
- Accordion:
- Ellenberg, Gabriel
- Trombone:
- Hall, Caroline
- Lead Vocals:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Clarinet/Naal (Drum/Vocal:
- Peter, Jon
- First line:
- My home in Morgan Street, es iz mir voyl un git, ikh hob mayn eygn shtib,
- First line (Yiddish):
- My home in Morgan Street, ..עס טיז מיר ווויל און גיט, איך האָג מײַן אייגן
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/Street Song/Children's Chants
- Length:
- 1:45
Dray Shvester — דרײַ שװעסטער
- Author:
- Winchevsky, Morris — װינטשעװסקי, מאָריס
- Genre:
- Lament/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Poverty/Flowers/Shoe Laces/Prostitution/Place/England/
- Origin:
- Ber Fef 68/Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Sh Sh 123
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Alb K-135(a)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 3 213/Alb M-059(b)/Alb K-135(a)/Sh Sh 123
- Music:
- Vinkov 3 213
- Additional song notes:
- Three Sisters
- On album:
- K-135(a) (Klezmer Klub /Whitechapel Mayn Vaytshepl)
- Track ID:
- 35740
- Double Bass/Violin:
- Doyle, Julia
- Accordion:
- Ellenberg, Gabriel
- Lead Vocals:
- Lachs, Vivi
- First line:
- In England iz do a shtot lester, in London iz do aza skver, tsum skvar kumen...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין ענגלענד איז דאָ אַ שטאָט לעסטער, און אין לאָנדאָן איז דאָ אַזאַ סקווער, צום סקווער
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 2:46
Hashevenu Nazat — השבֿנו נזתּ
- Genre:
- Emigration/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Difficulties/London/Greenhorn/Anti Semitism
- Origin:
- Neslen 12.2
- Transliteration:
- Neslen 12.2
- Translation:
- Neslen 12.2
- Additional song notes:
- The new "Take Us Back"
Collected by Chaim Neslen from his grandmother, Esther Djzaldovsky
- On album:
- K-135(a) (Klezmer Klub /Whitechapel Mayn Vaytshepl)
- Track ID:
- 35741
- Mandolin:
- Moore, Keith
- Double Bass/Violin:
- Doyle, Julia
- Accordion:
- Ellenberg, Gabriel
- Trombone:
- Hall, Caroline
- Lead Vocals:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Clarinet/Naal (Drum):
- Peter, Jon
- Drums:
- Schalom, Guy
- First line:
- We were optomistic, we came to England to escape poverty, tyranny, and spit...
- First line:
- דאָרט פֿאָרט אַ ייִד, שװאַך און מיד, צו לעבן זיכט ער אַן אָרט, ער אָנטלויפֿט
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 4:36
Helo Helo — העלאָ
- Genre:
- Music Hall/Novelty/Theater/ Rollicking
- Subject:
- Greetings/Inheritance/Wife/Infidelity/Husband Does Same
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb K-176(a)
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42851
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- Violin/Backing Vocals:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- First line:
- Ikh vel aykh a kharakterl shteln vos yedn iz shoyn bakant, ikh hof es vet aykh shtark gefeln deroyf gib ikh mayn…..
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך וועל אַ כאַראַכטעל שטעלן וואָס יעדן איז שוין באַקאַנט, איך האָף עס וועט אײַך שטערק געפֿעלן, דעויף גיב איך מײַן האַנט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Music Hall/Novelty/Rollicking
- Length:
- 3:31
Gevalt Police — געוואַלט פאָליס
- Genre:
- Dance Hall/Novelty
- Subject:
- Street Urchin/Assult/Theft/Gambling/Drinking/Police Absent
- Transliteration:
- K-176(a)
- Translation:
- K-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Help Police
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42853
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- Vaytchaples sheyne zangen in brod strit, zey oyf eynem-goldene ringen oyf di finger, un a golden vatsh…
- First line (Yiddish):
- ןןײַטשעפלס שיינע זאַנגען אין בראָד סטריט, זיי אויף איינעם-גאָלדענע רינגענע אויף די פֿינגער און אַ גאָלדען וואַטש…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Dance Hall/Novelty
- Length:
- 3:08
Der Boer Krig Mit England — דער באָער קריג מיט ענגלאָנד
- Author:
- Simoronsky, Abraham — סימאָראָנסקי, אבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Harris, Charles K.
