Tracks with this artist
Dona Dona — דאָנאַ דאָנאַ
- Author:
- Zeitlin, Aaron — צײַטלין, אַהרן
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theatre/Folk
- Subject:
- Calf/Freedom/Choice/Subjegation/Wagon/Swallow (Bird)
- Origin:
- ML PYS 175/Kinderbuch 104/Alb A-001(h)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(a)/Vinkov 4 45
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(a)/Kinderbuch 104/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb L-023(b)/Kinderland
- Translation:
- Kinderbuch 104/Alb L-048(a)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb B-007(a)/Kinderland/Schwartz 6
- Music:
- ML PYS 175/Kinderbuch 104/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 45/Schwartz 6
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
See also Ephemera 918 for original text, translation and Transliteration
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26697
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Oyfn vogn ligt a kelbl, ligt gebunden mit a shtrik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן װאָגן ליגט אַ קעלבל, ליגט געבונדן מיט אַ שטריק,
- Track comment:
- Song introduced in 1940 revival of Yiddish musical "Esterl".
- Language:
- Yiddish
Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern (Brodno) — תחת זעו כוכבי שמים / אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן
- Also known as:
- Takhat zi kukhvi shomayim
- Also known as:
- Shema Koleynu
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Faith/Prayer
- Song comment:
- Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 74/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 48/Alb N-026(a
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1204/ML WAH 48/Alb M-049(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/D-004(n)
- Translation:
- Alb Z-010(g)/Alb V-001(d) ML WAH 48/Alb G-040(a)/Alb M-049(a)/D-004(n)
- Additional song notes:
- First sung by Zlote Kaczerginski at Litter Art Theatre of Vilna Ghetto
Under Your White Stars./ Takhat Ziv Kokhvey Shamayim (Hebrew Adaptation)
Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
English Adaptation with Album Notes and Ephemera 1204
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26698
- Vocal:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Unter dayne vayse shtern, shtrek tsu mir dayn veyse hant,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן, שטרעק צו מיר דײַן װײַסע האַנט,
- Track comment:
- "Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
- Language:
- Yiddish
Es Brent — עס ברענט
- Also known as:
- Undzer Shtetl Brent
- Also known as:
- Haayara Boeret
- Also known as:
- Our Little Village Is Aflame
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Holocaust/
- Subject:
- Catastrophe/Destruction/Pogrom/Resistance/Alarm/Warning
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 330/ML WAH 12/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-24(e)/
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb Z-010(g)/Mlot-Gott 12/Alb M-029(a)/Vinkov 4 62
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb M-029(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb R-033(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb D-004(g)
- Music:
- Kaczer 424/ML WAH 12/Vinkov 4 62
- Additional song notes:
- It's Burning
Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26699
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Es brent! Briderlekh, es brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'ברענט! ברידערלכעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך...
- Track comment:
- Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.
- Language:
- Yiddish
A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
- Also known as:
- Yiddishe Mame
- Author:
- Yellen, Jack
- Author:
- Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
- Composer:
- Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
- Composer:
- Yellen, Jack
- Genre:
- Memory/Family
- Subject:
- Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
- Origin:
- GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
- Transliteration:
- Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
- Translation:
- GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
- Music:
- GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26700
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, ...
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענ,
- Language:
- Yiddish
Eli Eli (Sandler) — אלי אלי (סאַנדלער)
- Author:
- Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
- Composer:
- Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament/Religious
- Subject:
- Plea/Persecution/Faith/Torture/Abandonment/Question
- Origin:
- ML PYS 220/Ephemera 598/Metro Scher 31
- Transliteration:
- Ausabel 676/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 220/Alb K-047(a)/Alb P-028(a)/L-048(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb L-048(a)/Ausubel Folk 676/Alb K-047(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Vorbei 233
- Music:
- Ausubel Folk 676/ML PYS 221/Metro Scher 31
- Additional song notes:
- Cited in Nulman 74 Written For the play "Brokhe, Oder -
DerYidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896. In Sheetmusic # 58 there are indications that the song was heard in various parts of Europe as a folk song, but then claimed by Sandler and Tomoshevsky because it was sung in their operetta "Brokha or The Jewish King of Poland for a Night". See Heskes entry 1194. Also transliteration and translation Published in Gottlieb 290
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
- Related information in folder 991:
- Comments:
- 1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26701
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Eli, Eli lomo azavtoni? In fayer un flam hot men undz...
- First line:
- אלי, אלי, למה עזבֿתּני ? (2) אין פֿײַער און פֿלאַם באָט מען...
- Track comment:
- Yidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896
- Language:
- Yiddish/Hebrew
Mir Lebn Eybik — מיר לעבן אײביק
- Author:
- Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב
- Composer:
- Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Endurance/Survival
- Origin:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Translation:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Additional song notes:
- We Live Forever
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26702
- Vocal:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Mir lebn eybik, es brent a velt, mir lebn eybik on a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- מיר לעבן עײביק, עס ברענט אַ װעלט, מיר לעבן עײביק אָן אַ גראָשן..
