Tracks with this artist
Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה
- Also known as:
- Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
- Also known as:
- Living With the H Tune
- Author:
- Nathanson, Moshe
- Genre:
- Folk/Hora
- Subject:
- Dance/Celebration/Joy
- Song comment:
- See Page 130 for extended info on the song
- Origin:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
- Translation:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
- Music:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
- Additional song notes:
- Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text -
claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe -
Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p -
102.
- Related information in folder 832:
- Comments:
- 1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100".
2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody.
3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit"
4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 6243
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- First line:
- Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
- First line (Hebrew):
- הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Hebrew
A Freylekhe Tants — אַ פֿרײלעכע טאַנץ
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 170
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording made in England
- Style:
- Instrumental
Dem Ganevs Yikhes — דעם גנבֿס יחוּס
- Also known as:
- Dem Rebns Nign (Dem Ganevs...)
- Also known as:
- Nign Khasidi
- Also known as:
- Shmaravoznik
- Also known as:
- Vos Bistu Broyges
- Also known as:
- Vos Bistu Ketsele Broyges
- Also known as:
- Yikhes
- Genre:
- Folk/Underground/Thieves/Humorous/Insulting
- Subject:
- Pedigree/Family/Father/Mother/Sister/Brother/Occupation
- Song comment:
- Same melody as "Dem Rebns Nigun"
- Origin:
- Kotlansky 139/CD S-100(a)
- Transliteration:
- Kotlansky 139/Alb K-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb J-024(a)CD L-054(a)
- Translation:
- Alb J-024(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Kotylan 139/Alb Z-010(b)/CD S-100(a)/CD L-054(a)
- Music:
- Kotlyan 140
- Related information in folder 205:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliterated text of variant of Dem Ganevs Yikhes from email of March 2, 2003 sent by Bob Poe.
2. Article from Yiddish Forward of Nov 9, 2007 by Chana Mlotek titled "Vos Bistu, Kotinke Barugz?"
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 2976
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- First line:
- װאַס ביסטו, קעצעלע, ברוגז, און װאָס זשע האָסטו אַרופּגעלאָזט די...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Vos Bist Du Catsele Broyges"
- Style:
- Instrumental
Bobele (Instr) — באָבעלע
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 2515
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ens
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording from England, under title "Boobele (Grandma Dear)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Wedding Samba
- Author:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Author:
- Liebowitz, Joseph
- Author:
- Small, Allan
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Composer:
- Liebowitz, Joseph
- Composer:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Genre:
- Dance/Samba/Latin
- Subject:
- Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
- Additional song notes:
- See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher"
See Heskes 3368
- Related information in folder 485:
- Document type:
- Lyrics
- Author:
- Internet
- Publisher:
- International Lyrics Playground
- Comments:
- Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 3255
- Vocal and Accompaniment:
- Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
- Host:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Arranger:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Orchestral Version Arrangement:
- Small, Allan
- First line:
- Way down in thhe land of the Rio Grande, when people are,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Samba
Reb Dovidl — רבּ דודל
- Also known as:
- A Yidisher Tants
- Also known as:
- Ma Yofus
- Also known as:
- Nign G Moll
- Also known as:
- Hariklaki Mou
- Author:
- Fuchs, F. — פֿוקס, ל
- Genre:
- Khasidic
- Subject:
- Rebe/Place/Tolne/Vasilkovne/Khasidim/Torah
- Origin:
- Alb J-034(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb J-034(a)
- Translation:
- Alb P-002(b)/Alb J-034(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Same Melody as "Lomir Heysn Freylekh Zayn/ Yoshke Yoshke" Text credited to L. Fuchs on liner notes of Alb J-034(a) and to I. Fuchs on liner notes of B-068(a).
