Songs written or composed
Mazl Tov Israel — מזל טוב ישראל
- Author:
- Feldman, Joe
- Composer:
- Feldman, Joe
- Genre:
- Celebratory/Zionist
- Subject:
- Israel/Nation
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 859
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Musnitsky, Jacob
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration`
- Publisher:
- Joseph Feldman
- Publisher address:
- Washington, DC
- Date:
- 1948
- Provenance:
- Gift of Gail Morrison Hall
- First line:
- Mazl tov Israel ale mit amol…
- First line (Yiddish):
- מזל טוב ישראל אַלע מיט אַ מאָל, זינגטזשה קינדער,
- Notes:
- Blue lettering, English/Yiddish. Photos of Chaim Weizman, Dr. Theodore Hertzel and man in fedora hat and long white beard. Back cover includes advertisements of Philadelphia business sponsors.
Other tracks with this artist
S'iz Nit Far Aykh — ס'איז ניט פֿאַר אײַך
- Genre:
- Theater/Parody/Gilbert & Sullivan/Adapatation
- Subject:
- Shmir Mir/Yanki Pu/Tsipe/Khay Shpay/Marriage/Status/Sailor
- Additional song notes:
- Yiddish Parody of "Young Man Despair"
- On album:
- M-036(b) (Der Yiddisher Mikado/ G & S Yiddish Light Opera Co. L.I.)
- Track ID:
- 23438
- Vocal:
- Chorus
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaption:
- Grand, Al
- Adaptation:
- Tartell, Bob
- Vocal:
- Bennis, Phil
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
- Artist:
- G & S Yid Light Opera Co of L.I.
- Yiddish Adaption:
- Walowit, Miriam
- First line:
- Her tsu mayn fraynd, tsi s'iz nit far aykh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- הער צי מײַן פֿרײַנד, צי ס'איז ניט פֿאָר אײַך,
- Track comment:
- See "Young Man Despair (Yid)"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Kh'bin A Getrayer — כ'בין אַ געטרײַער
- Genre:
- Theater/Parody/Gilbert & Sullivan/Adapatation
- Subject:
- Shmir Mir/Khay Shpay/Mish Mash/Pride/Bragging
- Additional song notes:
- Parody of "I Am So Proud"
- On album:
- M-036(b) (Der Yiddisher Mikado/ G & S Yiddish Light Opera Co. L.I.)
- Track ID:
- 23444
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaption:
- Grand, Al
- Adaptation:
- Tartell, Bob
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
- Vocal:
- Nesbitt, Murray
- Artist:
- G & S Yid Light Opera Co of L.I.
- Yiddish Adaption:
- Walowit, Miriam
- First line:
- Kh'bin a getrayer, a sheyne levaye vet ir glaykh krign,
- First line (Yiddish):
- כ'בין אַ געטרײַער, אַ שײנע לװיה װעט איר גלײַך קריגן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
Vo Tsvey Bin Ikh A Driter
- On album:
- 026i (Feldman, Joe/ Vu Tsvey Bin Ikh A Driter/ Di Grine Kuzine)
- Track ID:
- 29505
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
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:
- 026i (Feldman, Joe/ Vu Tsvey Bin Ikh A Driter/ Di Grine Kuzine)
- Track ID:
- 29506
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
- Language:
- Yiddish
Der Lakhndiker
- On album:
- 041d (Feldman, Joe/ Der Lakhndiker/ lkh Bin Shoyn A Meydl In...)
- Track ID:
- 29964
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
lkh Bin Shoyn A Meydl In...
- On album:
- 041d (Feldman, Joe/ Der Lakhndiker/ lkh Bin Shoyn A Meydl In...)
- Track ID:
- 29965
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
Ver Vet Nokh Mir Kadish Zogn
- On album:
- 055q (Feldman, Joe/ Ver Vet Nokh Mir Kadish Zogn/ Shikhlekh)
- Track ID:
- 30369
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
Shikhlekh
- On album:
- 055q (Feldman, Joe/ Ver Vet Nokh Mir Kadish Zogn/ Shikhlekh)
- Track ID:
- 30370
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
Ver Vet Nokh Mir Kadish Zogn
- On album:
- 013t (Feldman, Joe/ Ver Vet Nokh Mir Kadish Zogn/ Shikhlekh)
- Track ID:
- 29175
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
Shikhlekh
- On album:
- 013t (Feldman, Joe/ Ver Vet Nokh Mir Kadish Zogn/ Shikhlekh)
- Track ID:
- 29176
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
Mamenyu Tatenyu — מאַמעניו טאַטעניו
- Subject:
- Father/Mother/Unique/Precious/Loyal
- Additional song notes:
- My Mother, My Father
- On album:
- 001r (Hoffman, Anna & Feldman, Joe/ Mamenyu Tatenyu/ Nit Bay Motien)
- Track ID:
- 28807
- Vocal:
- Hoffman, Anna
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
- First line:
- …Oy tate mama, vos ken nokh zayn tayer, fun tate mame, vos ken zayn getrayer…
- First line (Yiddish):
- …אוי טאַטע מאַמע, וואָס קען נאָך זײַן טײַער, פֿון טאַטע מאַמע, וואָס קען זײַן
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Duet/Dramatic/Lugubrious
- Length:
- 3:29
Nit Bay Motyen — ניט בײַ מאָטיען
- Genre:
- instrumental
- Additional song notes:
- Nobody Will Put Anything OverThis Kid
- On album:
- 001r (Hoffman, Anna & Feldman, Joe/ Mamenyu Tatenyu/ Nit Bay Motien)
- Track ID:
- 28808
- Vocal:
- Hoffman, Anna
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joe
- First line:
- In di beste, sheynste verter, nutst men shtendik di drey verter, nit bay motien,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין די בעסטע, שײנסטע ערטער, נוצט מען שטענדיק די דרײַ װערטער, ניט בײַ מאָטיען,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Vaudeville
- Length:
- 3:29