Songs written or composed
A Freylekhs (Kharik) — אַ פֿרײלעכס (כאַריק)
- Author:
- Kharik, Izi — כאַריק, איזי
- Composer:
- Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/USSR
- Subject:
- Joy/Unity/Dance
- Origin:
- Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb W-035(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-018(c)/Alb S-105(a)/Alb W-035(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Text sometimes attributed to Itsik Fefer and sometimes to Izi Charik
Recordings
- On album:
- G-018(c) (Emil Gorovets Sings Songs of the Martyred Yiddish Poets...)
- Track ID:
- 19493
- Vocal:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Piano:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
- First line:
- שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- On album:
- K-077(a) (Klezmer Pow Wow)
- Track ID:
- 24747
- Artist:
- Klezmer Pow Wow
- Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Vocal:
- Zaugg, Freddy
- Bass:
- Cesar, Laura
- Accordion/Piano/Swiss Cymbalon:
- Walker, Ranier
- First line:
- Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
- First line:
- שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
- On album:
- A-038(c) (Mark Aizikovitch / In Jiddischn Wort / Lieder Verfolgter judisch-sowjetischer dichter — אין ייִדישען וואָרט)
- Track ID:
- 31401
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק
- Accordion/Arranger/Vocal:
- Yavir, Nikolai — יאַוויר, ניקאָלי
- Piano/Arranger/Vocal/Violin:
- Nasarov, Konstantin — נאַזאַראָוו, קאָנסטאַנטין
- First line:
- Ay day digi digi day (3x), Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אייִ דייִ דיגי דיגי דייִ (3), שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Joyfully
- Length:
- 3:41
- On album:
- B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
- Track ID:
- 174
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Piano:
- Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
- First line:
- Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- S-105(a) (Shalom Comrade! / Yiddish Music in the Soviet Union 1928-1961)
- Track ID:
- 32804
- Artist:
- Jewish Vocal Ensemble...Belarusian SSR
- Arranger:
- Klaus, N. P.
- First line:
- Shpilt, Shpilt, Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn…
- First line (Yiddish):
- שפּילט, שפּילט, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Choral
- Length:
- 3:20
- On album:
- W-035(a) (Hy Wolfe sings Lider far der Neshome/ Yiddish Songs for the Soul — לידער פֿאַר די נשמה)
- Track ID:
- 32827
- Arranger:
- Kaplan, Herbert — קאַפּלאַן, הערשל
- Vocal:
- Wolfe, Hy — וואָלף, חיים
- First line:
- Shpilt a freylekhs, aza freylekhs, in der rod arayn geshvind,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אַזאַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן געשווינד,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 2:27
- On album:
- A-038(d) (Mark Aizikovitch/ Jidelekh, Briderlakh, Singt Shejne Liedelach/Yiddish Hebrew and Russian Songs)
- Track ID:
- 36576
- Vocal/Percussion:
- Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק
- Acc Guitar/E Guitar/Bajan/Bass/Vocal:
- Javir, Nikolaj
- Piano/Keyboard/Cymbal/Harmonica/Bass/Vocal:
- Nazarov, Konstanin
- First line:
- Ay day digi digi di (3x), Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אייִ דייִ דיגי דיגי דייִ (3), שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Studio Fusion/Funky
- Length:
- 3:41
A Hoykher Boym (Driz)(Poliansky) — אַ הױכער בױם (דריז)(פּאָליאַנסקי)
- Author:
- Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
- Composer:
- Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
- Genre:
- Holocaust/USSR/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Tree/Survival/Strenth/Hope
- Origin:
- Levin L WM 225/Alb L-o44(c)
- Transliteration:
- Levin L WM 225/Alb L-o44(c)
- Translation:
- Levin L WM 225/Alb L-o44(c)
- Additional song notes:
- A Tall Tree
Recordings
- On album:
- T-009(a) (Grisha Tsatskis (Tsvi Ben Israel) The Soul Of Soviet Jewry — צבי בּן ישׂראל)
- Track ID:
- 277
- Vocal:
- Ben Israel, Tsvi — צבי בּן ישׂראל
- Piano:
- Goldberger, Ida
- First line:
- Khotsh men hot a halbe velt mit mayn blut fargosn,
- First line:
- כאָטש מען האָט אַ האַלבע װעלט מיט מײַן בלוט פֿאַרגאָסן,
- On album:
- B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
- Track ID:
- 278
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Piano:
- Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
- First line:
- Khotsh men hot a halbe velt mit mayn blut fargosn,
- First line:
- כאָטש מען האָט אַ האַלבע װעלט מיט מײַן בלוט פֿאַרגאָסן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- See also Shrogin 261 for other music
Di Krenitse (Poliansky) — די קרעניצע (פּאָליאַנסקי)
- Also known as:
- A Krenitse
- Author:
- Fefer, Itsik — פֿעפֿער, איציק
- Composer:
- Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/USSR
- Subject:
- Well/Love/Courting/Pails/Maiden/Youth
- Origin:
- Liptzin 65 09/ML PYS 196/Alb A-001(l)/Kinderbuch 206/Alb B-207(a)
- Transliteration:
- ML PYS 196/Alb A-001(l)/Kinderbuch 206/Alb Z-014(l)/Alb B-207(a)
- Translation:
- Kinderbuch 206/Alb A-001(l)/Alb Z-014(l)/Alb B-207(a)/Ephemera 1566 (p 25)
- Music:
- Kinderbuch 206
- Additional song notes:
- The Well
Recordings
- On album:
- S-093(a)2 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 2 of 2)
- Track ID:
- 23194
- Artist:
- Summergrad, Leo
- First line:
- Dort vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenitse fartrakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט װי די גראָזן זײנען נאַסער, שטײט אַ קרעניצע פֿאַרטראַכט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- K-068(a) (Klezamir Yiddish-Klezmer-Israeli Featuring Fraidy Katz — קלעזאַמיר)
