Name:
Mills, Alan

Tracks with this artist

Lama Suka Zu (Heb) — למה סכּה זוּ (עבֿרית)

On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
8837
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Lama suka zu, aba tov sheli, lama suka zu, aba tov sheli
First line (Hebrew):
למה סכּה זוּ, אבּא טוֹב שלי, למא סכּה זוּ, אבּא טוֹב שלי ?
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
Language:
Hebrew

Her Nor Du Sheyn Meydele — הער נאָר דו שײן מײדעלע

Also known as:
Zog Mir Du Sheyn Meydele
Also known as:
Her nor, du schejn Mejdele
Also known as:
Zog Mir Sheyn Meydele
Genre:
Love/Privation/Emigration
Subject:
Journey/Depravation/Emigration
Origin:
Alb K-023(a)/ML MTAG 32/Alb K-075(a)/
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 32/Alb R-001(a)/Alb K-075(a)/Alb N-020(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb N-020(a)/Alb K-075(a)/G-069(a)
Music:
ML MTAG 32
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
6423
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Her nor, du sheyn meydele, her nor, du fayn meydele,
First line (Yiddish):
הער נאָר, דו שײן מײדעלע, הער נאָר דו פֿײַן מײדעלע, װאָס װעסטו...
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish

Bay Dem Shtetl — בײַ דעם שטעטל

Also known as:
Shtetl M.O.
Also known as:
In The Valley
Also known as:
In Mayn Shtetl Shteyt A Shtibl
Genre:
Folk/Children
Subject:
Shtetl/Home/Parents/Family/Animals/Barnyard Sounds/Joy
Origin:
Rub Oak 95/R-007(b)/Kinderbuch 164/Alb L-062(a)
Transliteration:
Rub Oak 16/Alb O-001(c)/Kinderbuch 164/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Alb R-007(f)1
Translation:
Rub Oak 16/Alb R-007(b)/Kinderbuch 165/Alb R-007(f)1
Music:
Kinderbuch 164/Rub Oak 16
Additional song notes:
See" Bay Dem Shtetl" Liner notes on Alb P-038(b) and L-061(a) credit Moyshe Oysher as composer and Zalmen Rozental with the text. Translation and Translitliteration also on Alb K-051(l) - Recorded under title as Shtetl M.O.
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2020
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Author:
Rozental, Zalmen — ראָזענטאַל, זלמן
First line:
Bay dem shtetl shteyt a shtibl, mit a grinem dakh, mit a..
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ דעם שטעטל שטײט אַ שטיבל, מיט אַ גרינעם דאַך, מיט אַ גרינעם..
Track comment:
Translat, translit with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish

Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן

Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2987
Artist:
Mills, Alan
First line:
Akh, vi di yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אַך, װי די יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish

Dayenu — דינוּ

Genre:
Holiday/Haggadah/Passover/
Subject:
Sufficiency/Torah/Sabbath/Israel/Exodus/Egypt/Thankfullness
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 54
Transliteration:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb K-022(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Related information in folder 696:
Comments:
1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2922
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
First line:
Ilu hotse hotsianu, hotsianu mi mitsrayim, hotsianu mitsrayim, dayenu…
First line (Hebrew):
אלו הוֹציא, הוֹציאנוּ, הוֹציאנוּ ממצרים, ממצרים הוֹציאנוּ, דיינוּ.
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
Language:
Hebrew

Eyn Mol Tu Ikh Zikh Banayen — אײן מאָל טו איך זיך באַנײַען

Also known as:
Eyn Mol
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Poverty/Drinking/Shabos/Whiskey/Dance/Drunk/Maiden
Song comment:
Borukh Elokeynu- Varient
Origin:
Alb K-051(e)/Alb B-090(x)
Transliteration:
Alb K-051(e)/Alb R-001(a)/Alb B-090(x)
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb K-051(e)
Related information in folder 132:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
12/26/2004
Comments:
Reply to reader requesting information. Refers to different sorts and versions of various songs.
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
4999
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Eyn mol (4x), eyn mol tu ikh zikh banayen,
First line:
אײן מאָל (4מ), אין מאָל טו איך זיך באַנײַען, אַ גאַנצע װאָך...
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album title.

Nem Aroys A Ber Fun Vald — נעם אַרױס אַ בער פֿון װאַלד

Genre:
Folk/Humor
Subject:
Bear/Forest/Children/Virgin/Fools/Shirts/Ladder/Fish
Transliteration:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb C-035(e)
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb C-036(e)
Additional song notes:
Take A Bear Out Of The Forest
Related information in folder 423:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Gus Tyler
Publisher:
Forward
Date:
1/11/2002
Comments:
Transliteration and text of Nem Aroys A Ber Fun Vald.
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
10970
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Nem aroys a ber fun vald, un lern im oys shraybn,
First line:
נעם אַרױס אַ בער פֿון װאַלד, און לערן אים אױס שרײַבען,
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.

Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder — אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער

Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Poverty
Origin:
Rubin Oak 90/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)
Transliteration:
Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-002(c))Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)
Translation:
Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)Alb R-007(f)2/Alb L-049(a)/Alb B-004(c)/
Music:
Rubin Oak 50
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and That's The Way A Tailor Sews (The Tailor Song)./ Recorded under title "Shnayder" by the Budapester Klezmer Band [Alb B-065(c)].
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
11600
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.

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:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
12921
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..
First line (Yiddish):
אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Track comment:
From the operetta "Shulamis"
Language:
Yiddish

Lekoved Dem Heylign Shabos — לכּבֿד דעם הײליגן שבּת

Also known as:
Rebenyu
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Shabos/Food/Poverty/Challah/Fish/Meat/Faith/Rebe
Origin:
Alb R-001(a)
Transliteration:
Alb R-001(a)
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
12677
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Rebenu, rebenu, "vos iz, rebenyu, rebenyu, "vos iz",
First line:
רבּיניו, רבּיניו, "װאָס איז", רבּינין, רבּיניו, "װאָס איז,"
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.

Reyzele — רײזעלע (ווידי

Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Love/Courtship/Folk
Subject:
Love/Courtship
Origin:
ML MTAG 48/Alb L-023(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-007(b)Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 48/Alb L-023(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 15
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Belarsky Fav 15
Music:
ML MTAG 50/Gold Zem 186/Belarsky Fav 15
Additional song notes:
See Heskes 1, entries 2165, 2931, 3281 respecting sheet music. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 731:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
12750
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Shteyt zikh dort in gesele, shtil fartrakht a hayzele,
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט זיך דאָרט אין געסעלע, שטיל פֿאַרטראַכט אַ הײַזעלע,
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish

Tayere Malke — טײַערע מלכּה

Also known as:
Bim Bom (Tayere Malke)
Also known as:
Der Bekher (Warshavsky)
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk/Holiday/Peysekh/Passover
Subject:
Wife/Toast/Drinking/Passover/Enemies/Wine Cup/
Origin:
Alb L-001(a)/Warshav 19/Alb M-029(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-004(c)Kinderbuch 84
Transliteration:
Alb B-004(c)/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/CD K-029(j)
Translation:
Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/Alb B-007(a)/Alb T-018(a)/CD K-029(j)/Sh Sh 200
Music:
ML YT 64/Kinderbuch 84
Additional song notes:
Originally titled "Der Bekher"
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
14855
Artist:
Mills, Alan
First line:
Tayere Malke, gezunt zolstu zayn, gis on dem bekher,
First line (Yiddish):
טײַערע מלכּה, געזונט זאָלסטו זײַן, גיס אָן דעם בעכער,
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album title.
Language:
Yiddish

Tayere Malke — טײַערע מלכּה

Also known as:
Bim Bom (Tayere Malke)
Also known as:
Der Bekher (Warshavsky)
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk/Holiday/Peysekh/Passover
Subject:
Wife/Toast/Drinking/Passover/Enemies/Wine Cup/
Origin:
Alb L-001(a)/Warshav 19/Alb M-029(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-004(c)Kinderbuch 84
Transliteration:
Alb B-004(c)/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/CD K-029(j)
Translation:
Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/Alb B-007(a)/Alb T-018(a)/CD K-029(j)/Sh Sh 200
Music:
ML YT 64/Kinderbuch 84
Additional song notes:
Originally titled "Der Bekher"
On album:
R-024(a) (Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Montage/Documentary)
Track ID:
14856
Artist:
Mills, Alan
Narrator:
Willens, Rita Jacobs
First line:
Tayere Malke, gezunt zolstu zayn, gis on dem bekher,
First line (Yiddish):
טײַערע מלכּה, געזונט זאָלסטו זײַן, גיס אָן דעם בעכער,
Track comment:
From Album R-01(a)
Language:
Yiddish

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:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
15928
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
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,
Language:
Yiddish

Vos Zhe Vilstu ? — װאָס זשע װילסטו ?

Also known as:
Mayn Tayer Kind
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Occupation/Husband/Mother/Daughter/Match
Origin:
Bugatch 106
Transliteration:
Silverman SJP 6/Alb R-001(a)/Gold Zem 156/Irza 17/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-001(a)/Silverman SJP 7/Bugatch 106/Ephemera 1458
Music:
Silverman SJP 6/Gold Zem 155/Irza 17/Bugatch 106
Additional song notes:
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit
Related information in folder 737:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
16738
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Vos zhe vilstu, a shnayder far a man, a shnayder far a man,
First line:
װאָס זשע װילסטו, אַ שנײַדער פֿאַר אַ מאַן, אַ שנײַדער פֿאָר אַ מאַן,
Track comment:
Tranliteration and translation with album notes.