- Genre:
- Concert/March/Patriotic/Music Hall
- Origin:
- Boer War/Volunteers/Jew/Officer/Hero/Mother/Killed/Battle
- Transliteration:
- K-176(a)
- Translation:
- K-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- The Boer War With England
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42855
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- O to fight far Englands frayheyt mit shverd in hant, di voluntirn zet nor ve freylekh geven zey, a yeder vil nor…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ טו פֿײַט פֿאַר ענגלאַנדס פֿרײַהײַט מיט שווערד אין האַנט, די וואָלונטירן, זעט נאָר ווי פֿריילעך זענען זיי, אַ יעדער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/March/Patriotic
- Length:
- 5:09
London Bay Nakht — לאָנדאָן בײַ נאַכט
- Composer:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Genre:
- Blues/Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Place/London/Memory/Wandering/Time/Poverty/Begging/Police
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42859
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- Tvey a zeyger hot geshlogn in ale kirkhn un in ale glokn, bay der nakht, bay der nakht, ayngetsogn mayne…
- First line (Yiddish):
- צוויי אַ זייגער האָט געשלאַגן אין אַלע קירכן און אין אַלע גלאָקן, בײַ דער נאַכט בײַ דער נאָכט, אײַנגעצויגן מײַנע גלידער
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song
- Length:
- 4:57
Lambeth Walk — לאָמבעט וואַק
- Genre:
- Novelty/Dance Hall
- Subject:
- Dance/Fad/Shout/Goat/Hopping
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42860
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- Hostu getantst dem lambet wok, dem nayem tants, dem nayem krok, men klapt in der kni, un a geshrey…
- First line (Yiddish):
- האָסטו געטאַנצט דעם לאַמבעט וואָק, דעם נײַעם טאַנץ, דעם נײַעם קראָק, מע קלאַפט אין דער קני, און אַ געשריי דערצי, האָפ,.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Novelty/Music Hall/Theater
- Length:
- 1:51
Ikh Zukh A Dzhob — איך זוך אַ דזשאָב
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Wife/Flattery/Husband/Violence/Spinster/Doctor
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42863
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- Ikh bin shoyn do mer nisht keyn griner, megt ir gleybn mir, Ikh veys az do in London, vu men klapt on in a tir…
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דאָ שוין נישט מער קײַן גרינער, מעגט איר גלויבן מיר, איך ווייס אַז דאָ אין לאָנדאָן, וווּ מען קלאַפט אָן אַ טיר,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Novelty/Music Hall/Theater
- Length:
- 3:49
Slek Taym — סלעק טײַם
- Author:
- Lubritski, Isaac
- Composer:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Genre:
- Jazz/Blues/Lament
- Subject:
- Worker/Seasonable Unemployment/Poverty/Pawnshop
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Slack Time
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42864
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- A slek taym song megt ir hern, vos ikh hob farfast, ir vet im hobn zeyer gern, vayl di verter yedn past,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ סלעק טײַם סאָנג מעגט איר הערן, וואָס איך האַב פֿאַפֿאַסט, איר ווערט אים האָבן גערן ווײַל די ווערטער יעדן פאַסט....
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Jazz/Blues/Theater
- Length:
- 3:36
Vos Geyst Nisht Aheym Sore-Gitl? — וווּס גייסט נישט היים שׂורה־גיטל?
- Author:
- Nager, Arn,
- Composer:
- Cannon, Hughie
- Genre:
- Parody/Popular/Theater
- Subject:
- Wife/Philander/Affrey/Violence
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Why Don't You Come Home Sore-Gitl
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42866
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- In a sheyner zumer nakht gey ikh mir fartrakht, tref ikh mayn vaybl vi a taybl volkndik bay nakht in rizdhent strit…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין אַ שיינער זומער נאַכט גיי איך מיר פֿאַרטראַכט, טרעף איך מײַן ווײַל ווי אַ טײַוול וואָלקנדיק אין ריגזשענט סטרעט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Parody/Pop
- Length:
- 3:22
Mazl (Katshanes) — מזל (קאַטשאַנעס)
- Genre:
- Novelty/Theater/English/Yiddish
- Subject:
- Mother/Luck/Necessity/Fool
- Transliteration:
- Alb k-176(a)
- Translation:
- Alb k-176(a)
- On album:
- K-176(a) (Katsha'nes/Don't Ask Silly Questions — קאָטשאָנעס)
- Track ID:
- 42867
- Vocal:
- Lachs, Vivi
- Violin:
- Curzon, FlorA
- Vocal/Saxaphones:
- Moore, Sarha
- Vocal/Piano:
- Wedell, Rebekka
- Arrangers:
- Katshanes
- First line:
- Born in the right place in the right time, forty years after this song was written, the ground was laid so we could have
- First line:
- ווײַל מזל זאָגט די מאַמע מוז מען האָבן,מזל, זאָגט זי איז אַ וווילער זאַך, אָן מזל מעגסטו זיך באַגראָבן, מיט מזל מעגסטו..
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Recitative/Collage/Mishmash
- Length:
- 3:52