Meredith

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:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21680

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

S'brent! Briderlekh, s'brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...

First line (Yiddish):

ס'ברענט! ברידערלכעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Indzer Shtetl Brent"

Language:

Yiddish

Dos Yidishe Lid — דאָס ייִדישע ליד

Author:

Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Genre:

Cantorial/Religious

Subject:

Faith/Holidays/Khazn/Contor/Exile/Expulsion/Wandering

Transliteration:

Alb A-005(e)

Translation:

Alb A-005(e)

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21682

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Der Yid meg zayn orem, dokh iz er zeyer raykh, vayl...

First line (Yiddish):

דער ייִד מעג זײַן אָרעם, דאָך איז ער זײער רײַך, װײַל גײַסטיקע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Der Farjugter Yid"

Language:

Yiddish

Der Faryugter Yid (Dos Yidishe...) — דער פֿאַריאָגטער ייִד (דאָס ייִדישע ליד)

On album:

xM-053(a)

Track ID:

21683

Author:

Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Der Yid meg zayn orem, dokh iz er zeyer raykh, vayl...

First line (Yiddish):

דער ייִד מעג זײַן אָרעם, דאָך איז ער זײער רײַך, װײַל גײַסטיקע...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Der Farjugter Yid"

Language:

Yiddish

Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl — בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21665

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Piano/Arranger:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Bin ikh mir a shnayderl, (2x) Leb ikh mir tog oys, tog ayn,

First line (Yiddish):

בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל, (2) לעב איך מיר טאָג אױס, טאָג אײַן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Avreml Der Marvikher — אַבֿרהמל דער מאַרװיכער

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Underworld/Lament

Subject:

Childhood/Occupation/Thief/Underworld

Origin:

ML MTAG 200/Alb L-022(a)/Gebir ML 79/Alb L-023(a)/Alb G-035(c)/CD S-100(a)

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 200/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-059(b)/Alb F-042(a)/Gottlieb 292/Ephemera 1458

Translation:

CD S-100(a)Alb K-059(b)/Alb H-033(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Gebir SIMC 80/Gottlieb 292/

Music:

ML MTAG 200/Gebir ML 78/Gebir Lemm 164

Additional song notes:

See Gottlieb 195-96 for relationship between Magnetic Rag and Avreml Der Marivikher. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit

Related information in folder 746:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21666

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

On a heym bin ikh yung geblibn, s'hot di noyt mikh...

First line (Yiddish):

אָן אַ הײם בין איך יונג געבליבן, ס'האָט די נױט מיך אַרױסגעטריבן,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"marvikher" means "pickpocket" ""מאַרװיכער

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:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21667

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik,

First line (Yiddish):

װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע ? כ'דעדקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

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:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21668

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Piano/Arranger:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

A kalte nakht, a finsterdike nepl umetum, shteyt a…

First line (Yiddish):

אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ פֿינסטערדיקע נעפל אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Melody tranced to another composer - Gila Flam ?

Language:

Yiddish

Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם

Also known as:

Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd

Also known as:

Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Genre:

Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love

Song comment:

P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"

Origin:

ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/

Transliteration:

GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)

Translation:

Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414

Music:

ML MTAG 164/

Additional song notes:

By The Wayside Stands A Tree See also illustration in Manger Illust See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania

Related information in folder 111:

Comments:

1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym." See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik) 2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell. 3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe". 4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.

Related information in folder 996:

Comments:

1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21669

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Oyfn veg shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn,

First line:

אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Undzer Nigndl — אונדזער ניגונדל

Also known as:

A Nigndl (Undzer Nigndl)

Also known as:

Hobn Mir A Nigndl

Also known as:

Our Song

Author:

Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום

Composer:

Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום

Genre:

Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Family/Melody/Tune/Parents/Children/Grandparents/Joy

Origin:

ML MTAG 158/Shternheim 70/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb C-015(a)

Transliteration:

Shernheim 70/Alb C-015(a)/ML MTAG 158/Alb D-016(a)/Alb R-001(a)

Translation:

Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 2 68/Alb R-022(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb L-024(b)Alb M-129(a&b)

Music:

Shternheim 70/ML MTAG 158/Gold Zem 86/

Additional song notes:

Our Melody Also Translation and transliteration on Alb 126(a) J. Vernik credited as composer on Alb W-034(b)

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21670

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Hobn mir a nigundl, In nakhes un in freydn, Zingen mir es,

First line (Yiddish):

האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל, אין נחת און אין פֿרײדן, זינגען מיר עס,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Addl verse dealing with Rebenyu in kheyder

Language:

Yiddish

Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt — אױ מאַמע, בין איך פֿאַרליבט

Author:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Theatre/Love

Subject:

Love/Mother/Daughter/Klezmer Youth/Violin

Transliteration:

Warem 159/Alb I-013(a)

Translation:

Alb T-015(c)/Alb S-068(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)04

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21671

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Ven er tsushpilt zikh oyf zayn fidl, a sheyn hartsik...

First line (Yiddish):

װען ער צושפּילט זיך אױף זײַן פֿידל, אַ שײן האַרציק ייִדיש לידל,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

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:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21672

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Piano/Arranger:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Ven mit mazl, gezunt un lebn S'elste tekhterl mir veln...

First line:

װען מיט מזל, געזונט און לעבן ס'עלסטע טעכטערל מיר װעלן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Hot A Yid A Vaybele — האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע

Author:

Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס

Composer:

Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Marriage/Husband/Wife/Conflict/Incompetent/Food

Origin:

Kammen JT 66/Sheet Music Dopsie 29

Transliteration:

Rubin Voi 165/Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29

Translation:

Rubin Voi 165

Music:

Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29

Additional song notes:

A Jew Has A Wife! See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 12 for transliteration and music

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21673

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Hot a yid a vaybele, hot a vayb a yidele,

First line (Yiddish):

האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע, האָט אַ װײַב אַ ייִדעלע,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Menashe — מנשה

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Study/Faith/Family/Poverty/Wife

Origin:

Vinkov 3 139/Alb A-003©

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 139/Alb A-003©

Translation:

Vinkov 3 140/Alb A-003©

Music:

Vinkov 3 138

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21674

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Iz gezesn bay der gemore der alter Menashe un gelernent.

First line:

איז געזעסן בײַ דער גמרה דער אַלטער רעב מנשה און געלערנט מיט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Der Alter Menashe"

Der Alter Menashe (Menashe) — דער אַלטער מנשה (מנשה)

On album:

xM-053(a)

Track ID:

21675

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Piano/Arranger:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Iz gezesn bay der gemore der alter Menashe un gelernent.

First line (Yiddish):

איז געזעסן בײַ דער גמרה דער אַלטער רעב מנשה און געלערנט מיט...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Der Alter Menashe"

Language:

Yiddish

A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת

Also known as:

A Khazn Oyf Shabos

Also known as:

A Khazndl Oyf Shabes

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl

Origin:

ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77

Translation:

Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)

Music:

ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76

Additional song notes:

Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21676

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...

First line (Yiddish):

איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Far Vos Iz Der Himl — פֿאָר װאָס איז דער הימל

Author:

Opsekin, Leyb — אָפּעסקין, לײב

Genre:

Holocaust

Subject:

Questions/Mood

Song comment:

Music based on a Soviet motiv

Origin:

Kaczer 78/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)

Transliteration:

Alb D-004(n)/Alb W-001(a)/ML WAH 25/

Translation:

Alb D-004(n)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 28

Music:

ML WAH 28/

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21677

Author:

Opeskin, Leyb — אָפּעסקין, לײב

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Far vos iz der himl geven nekhtn loyter, fun freyd hot...

