Tracks with this artist
Those Were The Days — פֿאַרבײַ די טעג
- Also known as:
- Di Yurn Geyen Avek
- Also known as:
- Farbay Di Teg
- Also known as:
- Ka'eyleh Hayu Hayamim
- Author:
- Raskin, Eugene
- Composer:
- Raskin, Eugene
- Genre:
- Folk/Theater
- Subject:
- Aging/Time/Memory/Youth/Tavern/Drinking
- Origin:
- Ephemera 393/Sheet music
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Many versions in various languages. Gene Raskin credited with English version and as composer. But according to liner notes on Alb A-016(a) "Those Were The Days" is actually an old Russian tune by Boris Fomin titled "The Long Road". In Hebrew the title is "Hayu Yamim Khaver"
- Related information in folder 373:
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Nat Zumoff
- Comments:
- Yiddish adaptation in transliteration.
2. English Lyrics as sung by Mary Hopkins
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Gene Raskin
- Comments:
- English adaptation of "Those Were The Days". Also, Russian text
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 33566
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- Keyboard/Accordion:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- First line:
- Eregts dortn shteyt an alte kretshme, vu mir flegn trinkn zise vayn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ערגעץ דאָרטן שטײט אַן אַלטע קרעטשמע, װוּ מיר פֿלעגן טרינקן זיסע ווײַן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song/Nostalgic/Pop
- Length:
- 3:09
Abi Gezunt — אַבי געזונט
- Also known as:
- A Bisl Zun A Bisl Regn
- Also known as:
- Be Healthy
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theatre
- Subject:
- Health/Contentment
- Song comment:
- From the film "Mamele"
- Origin:
- Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-029(g)/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb D-016(a)/Warem 10/Alb B-095(b)/SM 5
- Translation:
- Alb D-016(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb K-030(d)/Alb K-029(g)/CD B-076(a)
- Music:
- ML PYS 175/SM Scher 10
- Additional song notes:
- As Long As You're Healthy
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35942
- Vocal:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- A bisl zun, a bisl regn, a ruik ort dem kop tsu leygn, abi gezunt ken men...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ ביסל זון, אַ ביסל רעגן, אַ רויִק אָרט דעם קאָפּ צו לײגן, אַבי געזונט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Pop/Jazz/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:21
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
What's Not To Like 2017
- 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:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35944
- Keyboard/Accordion:
- Schleider, Yair
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- First line:
- Es iz tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven..
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס איז צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Pop/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:43
Ver Vet Blaybn — ווער וועט בלײַבן
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Lopatnik, Zhenya — לאָפּאַטניק, זשעניע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Survival/God/Wind/Rain/Grasses
- Origin:
- Alb P-065(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb P-065(a)/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb P-065(a)/Alb B-095(b)
- Additional song notes:
- What Will Remain?
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35954
- Vocal:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- Keyboard/Accordion:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- First line:
- Ver vet blaybn, vos vet blaybn? Blaybn vet a vint, blaybn vet di blindkeyt...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווער וועט בלײַבן, וואָס וועט בלײַבן? בלײַבן וועט די בלינדקײַט פֿונעם בלינדן וואָס..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song/Klezmer/Spirited
- Length:
- 1:38
Mir Besaraber — מיר בעסעראָבער
- Author:
- Charats, Meyer — חרץ, מאיר
- Composer:
- Chorny, Efim — טשאָרני, עפֿים
- Genre:
- Memory/Place
- Subject:
- Moldova/Towns/Occupation/Kolhoz/Collective Farm/USSR
- Origin:
- Alb K-111(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)/Alb K-111(a)_
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)/Alb K-111(a)
- Additional song notes:
- We Bessarabians
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35956
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- Keyboard/Accordion:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- First line:
- Mir vos mir forn aroys in fartogn, firn dos gantse farmegn in vogn, shlepn di...
- First line (Yiddish):
- מיר וואָס מיר פֿאָרן אַרויס אין פֿאַרטאָגן פֿירן דאָס גאַנצע פֿאַרמעגן אין וואָגן
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song/Bessarabian Melody
- Length:
- 4:58
Geselekh — געסעלעך
- Author:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Composer:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Genre:
- Memory/Theater
- Subject:
- Streets/Poverty/Occupation/Street Singer/Alienation
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35940
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Geselekh - sheyninke geselekh, nor ir lost mikh nisht faln in mayn grester noyt,
- First line (Yiddish):
- געסעלעך ־ שיינינקע געסעלך נאָר איר לאָסט מיך נישט פֿאַלן אין מײַן גרעסטער נויט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 4:54
A Yidishe Khasene (Fefer) — אַ ייִדישע חתונה
- Author:
- Fefer, Itsik — פֿעפֿער, איציק
- Composer:
- Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Wedding/Celebration/Gifts
- Song comment:
- Is there another melody by Poliansky??