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 3371
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Dovid Melekh Yisroel — דוד מלך ישׂראל
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 4195
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Ikh Bin A Border Bay Mayn Vayb — איך בין אַ באָרדער בײַ מײַן װײַב
- Author:
- Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
- Composer:
- Doctor, Rubin — דאָקטאָר, רובין
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Humorous
- Subject:
- Wife/Divorce/Relationship/Border/Double Entendre
- Origin:
- ML PYS 254
- Transliteration:
- ML PYS 254/Alb Z-010(n)/Alb W-031(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Translation:
- Alb W-031(a)
- Music:
- ML PYS 254
- Additional song notes:
- I'M My Wife's Border
- Related information in folder 495:
- Comments:
- 1. English adaptation by Henry Sapoznik
2. Yiddish text, transliteration, melody line and translation from Pearls of Yiddish Song, P. 253.
3. Transliteration and translation from Album W-031(a) titled "Mauro Wrona: The Best of Yiddish Vaudville
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 7096
- Vocal:
- Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Arranger:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- First line:
- Ikh bin shoyn vider single, ikh fil azoy vi a yingl,
- First line:
- איך בין שױן װידער סינגל, איך פֿיל אַזױ װי אַ ייִנגל,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Also uses melody from chorus of "Dire Gelt"
- Style:
- Instrumental
Kazatska (Instr) — קאַזאַצקאַ
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 7867
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording made in England
Hevenu Shalom Aleykhem — הבאנוּ שלוֹם עליכם
- Also known as:
- Lid Fun Sholom (Hevenu Shalom..)
- Genre:
- Folk/Hora/Israeli
- Subject:
- Peace
- Origin:
- Coopersmith NJS 78/Alb E-009(a)/Bugatch 66/Alb L-015(a)
- Transliteration:
- Bugatch 66/Alb H-002(c)/Alb G-005(c)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb E-009(a)/Alb L-015(a)
- Translation:
- Coopersmith NJS 78/Alb S-085(a)/
- Music:
- Coopersmith NJS 78/Bugatch 66/Kammen Jaff 4
- Additional song notes:
- We Bring You Peace
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, page 4
English adaptation by Pearl Bernyoe
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 6482
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- First line:
- Hevenu shalom aleykhem
- First line (Hebrew):
- הבאנוּ שלוֹם עליכם
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "We bring you greetings of peace" Recording from England
- Language:
- Hebrew
Khosn Kale Mazl Tov — חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ
- Also known as:
- Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
- Also known as:
- Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
- Genre:
- Folk/Wedding/Rite
- Subject:
- Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-009(a)
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 8304
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Sha Sha Es Zol Zayn Shtil — שאַ שאַ עס זאָל זייִן שטיל
- Also known as:
- Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn
- Author:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Author:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Author:
- Moskowitz, Joseph
- Composer:
- Moskowitz, Joseph
- Composer:
- Moskowitz, Joseph
- Composer:
- King, Adolf — קינג, אַדאָלף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudville/Humorous
- Subject:
- Rebe/Rebetsn/Khasidim/Food
- Origin:
- ML PYS 148
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/ML PYS 148
- Translation:
- Alb K-030(b)/ML PYS 150
- Music:
- Kammen Jaf 06/ML PYS 148
- Additional song notes:
- Gottlieb credits Moskowitz as composer. Others credit King as composer,
- Related information in folder 401:
- Document type:
- Text
- Comments:
- Additional verse. (May be vulgar?)
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 11739
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Arranger:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- First line:
- Sha sha, es zol zayn shtil. der rebe geyt fun shil,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שאַ שאַ, עס איז זאָל זײַן שטיל, דער רבּי גײט פֿון שיל,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Sha Sha Der Rebbe Geyt"
- 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:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 12968
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ens & Lynn Collins
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Arranger:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- First line:
- Sleep my baby, go to sleep, as the stars above begin to peep
- First line (English):
- אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
Tonight's The Night (Instr)
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 15403
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording made in England
Tsena Tsena — צאנה צאנה
- Author:
- Miron, Issacar — מירון, ישׂשׂכּר
- Composer:
- Khagiz, Yechiel — הגיז, יהיאָל
- Genre:
- Israeli
- Subject:
- Girls/Soldiers/Courting
- Origin:
- Alb O-001(d)/DeRoy 48
- Transliteration:
- G-005(a)/Alb O-001(d)
- Translation:
- Alb O-001(d)
- On album:
- A-019(a) (Billy Amstell's Jewish Party with Harold Bevens)
- Track ID:
- 15534
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berens, Harold, host
- Artist:
- Amstell, Billy, arr
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording made in England
- Style:
- Instrumental