First line:

פֿאַר װאָס איז דער הימל געװען נעכטן לױטער, פֿון פֿרײד האָט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Chant Du Ghetto De Vilna"

Unter Di Khurves Fun Poyln (Berezovsky) — אונטער די חורבֿות פֿון פּױלן (בערעזאָװסקי)

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Berezovsky, Shaul — בערעזאָװסקי, שאול

Genre:

Literary Origin/Holocaust

Subject:

Poland/Ruins/Sorrow

Origin:

Berezovsky 174/ML MTAG 192/Vinkov 4 80/Manger Illust

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 192/Vinkov 4 80

Translation:

Leftwich GP 551/Vinkov 4 80

Music:

Berezovsky 167Vinkov 4 80/ML MTAG 192

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21678

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arrangement/Piano:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Unter di khurves fun poyln, a kop mit mit blonde hor --

First line (Yiddish):

אונטער די חורבֿות פֿון פּױלן, אַ קאָפּ מיט בלאָנדע האָר --

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Moyde Ani (Shweid) — מודה אני (שווייִד)

Also known as:

Mode Ani (Schweid)

Author:

Schweid, Mark — שווײַד, מאַרק

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Genre:

Lament/Holocaust

Subject:

Diaspora/Wandering/Youth/Rest/Faith/Suffering/Loss/Prayer

Origin:

Alb K-096(a)/Gel Yovl 38

Transliteration:

Alb C-042(b)/Alb K-096(a)/Gel Yovl 38/Alb G-006(b)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb L-023(a)

Translation:

Alb C-042(b)/Alb K-096(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb G-006(b)/Alb M-049(a)

Related information in folder 630:

Comments:

1. Article in Yiddish Forward dated 6/24/1988 by Chane Mlotek responding to readers inquiry, and publishing Yiddish text of Moyde Ani by Mark Shweid.

On album:

M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)

Track ID:

21679

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Piano:

Biota, Pablo, arr & piano

First line:

Mode ani lefonekho, got nit tsorn, zey vos iz mit dayn kind,

First line (Yiddish):

מוֹדה אני לפניך, גאָט ניט צאָרן, זײ װאָס איז מיט דײַן קינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See Forward article of June 24, 1988 with Album G-006(b)

Language:

Yiddish

Abi Men Zeyt Zikh — אַבי מען זײט זיך

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25123

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

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,

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Language:

Yiddish

Zingt A Nign — זינקט אַ ניגון

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25124

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Der alter levi yitskhok hot tsu undz gezogt, gendenkzhe...

First line:

דער אַלטער לוי יצחק האָט צו אונדז געזאָגט, געדענקזשע מײַנע...

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Tsigele Punkt Vi Yidele — ציגעלע פּונקט װי ייִדעלע

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25125

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Mayn zeyde hot mir dertsaylt ot, ot di meyse,

First line:

מײַן זײדע האָט מיר דערצײלט אַט, אַט די מעשׂה,

Track comment:

Recorded in France - Lost Kid, no place in the world

Vos Iz Gevorn Fun Mayn Shtetele — װאָס איז געװאָרן פֿון מײַן שטעטעלע

Author:

Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Theater/Cantorial

Subject:

Memory/Cantor/Khazn/Childhood

Transliteration:

Alb H-002(a)/Alb M-068(a)04Ephemera 764

Translation:

Alb H-033(a)/Alb M-068(a)04/Ephemera 764

Related information in folder 764:

Comments:

1 3/282017 Tranliterated Yiddish text and English translation entered in Ephemera March 28, 2017

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25126

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Musical Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Ven ikh nem dermonen zikh, ven ikh bin a kind geven,

First line (Yiddish):

װען איך נעם דערמאָנען זיך, װען איך בין אַ קינד געװען,

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Sholem Aleykhem (Witler) — שלוֹם עליכם (װיטלער)

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25127

Author:

Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Sholom aleykhem, aleykhem sholom, azoy bagrisn zikh yidn,

First line (Yiddish):

שלוֹם עליכם, עליכם שלוֹם, אַזױ באַגריסן זיך ייִדן,

Track comment:

Recorded in France ן

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:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25128

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

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...

