Name:
Berens, Harold, host

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

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

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

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