Grey, Johnny

A Glezele Lekhaim — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים

Author:

Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.

Composer:

Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף

Genre:

Folk/USSR

Subject:

Toast/Drinking/Friendship

Origin:

Vinkov 2 176/Alb A-003(c)/Alb D-004(d)/CD W-017(f)/CD A-005(a)/ML SOG 238/

Transliteration:

Alb A-003(c)/Vinkov 2 176/Alb D-004(d)/CD W-017(f)CD A-005(a)/ML SOG 238

Translation:

Vinkov 2 179/Alb A-003(c)/CD W-017(f)/ML SOG 239/CD L-036(a)

Music:

Vinkov 2 176/ML SOG 239

Additional song notes:

Alexandrovitch recordings credit Pulver as composer. Chana Mlotek indicates that the song was put to a Rumshinsky composition.

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20100

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Raisins and Almonds

Also known as:

Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen

Also known as:

Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof

Author:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20101

Vocal:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

In a lid a nevue iz fil mol farhanen, gants oft ober vert...

First line (Yiddish):

אין אַ ליד אַ נבֿואה איז פֿיל מאָל פֿאַרהאַנען, גאַנץ אָפֿט װערט ניט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Glik — גליק

Author:

Meisell, Bella — מײַזעל, בעלאַ

Composer:

Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער

Genre:

Theatre/Lament

Subject:

Fate/Happiness/Love

Song comment:

From the musical "Der Letster Tants"

Origin:

Alb T-028(f)

Transliteration:

Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)

Translation:

Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26

Music:

Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p

Additional song notes:

Luck

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20102

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Ikh shtey atsind un trakht. Vos far a shtarke makht,

First line (Yiddish):

איך שטײ אַצינד און טראַכט, װאָס פֿאַר אַ שטאַרקער מאַכט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From the musical "Der Letster Tants"

Language:

Yiddish

Kinder Yorn (Gebirtig) — קינדער יאָרן (געבירטיג)

Also known as:

Shnot Yaldut

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Nostalgia/Childhood/Aging/Memory/

Origin:

Gebir ML 9/ML MTAG 222/Alb A-001(h)/Belarsky 221/Alb B-007(a)/Gebir Lemm 44

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 222/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)/Alb T-031(b)

Translation:

Alb G-022(a)/GYF 55/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)Gebir SIMC 4

Music:

GYF 53/ML MTAG 221/Belarsky 47/ Gebir Lemm 44

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20103

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Kinder-yorn, zise kinder-yorn, Eybik blaybt ir vakh in...

First line (Yiddish):

קינדער יאָרן, זיסע קינדער יאָרן, אײביק בלײבט איר וואַך אין מײַן זכּרון

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Abi Men Zeyt Zikh — אַבי מען זײט זיך

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20104

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Abi meyn zeyt zikh, oy oy, abi meyn zeyt zikh,

First line (Yiddish):

אַבי מען זײט זיך, אױ אױ, אַבי מען זײט זיך,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Lomir Ale Zingen A Zemerl — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען אַ זמרל

Also known as:

A Zemerl

Also known as:

Di Negidim Un Di Kaptsonim

Also known as:

Lekhem, Bosor V'dogim

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Class/Rich/Poor/Food/Meat/Fish/Bread/Tsimes/Contrast

Origin:

ML MTAG 156/Alb B-007(a)/Alb J-034(a)/Epelboym 26

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 156/Alb B-007(a)/K-059(d)/Alb J-034(a)/Epelboym 26/Ephemera 1428-2015

Translation:

Alb B-017(a)/Alb F-001(c)/Alb A-034(a)/Ephemera 1428-2015 /Alb 1299(a & b)

Music:

ML MTAG 156/Epelboym 26

Additional song notes:

Published under the title "A Shnayderl" Ephemera 1458: See 2015 program for translat and translit

Related information in folder 742:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20105

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Lomir ale zingen, lomir ale zingen, a zemerl, a zemerl tsu..

First line (Yiddish):

לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, אַ זמרל, אַ זמרל צו גאָט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Moyshele Mayn Fraynd — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Memory/Folk

Subject:

Childhood/Aging/Friends

Origin:

ML MTAG 122/Alb R-22(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb F-024(e)/Sheet Music Moskow 3

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 122/Alb D-004(d)/Alb R-022(a)/CD A-005(e)SM Moskow 3/e1435

Translation:

CD L-054(a)/Silverman SJP06/Alb R-022(a)/Alb M-041(a)/CD A-005(e)/SM Moskow 3

Music:

ML MTAG 122/Silverman SJP06//Sheet Music Moskow 3

Additional song notes:

Ephemera 1458 see 2013 for translat and translit Alb ID V02920(2) What's Not To Like 2013 and V029(7)a 2018 Ephemera 1458

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20106

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Gedenk dikh nokh on blik,

First line (Yiddish):

װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע ? געדענק דיך נאָך אָן בליק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "A Zemerl"

Language:

Yiddish

Mayn Yidishe Meydele — מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע

Author:

Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Genre:

Theater

Subject:

Charm/Beauty/Love

Origin:

Kammen 25F 61

Transliteration:

Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399

Translation:

Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399

Music:

Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132

Additional song notes:

See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5 From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926

Related information in folder 370:

Document type:

Article

Author:

Chana Mlotek

Publisher:

Yiddish Forward

Date:

8/13/1999

Comments:

Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele. Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.

Related information in folder 1502:

Comments:

1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20107

Vocal:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Mayn Yidishe meydele, zi iz azoy sheyn, Mayn Yidishe...

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, זי איז אַזױ שײן, מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע, מיט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Der Siderl — דער סידורל

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20108

Author/Composer:

Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס

Artist:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Tsvishn groyse felker tfile, lebt dokh der...shvakher yid,

First line (Yiddish):

צװישן גרױסע פֿעלקער תּפֿילה, לעבט דאָך דער...שװאַכער ייִד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Similar to "Dos Talesl"

Language:

Yiddish

Yiddish Redt Zikh Azoy Sheyn — ייִדיש רעדט זיך אַזױ שיין

Also known as:

Yiddish Yiddish

Author:

Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר

Composer:

Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה

Genre:

Theatre/Language

Subject:

Yiddish/Language

Origin:

Rauch 117/Alb K-068(d)/Alb N-026(a)

Transliteration:

Rauch 117/Alb K-068(d)/Alb N-026(a)

Translation:

Alb K-068(d)/Rauch 117/N-026(a)

Music:

Rauch 114

Additional song notes:

Yiddish speech sounds so beautiful…

On album:

G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)

Track ID:

20109

Vocal:

Grey, Johnny

First line:

Yidn redn yidish, vos iz dos far a khidesh, a yid hot lib..

First line:

ייִדן רעדן ייִדיש, װאָס איז דאָס פֿאַר אַ חידיש, אַ ייִד האָט ליב...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Yidish Yidish"