Language:

Yiddish

Yosl Yosl — יאָסל יאָסל

Author:

Steinberg, Samuel

Composer:

Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי

Genre:

Theatre

Subject:

Love/Desire/Attraction

Song comment:

See "Joseph Joseph" - English Adaptation

Origin:

Alb K-068(d)/Alb K-007(a)/

Transliteration:

Alb K-007(a)/Estella 6/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-068(d)/ephemera 1456

Translation:

Alb K-068(d)

Music:

Estella 6

Additional song notes:

Also see "Joseph Joseph" for English adaptation

Related information in folder 1456:

Comments:

1. 3/10/15 Transliterated text provided by Chava Kramer via internet and entered in Ephemera on March 10, 2015

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25129

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Musical Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Mayn khies geyt mir oys, ikh fil ikh halt nit oys, ..

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן חיות גײט מיר אױס, איך פֿיל איך האַלט ניט אױס,

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Language:

Yiddish

Dem Tatns Lid — דעם טאַטנס ליד

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25130

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Denkn zolstu, mayn kind, dayn tatns lid,

First line (Yiddish):

דענקן זאָלסטו, מײַן קינד, דײַן טאַטנס ליד,

Track comment:

Recorded in France

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:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25131

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

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 קען,

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Language:

Yiddish

Yidl Mitn Fidl — ייִדל מיטן פֿידל

Author:

Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Theatre/Folk

Subject:

Klezmer/Musicians/Life/Nature/Joy

Origin:

ML PYS 258/Alb L-044(c)/

Transliteration:

Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Alb I-013(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb L-044(c)

Translation:

Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Qalb L-044(c)/Alb B-122(a)

Music:

Warem 240/ML PYS 258

Additional song notes:

Little Jew With His Fiddle (?) From the film of the same name.

Related information in folder 1002:

Comments:

1. Internet article by Rhoda (Rokhl) Bernard, with original Yiddish text, transliteration and translation of the song.

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25132

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Iber felder, vegn, ofy a vogn hey, mit zun un vint un regn

First line (Yiddish):

איבער פֿעלדער װעגן, אױף אַ בינטל הײ, מיט זון און װינט און רעגן

Track comment:

Recorded in France - From film of same name with Molly Picon

Language:

Yiddish

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:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25133

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Musical Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

A bisl zun, a bisl regn, a ruik ort dem kop tsu leygn,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ביסל זון, אַ ביסל רעגן, אַ רויִק אָרט דעם קאָפּ צו לײגן,

Track comment:

Recorded in France - From the film "Mamele."

Language:

Yiddish

Mayn Mames Shabos Likht — מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט

Also known as:

My Mother's Sabbath Candles

Author:

Yellen, Jack

Composer:

Yellen, Jack

Genre:

Theater/Pop

Subject:

Mother/Shabos/Memory/Candles/Ritual/Family

Transliteration:

Ephemera 1105

Translation:

Ephemera 1105

Additional song notes:

My Mother's Sabbath Candles

Related information in folder 1105:

Comments:

1. Transkiteration and translation of Mayn Mames Shabos Likht from internet

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25134

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Musical Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

S'iz fraytik tsunakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt.

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צונאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Zog Nit Keyn Mol — זאָג ניט קײן מאָל

Also known as:

Shir Hapartizanim

Also known as:

Partisaner Lid

Also known as:

Partisan Song

Also known as:

Al Na Tomar

Also known as:

Never Say

Author:

Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)

Composer:

Pokras, Dan — פּאָקראַס, דאַן

Composer:

Pokras, Dimitri — פּאָקראַס, דימעטרי

Genre:

World War II/Holocaust/Resistance

Subject:

Survival/Resistance/Hope

Origin:

Ephemera 1203/ Kaczer 3/ML WAH 94/Alb M-029(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Vinkov 4 65

Transliteration:

ML WAH 94/Alb G-010(g)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb G-005(b)/Vinkov 4 65

Translation:

Ephemera 1204/Alb G-006(b)/ML WAH 94/Alb S-083(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Vonkov IV 65

Music:

ML WAH 94/Alb Z-012(a)/Rubin Voi 85/Vinkov 4 65/Kaczer 361

Additional song notes:

Never Say Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25135

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Musical Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Zog nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg. Khotch himlen..

First line (Yiddish):

זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג. כאָטש הימלען...

Track comment:

Recorded in France -

Language:

Yiddish