- Origin:
- Belarsky 251/Alb D-004(d)/Alb G-018(c)/Alb N-026(a)/Ephemera 1520 p 48
- Transliteration:
- Belarsky 251/Alb D-004(d)/Alb N-026(a)Alb B-095(b)/Ephemera 1520 p 48
- Translation:
- Alb G-018(c)/Alb C-044(a)Alb B-095(b)/Ephemera 1520 p 48
- Music:
- Belarsky 174/Ephemera 1520 p
- Additional song notes:
- A Jewish Wedding
Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a)
Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35933
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Iber shliakhn freylekhe, vos zenen do faran, iz men oyf a khasene, a yidishe…
- First line (Yiddish):
- איבער שליאַכן פֿרײלעכע, װאַס זענען דאָ פֿאַראַן, איז מען אױף אַ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:50
Slutsk Mayn Shtetele — סלוצק מײַן שטעטעלע
- Author:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater/Place/Memory
- Subject:
- Town/Slutzk/Yearning/Poverty/Cradle/Bed/Sabbath/Melodies
- Transliteration:
- Warum 200/Alb B-095(b)Ephemera 1285/Peppler 2, p 199
- Translation:
- Alb H-033(a)/Alb B-095(b)/Ephemera 1285/Peppler 2, p 199
- Music:
- Warum 200/Ephemera 1285/Peppler 2, p 199/Peppler 2, p 199
- Additional song notes:
- My Hometown Slutsk
Jane Peppler Credits Lebedeff as Author and Composer
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35934
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Ikh dermon zikh itster, in mayn shtetele, dem kleynem,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך דערמאָן זיך איצטער, אין מײַן שטעטעלע, דעם קלײנעם,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Nostolgic
- Length:
- 3:42
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:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35935
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Leybke, mayn liber, dos vet keyn guts nit gebn, du brengst mit dayn akshones
- First line (Yiddish):
- לײבקע מײַן ליבער, דאָס װעט קיין גוטס נישט געבן, דו ברענגסט מיט דײַן עקשנות…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Pop/Charlston
- Length:
- 2:43
Yener Langer Zumertog — יענער לאַנגער זומערטאָג
- Author:
- Kerler, Yosef — קערלער, יוסף
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Memory/Joy/Sadness/Childhood/Aging
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Additional song notes:
- That Long Summer Day
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35936
- Vocal:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Yener langer zumertog, fun di vayte kinderyorn, inem shtrom fun payn un plog,
- First line (Yiddish):
- יענער לאַנגער זומערטאָג, פֿון די ווײַטע קינדעריאָרן, אינעם שטראָם פֿון פּײַן..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Lament/Sadly
- Length:
- 4:38
Bloye Nekht Fun Tel-Aviv — בלויע נעכט פֿון תּל־אבֿיבֿ
- Author:
- Younin, Wolf — יונין, װאָלף
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Place
- Subject:
- Tel Aviv/Nights/tars/Moonlight/Song/
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Blue Nights of Tel Aviv - Yiddish Version of Moscow Nights
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35937
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Nisht keyn roysh in sod, nisht keyn sharfn tzvit, alts farshtumt iz do bagin,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ניט קיין רויש אין סאָד, ניט קיין שאַרפֿן צוויט, אַלץ פֿאַרשטומט איז דאָ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Pop/Jazz
- Length:
- 2:50
Purim In Kalarash — פּורים אין קאַלאַראַש
- Also known as:
- Fest In Kalarash (Purim)
- Author:
- Kemelmakher, Sampson — קעמעלמאַכער, סאַמסאָן
- Author:
- Kemelmakher, Sampson — קעמעלמאַכער, סאַמסאָן
- Composer:
- Kemelmakher, Sampson — קעמעלמאַכער, סאַמסאָן
- Composer:
- Kemelmakher, Sampson — קעמעלמאַכער, סאַמסאָן
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Place
- Subject:
- Purim/Kalarash/Celebration/Holiday/Music/Homentash/Whisky
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35938
- Vocal:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- First line:
- Gekumen der shenster yomtov purim, veln mir freylekh zayn, oreme mentshn un di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- געקומען דער שענסטער יום טובֿ פּורים, װעלן מיר פֿרײלעך זײַן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Klezmer/Jazz
- Length:
- 1:38
Dray Tekhterlekh — דרײַ טעכטערלעך
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Family
- Subject:
- Wedding/Father/Daughters/Youngest
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 210/Gebir ML 70/Alb L-023(a)/Alb A-003(c)Gebir Lemm 152/Alb G-022(b)
- Transliteration:
- Alb A-003(c)/ML MTAG 210/Alb B-007(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb T-031(b)/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb A-003(c)/Alb L-023(a)/Gebir SIMC 72/ Alb T-031(b)/Alb G-022(b)/Alb B-095(b
- Music:
- Gebir ML 70/Gebir Lemm 151/Gebir MGZ 82
- Additional song notes:
- See Heskes 1, entry 2930 respecting sheet music.
- On album:
- B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
- Track ID:
- 35941
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
- Artist:
- Chutzpah
- Violin/Viola:
- Hamilton, Meg
- Percussion:
- Kozokaro, Ronen
- Keyboard/Accordion/Guitar/Trumpet:
- Schleider, Yair
- Clarinet:
- Shulman, David
- Double Bass:
- Moylan, Paul
- First line:
- Ven mit mazl, gezunt un lebn S'elste tekhterl mir veln oysgebn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- װען מיט מזל, געזונט און לעבן ס'עלסטע טעכטערל מיר װעלן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Sadly/Nostolgic/Waltz
- Length:
- 3:35