- Language:
- Yiddish
Oy Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl — אױ דאָרטן דאָרטן איבערן װאַסערל
- Also known as:
- Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Separation/Distance
- Origin:
- Rubin Oak 90/ML MTAG 26/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Z-12(a)/Alb B-036(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(f)3/ML MTAG 27/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/
- Translation:
- Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Alb B-036(a)
- Music:
- Rub Oak 54/ML MTAG 27/Alb Z-012(a)
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26703
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl, Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן װאַסער, אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה
- Also known as:
- Tum Balalayke
- Also known as:
- Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
- Also known as:
- Play Balalaike
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26704
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Author:
- Cahn, Sammy
- Author:
- Chapin, Harry
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
- Subject:
- Love/Beauty/Appearance
- Origin:
- GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
- Translation:
- GYF 43/
- Music:
- Estalla 4/GYF 41/
- Additional song notes:
- English Version
- Related information in folder 165:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 7/9/2004
- Comments:
- 1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text.
2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26705
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bay mir bistu...
- First line (Yiddish):
- בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, בײַ מיר ביסטו טײַער װי די..
- Language:
- Yiddish
Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך
- Also known as:
- Rabbi Eli, The King
- Also known as:
- The Merry Rebe Elie
- Author:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Composer:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360
- Music:
- ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
- Related information in folder 733:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26706
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...
- Track comment:
- Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".
- Language:
- Yiddish
Sha Shtil! — שאַ שטיל!
- Genre:
- Anti-Khasidic/Humorous/Folk/Satire
- Subject:
- Rebe/Khasidim/Dance/Sing/Activities
- Origin:
- Vinkov 3 100/Alb L-022(a)/ML PYS 144/Alb B-007(b)/Alb B-036(a)/C-060(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-036(a)/Silverman YSB 96/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-005(c)/Alb M-049(a)
- Translation:
- Alb M-049(a)/Alb S-068(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Silver 96/C-060(a)
- Music:
- Vinkov 3 100/Kremer 40/Silver 96/ML PYS 144/
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26707
- Vocal:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Sha! Shtil! Makht nisht keyn gerider! Der rebe geyt shoyn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שאַ! שטיל! מאַכט נישט קײן גערידער! דער רבּי גײט שױן טאַנצן װידער
- Language:
- Yiddish
Tshiribim Tshiribom — טשיריבים (לאָמיר זינגען קינדערלעך)
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Holiday/Khasidim/Food/Rebe/Chelm
- Origin:
- GYF 32/Alb F-024(e)/
- Transliteration:
- GYF 35/Alb L-048(a)/Gold Zem 269
- Translation:
- GYF 35/Alb L-048(a)/
- Music:
- GYF 33/Gold Zem 267/
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26708
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Lomir zingen, kinderlekh, a zemerl tsuzamen, a nigundl...
- First line (Yiddish):
- לאַמיר זינגען, קינדערלעך, אַ זמרל צוזאַמען, אַ ניגונדל אַ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Shabos Oyf Der Gantse Velt — שבּת אױף דער גאַנצע װעלט
- Also known as:
- Sholem
- Genre:
- Sabbath/Peace
- Subject:
- Sabbath/Peace/Holiday
- Origin:
- Vinkov 2 225/Alb B-004(c)/Alb K-075(a)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 2 225/Alb B-007(c)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb L-38(a)/Alb L-038(b)/Ephemera 1458
- Translation:
- Alb L-038(a)/Vinkov 2 225/Alb O-009(a)/Alb B-007(c)/AlbL-038(b)/Ephemera 1458
- Music:
- Vinkov 2 225/
- Additional song notes:
- Sabbath Over The Entire World
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:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26709
- Vocal:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Shabos (6x), zol zayn yidn shabos, shabos oyf der gantser..
- First line:
- שבּת (6), זאָל זײַן ייִדן שבּת, שבּת אױף דער גאַנצער װעלט.
Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
- Also known as:
- El Chiclerito
- Also known as:
- Freylekhe Yidelekh
- Also known as:
- Sigaryot
- Also known as:
- Kupite Papirosy
- Author:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Composer:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
- Origin:
- Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
- Music:
- Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
- Additional song notes:
- Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a)
Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26695
- Vocal:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
- Track comment:
- Most recent research gives Shternheym credit for melody
- Language:
- Yiddish
Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז
- Also known as:
- Belz
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Place/Belz/Childhood
- Origin:
- GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
- Translation:
- Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
- Music:
- GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
- Additional song notes:
- From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto
Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b)
Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
- On album:
- L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
- Track ID:
- 26696
- Artist:
- Lemke, Rainer
- First line:
- Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vo ikh hob mayne...
- First line (Yiddish):
- בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
- Track comment:
- Written for Olshanetsky's play "The Song of the Ghetto"
- Language:
- Yiddish