Name:
Travis, Merle

Songs written or composed

Sixteen Tons (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Travis, Merle
Genre:
Parody/Dialect/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Food/Delicatessen
Origin:
Alb K-030(d)

Recordings

On album:
K-030(d) (Kapelye On The Air Old Time Jewish American Radio)
Track ID:
22406
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
I went to work in a delicatessen far draysik tolar un...
Track comment:
Part of WBBC Brooklyn, Brooklyn Talent Hunters
On album:
Y-022(a) (Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band Klezmerized)
Track ID:
23799
Artist:
Weinberger, Irwin & Yidishe Cup
First line:
I went to work in a delicatessen far draysik tolar un...
On album:
K-022(j) (Mish Mosh Mickey Katz)
Track ID:
31205
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Oh, I went to woik in a delicatessen…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Dialect/Yiddish Inflection
Length:
2:50
On album:
B-214(a) (Susan Bauer: von der khupe zum Klezkamp, Klezmer-Musik in New York)
Track ID:
42633
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Vocal??:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
First line:
I went to work in a delicatessen far draysik tolar un...
Track comment:
Part of WBBC Brooklyn, Brooklyn Talent Hunters
Language:
Yiddish/Dialect
Style:
Humorous
Length:
4:38