- Track ID:
- 22613
- Artist:
- Klezamir
- Vocalist:
- Fraidy Katz
- First line:
- Dort vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenitse fartrakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט װי די גראָזן זײנען נאַסער, שטײט אַ קרעניצע פֿאַרטראַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- K-068(d) (The Klezical Tradition Family Portrait — אַ בילד פֿון דער משפּחה)
- Track ID:
- 27059
- Artist:
- Klezical Tradition
- Musical Director:
- Greenbaum, Adrienne
- Track comment:
- with Eyder Ikh Leyg Zikh Shlofn- Recorded under "Di Rayze Nukh Amerike"
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- Y-027(a) (Masha Yacubovich / Back To Origin — מאַשאַ יאַקובאָװיש/ צוריק צום אָרקװאַל)
- Track ID:
- 28380
- Vocal/Guitar:
- Yacubovich, Masha — יאַקובאָװיש, מאַשאַ
- Accordion:
- Shamsiev, Khabibulla
- First line:
- Dort vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenitse fartrakht, kumen meydlekh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט װי די גראָזן זײנען נאַסער, שטײט אַ קרעניצע פֿאַרטראַכט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/Pop/Waltz
- Length:
- 03:47
- On album:
- Z-014(l) (Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi Presents: City of the Future, Yiddish Songs From the Former Soviet Union)
- Track ID:
- 41708
- Vocal:
- Bressler, Judy
- Vocal:
- Lozhinsky, Vera
- Vocal:
- Schwartz, Elizabeth
- Vocal:
- Falk, "Yankl" Jack
- Vocal:
- Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
- Vocal:
- Kahn, Daniel
- Vocal:
- Russell, Anthony
- Contrabass/Guitar:
- Pekarek, Jeff
- Accordion:
- Stan, Peter
- Clarinet:
- Stachel, Norbert
- Perussion:
- Moore, Duncan
- First line:
- Dort, vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenetse fartrakht, kumen meydlekh tsien..
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט, וווּ די גרוזן זײַנען נאַסער, שטייט אַ קרענעצע פֿאַרטראַכט, קומען...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- B-207(a) (Berjozkele/Ola Bilinska/Yiddish Lullabies)
- Track ID:
- 41914
- Vocal:
- Bilinska, Ola
- First line:
- Dort, vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenetse fartrakht, kumen meydlekh tsien..
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט, וווּ די גרוזן זײַנען נאַסער, שטייט אַ קרענעצע פֿאַרטראַכט, קומען מיידלע
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 4:37
- On album:
- B-004(a) (Jewish Song Treasury Vol I Mascha Benya, soprano — מאַשאַ בעניע פֿאָלקס לידער)
- Track ID:
- 374
- Vocalist:
- Benya, Masha — בעניע, מאַשאַ
- Artist:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Dort vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenitse fartrakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט װי די גראָזן זײנען נאַסער, שטײט אַ קרעניצע פֿאַרטראַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
- Track ID:
- 375
- Vocal:
- Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Dort vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenitse fartrakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט װי די גראָזן זײנען נאַסער, שטײט אַ קרעניצע פֿאַרטראַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- F-021(a) (Leiele Fisher chansons Ydish — לאהלע פֿישער זינגט ייִדישע לידער)
- Track ID:
- 376
- Artist:
- Fisher, Leahele — פֿישער, לאהלע
- Arranger:
- Yarrow, Egon
- First line:
- Dort vu grozn zaynen naser, shteyt a krenitse fartrakht,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דאָרט װי די גראָזן זײנען נאַסער, שטײט אַ קרעניצע פֿאַרטראַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- French translation with album notes,
- Language:
- Yiddish
Dos Vigele — דאָס װיגעלע
- Author:
- Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
- Composer:
- Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Lullaby/Lament
- Subject:
- Cradle/Rocking/Empty/Mother/Kid (Goat)/Bloody Straw
- Additional song notes:
- The Cradle
Recordings
- On album:
- B-003(y) (Sidor Belarsky Sings "Songs Of The Holocaust")
- Track ID:
- 23377
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Piano:
- Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
- First line:
- Vigt zikh dos vigele, hin un tsurik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- װיגט זיך דאָס װיגעלע, הין און צוריק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Duplicate B-03(r)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Sorroful
- On album:
- B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
- Track ID:
- 4153
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Piano:
- Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
- First line:
- Vigt zikh dos vigele, hin un tsurik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- װיגט זיך דאָס װיגעלע, הין און צוריק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Sorrowful
A Khosn On A Kale (Poliansky) — אַ חתן אָן אַ כּלה (פּאָליאַנסקי)
- Author:
- Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
- Composer:
- Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Wedding/Bride/Rejected Groom/Family/In Laws/Sleds
- Origin:
- Alb (B-013(a)/Alb G-018(c)
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb G-018(c)/ Alb B-095(b)
Recording
- On album:
- H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)
- Track ID:
- 358
- Vocal:
- Gordon, Marina (Masha) גאָרדאָן, מאַרינע (מאַשאַ)
- Piano:
- Branovskaya, R. E.
- First line:
- Zeynen mir aroysgeforn oyfn ershtn shlitn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- זײַנען מיר אַרױסגעפֿאָרן אױפֿן ערשטן שליטן,
- Track comment:
- Made in USSR 78rpm
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert