Yellen, Jack

Recordings

On album:

B-107(b) (M. Ben-Sachar, Bariton / Yidishe Lider 2 — מרדכי בן־שחר \ ייִדישע לידער 2)

Track ID:

37725

Vocal:

Ben Shakhar, Mordecai — בּן־שחר, מרדכי

First line:

Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht, un ver hot bay a krankn bet..

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Vocal

Length:

5:58

On album:

045w (Kressyn, Miriam/ Mayn Yidishe Mame/ Mazl)

Track ID:

30082

Vocal:

Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם

On album:

K-010(a) (Miriam Kressyn Sings Your Favorite Jewish Songs)

Track ID:

10024

Author:

Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו

Composer:

Yellen, Jack

Narration:

Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם

Artist:

Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

On album:

R-009(o) (Yossele Rosenblatt/ Songs of My People)

Track ID:

37811

Vocal:

Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

On album:

G-001(h) (Yidishe Folks Lider Henri Gerro Rosita Londner — ייִדישע פֿאָלקס לידער)

Track ID:

18440

Vocal:

Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ

Conductor/Arranger:

Boland, Didier

Piano:

Solomon, Renee

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")

Track ID:

18372

Artist:

Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band

Artist:

Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond

Clarinet:

Pincus, Paul

First line:

This is the story of the grandest lady I know,

First line:

װי שײן, װי ליכטיק איז אין הױז װען די מאַמע איז דאָ,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

T-016(b) (Sophie Tucker Her Latest And Greatest Spicy Saucy Songs)

Track ID:

21031

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

Narrator:

Adams, Mason

Piano:

Shapiro, Ted

First line:

My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,

Track comment:

From "My Dream" Sophie Tucker's narrative of her life story

Language:

English

On album:

G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)

Track ID:

20561

Artist:

Shelton, Anne & Wally Stott Orch

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

Track comment:

Recorded Early 1960's

Language:

English

On album:

F-027(b) (Myriam Fuks)

Track ID:

21489

Vocal:

Fuks, Myriam

First line:

A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַיט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Y-020(a)1 (Byidish Ze Nishmma Yoteyr Tov 1(It Sounds Better In Yiddish) — בּאידיש זה נשמע יותר טוב 1)

Track ID:

22186

Vocal:

Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Hebrew commentary at song program at Habima Theatre

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

G-051(b) (Alexandra Gorelik Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib)

Track ID:

22509

Arranger:

Lemm, Manfred

Artist:

Gorelik, Alexandra

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line (Yiddish):

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Refers to "A Yidinke Mame"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-065(a) (Folklore Yiddish D'Europe Centrale Budapester Klezmer Band)

Track ID:

22452

Artist:

Budapester Klezmer Band

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Recorded with Mayn Shtetele Belz

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

K-059(d) (Daniel Kempin/ Mazl Un Shlamazl — מזל און שלימזל)

Track ID:

22976

Artist:

Kempin, Daniel

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

M-055(a) (Lekhaim Yidn/Budte Zdravi Zide/Jewish Folk Songs/Yakov Magid — לחיים ייִדן !)

Track ID:

22752

Artist:

Magid, Yakov & Ensemble — מאַגיד, יעקבֿ מיט אַנסאַמבל

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-071(a) (Kleitanim Lyden af jodisk tradition 2.)

Track ID:

22772

Artist:

Rosenfeldt, E., clarinet/Kleitanim

Arranger:

Jensen, Richard Hytholm

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

Y-021(a)2 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 2)

Track ID:

23769

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

First line:

װי איך שטײ דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,

Track comment:

Definitive version in English and Yidish

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

K-068(c) (The Klezical Tradition/Mishpokhe Lider/Fraidy Katz, vocalist)

Track ID:

24143

Vocal:

Fraidy Katz

Artist:

Klezical Tradition

First line:

A Yidishe mame, zi iz di beste in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי איז די בעסטע אין דער װעלט.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)

Track ID:

24384

Artist:

Marcell, Bibi

Artist:

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zugt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Z-011(e) (Talila Ben Zimet et Eddy Schaff Yiddish Cafe)

Track ID:

24760

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Vocal:

Talila

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

G-064(a) (Inessa Galante Maks Goldins: 18 Jewish Folk Songs)

Track ID:

24804

Vocal:

Galante, Inessa

Arranger:

Goldin, Max — גאָלדין, מאַקס

First line:

A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25131

Artist:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Artist:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Recorded in France

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Z-019(a) (Yiddish Forever Zoila)

Track ID:

26204

Vocal:

Aguinsky, Zoila

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Spanish/Yiddish

On album:

I-013(a) (Inna Mazel - Jiddische Lieder)

Track ID:

25315

Vocal:

Slavskaja, Inna

Piano:

Terletsky, Vladimir — טערלעטסקי, װלאַדימיר

Violin:

Bondar, Ilja

Piano:

Gutman, Alexander

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)

Track ID:

25851

Artist:

Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir

Artist:

Bien, Harvey, narration

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

G-065(a) (Lila Grande A Yiddishe Mame 22 Yiddish Songs)

Track ID:

25788

Artist:

Grande, Lilia

First line:

Ver iz bay ayer vigele gezesn tog un nakht,

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ אײַער װיגעלע געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

D-023(a) (Lechaim - Jewish Songs Giennadi Dubinski)

Track ID:

26303

Artist:

Dubinski, Giennadi

Artist:

Rabinowia, Faddej, acc

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

P-028(a) (Cantor David Propis sings Memories of Home)

Track ID:

25169

Artist:

Propis, Cantor David

Arranger:

Goldstein, Raymond

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)

Track ID:

26011

Vocal:

Urbanska, Irena

Piano/Clarinet:

Lic, Leslaw

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Track comment:

Recorded under Zydowska mama

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

D-023(a) (Lechaim - Jewish Songs Giennadi Dubinski)

Track ID:

26315

Vocal:

Rabinowia, Faddej

Arranger:

Tabacznik, Jan, arranger

First line:

קינדער יאָרן, זײַנען שײנע יאָרן, שטענדיק בלײַבט איר מיר אין...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Mammi"

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)

Track ID:

26700

Artist:

Lemke, Rainer

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, ...

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענ,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

F-042(a) (Basye Farbotene Lider Ojf Jiddish)

Track ID:

26874

Artist:

Frydman, Basia

Artist:

Hansson, Torsten, piano & arr

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-026(l)1 (The Soul Of Klezmer/ Reve Et Passion/ Fantasy And Passion 1)

Track ID:

27398

Artist:

Epstein Brothers Orchestra

Vocal:

Gold, Ave

First line:

My Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line:

מײַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Track comment:

From Filmscore "A Tickle In The Heart)

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

025k (Malavsky Family Choir/ Mayn Yidishe Mame/ Lulinke Mayn Feygele)

Track ID:

29485

Vocal:

Malavsky Family Choir

On album:

N-024(b) (Jidishe Mame / Channa Nussbaum & Spielniks)

Track ID:

27836

Artist:

Spielniks — שפּילניקס

Clarinet/Baritone Saxaphone:

Jessen, Peter

Accordion/Guitar/Mandolin/Machine/Back-up Vocal:

Tolsgaard, Jens

Guitar/Saz/Back-up Vocals:

Steno, Torben

Bass/Back-up Vocals:

Nielsen, Peter

Drums/Percussion/Back-up Vocals:

Krogholt, Morten

Pecussion/Back-up Vocals:

Brinck, Bo

Vocal:

Nussbaum, Chana — נוסבאַום, חנה

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, mit velkher tayere...

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop

Length:

004:46

On album:

M-064(a) (Manna From The World Of Jewish Song)

Track ID:

28417

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Osser, Glen

Arranger:

Osser, Glen

First line:

Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht, un ver hot bay a krankn bet..

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Tenderly/Recicative

On album:

V-015(g) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 7/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)

Track ID:

31507

Vocal:

Koegel , Migno (Marion)

Conductor:

Bass, Werner S.

First line:

Vi ikh shey do un klag, kum mir for mayn alte mame,

First line (Yiddish):

ווי איך שטיי דאָ און קלוג, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Recitative/Concert/ Accompanied by chamber orchestra

Length:

4:10

On album:

G-041(a) (The Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra of America and California)

Track ID:

20292

Artist:

Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra

Artist:

Burk, David Joshua, violin

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Track comment:

Orchestra a/k/a/ "Traveling Jewish Wedding"

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

043w (Gentile, Pietro/Venuti, Joe/ A Yidishe Mame/ Oy Der Rebenyu)

Track ID:

30032

Artist:

Gentile, Pietro/Venuti, Joe

On album:

K-094(a) (Tsigayner Klezmer, Rolinha Kross Trio)

Track ID:

30979

Accordion/Midibass/Arrangement:

van Tol, Theo

Vocal/Arrangement:

Kross, Rolinha

Cimbalom/Arrangement:

Vink, Bokkie

Artist:

Rolinha Kross Trio

First line:

A yidishe mame- es gut nit beser oyf der velt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע- עס גוט ניט בעסער אױף דער װעלט,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Cabaret

On album:

R-048(a) (Romantic Jewish Songs / Nightclub Music)

Track ID:

28114

Soprano Sax/Tenor Sax:

Vratil, Ladislav

Violin/Viola:

Hudak, Zdenek

Piano/Keyboards/Arranger:

Hindls, Richard

Keyboards/Programming:

Linhart, Radim

Track comment:

Recorded under "Mein jiddische Mame"

Style:

Instrumental/Pop

Length:

04:13

On album:

G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)

Track ID:

31706

Vocal:

Holiday, Billie

Piano:

Scott, Tony

First line:

My yidishe mame, I need her more than ever now,

Language:

English

Style:

Cabaret/Concert

Length:

1:27

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36511

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,

First line:

אין װאַסער אין פֿײַער, װאָלט זי געלאָפֿן פֿאַר איר קינד,

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Pop

Length:

4:38

On album:

V-015(a) (Vorbei... Beyond Recall, CD 1/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)

Track ID:

31269

On album:

V0046 (A Tickle in the Heart/ (Video) — אַ קיצל אין האַרצן (ווידיאָ))

Track ID:

34032

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Pop

On album:

O-027(a) (Ot Azoi / Yiddish Songs From Once To Now/ Orit Perlman / Itay Alter)

Track ID:

36444

Vocal:

Perlman, Orit — פרלמן, אורית

Piano:

Alter, Itay — אלתר, איתי

Double Bass:

Topchiu, Neriton — טופצ'יו, נריטון

Percussion:

Yaniv, Zeev — זאב, יניב

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Jazz/Fusion

Length:

3:43

On album:

M-047(e) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection C)

Track ID:

35674

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

Artist:

Ted Shapiro's Orchestra

Conductor:

Shapiro, Ted

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

Language:

English

Style:

Concert/Theater

Length:

2:52

On album:

B-121(a) (Shmuel Barzilai in Best Chasidic Songs — שמואל ברזילי בסט חסידיק)

Track ID:

40404

Language:

Hebrew

Length:

5:18

On album:

Y-055(a)1 (Les Yeux Noirs/ Best Oyf)

Track ID:

39295

Bass:

Reveyrand, Kevin

accordion:

Peirani, Vincent

Violin and Vocal:

Slabiak, Erik

Violin and Vocal:

Slabiak, Olivier

drums and percussions:

Tafial, Aidje

guitar and vocal:

Anastasio, Frank

On album:

Y-055(b) (Les Yeux Noirs /Balamouk)

Track ID:

39316

Violin and Vocal:

Slabiak, Erik

Violin and Vocal:

Slabiak, Olivier

guitar and Vocal:

Rondeau, Pascal

Bass and Vocal:

Anastasio, Frank

cello:

Perchat, Francois

drums and percussions:

Tafial, Aidje

accordion:

Bitica, Constantin

On album:

V-023(a) (Monica Vardimon/ The Songs of my Heart/ Di Lider Fun Mayn Harts — די לידער פֿון מײַן האַרץ \מוניקה ורדעמון)

Track ID:

36352

Violin:

Mareinowski, Wojciech

Clarinet:

Witko, Janusz

Piano/Synthsizer:

Kluzowicz, Jerzy

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:

Cielecki, Jan

Vocal:

Vardeman, Monica — ורדימון, מוניקה

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, mit velkher tayere...

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

PopConcert

Length:

5:37

On album:

Y-034(a) (Yiddish Songs/ Tous les plus grands tubes Yiddishes du monde)

Track ID:

39177

On album:

Y-034(a) (Yiddish Songs/ Tous les plus grands tubes Yiddishes du monde)

Track ID:

39180

On album:

L-095(a) (Played by Paul Levin The Soul of the Jewish Violin (Vol. 4) Melancholic Melodies Including Yiddish, Holocaust, and Ghetto ballads)

Track ID:

41177

Violin:

Levin, Pavel

Language:

Yiddish

Length:

4:21

On album:

Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)

Track ID:

41734

Vocal:

Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

4:45

On album:

M-011(a) (Marry Me! Marry Me! An Original Soundtrack Recording)

Track ID:

723

Artist:

Spence, Johnny Orchestra

First line:

A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

M-016(b) (Jewish Songs My Mother Sang To Me The Malavsky Family Choir)

Track ID:

724

Vocal:

Malavsky Family Choir

Conductor:

Malavsky, Cantor Samuel — מאַלאַװסקי, חזן סאַמועל

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nisht keyn besers oyf der velt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט קײן בעסערד אױף דער װעלט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

R-009(b) (The Incomparable Josef Rosenblatt)

Track ID:

725

Vocal:

Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע

Conductor, Orchestra:

Shilkret, Nathaniel

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Translation with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

R-009(d) (Cantor Yosele Rosenblatt Sings Yiddish Folk Songs Volume 7 — רנת יוסף)

Track ID:

726

Vocal:

Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע

Conductor, Orchestra:

Shilkret, Nathaniel

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Audio:

Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

R-010(a) (From The Album Of Jewish Songs Z Albumu Piesni Zydowskich — פֿון ייִדישן לידער -אַלבום)

Track ID:

727

Vocal:

Rettig, Abraham Samuel — רעטיג, אַבֿרהם שמואל

Conductor Orchestra:

Wiernik, Adam

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line (Yiddish):

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Track comment:

Recorded in Poland

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

R-010(b) (Chants Et Danses Du Folklore Yiddish Abraham Samuel Rettig — ייִדישע פֿאָלקס-געזאַנגען און טענץ)

Track ID:

728

Vocal:

Rettig, Abraham Samuel — רעטיג, אַבֿרהם שמואל

Conductor Orchestra:

Wiernik, Adam

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line (Yiddish):

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Track comment:

Recorded in Poland

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

T-015(a) (Talila et l'ensemble KOL AVIV Chants Yiddish "Ot Azoi" — אָט אַזױ)

Track ID:

729

Vocal:

Talila

Artist:

Kol Aviv Ensemble

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded with instr intro "Mayne Mame"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)

Track ID:

730

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Vi ikh shtey do un trakht, kumt mir for mayn alte mame,

First line (Yiddish):

װי איך שטײ דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,

Track comment:

Definitive Version in English & Yiddish

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

L-032(a) (Let's All Together Folk Musical Scenes in Three Acts)

Track ID:

731

Artist:

Jewish Chamber Musical Theatre — ייַדישן מוזיקאַלישן קאַמער טעאַטאַר

Artist:

USSR State Cinematography Orch — סימפֿאָנישער אָרק פֿון מעלוכע קינאָ

Conductor/Arranger:

Gluz, Mikhail — גלוז, מ.

First line:

A Yidishe mame, nito keyn besers in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, ניטאָ קיין בעסערס אין דער װעלט.

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Y-002(b) (Rumania, Rumania Sabra Sings Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)

Track ID:

732

Artist:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Conductor:

Osser, Glen

First line:

Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht,

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Track comment:

Recorded under "My Yiddishe Momme"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Y-008(a) (Yiddish Greatest Hits Vol. I — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען)

Track ID:

733

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

ArrangerConductor:

Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון

First line:

Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht,

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Track comment:

Recorded under "My Yiddishe Momme" Same as on Y-02(a)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

S-071(a) (Gwiazdy Na Dachu / Shtern Oyfn Dakh / Stars on the Roof — שטערן אױפֿן דאַך)

Track ID:

734

Artist:

Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ

First line:

Ver iz aykh bay dem vigele gezesn tog un nakht,

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ דעם װיגעלע געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Track comment:

Recording made in Poland under title "Moja Zydowska Matka"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-012(p) (The Burstein Family II. " My Shtetale Belz")

Track ID:

735

Vocal:

Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-014(b) (Belina Siegfried Behrend Jiddish Songs "Es Brennt")

Track ID:

736

Artist:

Belina

Arranger/Guitar:

Behrend, Siegfried

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Recording made in Germany

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-028(f) (Golden Voices of Israel No 3 Bagelman Sisters and Others)

Track ID:

737

Vocal:

Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-028(g) (The Barry Sisters A Time To Remember)

Track ID:

738

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

T-021(a) (Jewish Songs Sung By Golda Tenser The Small Town of Belz.. — דאָס שטעטעלע בעלז... ייִדישע לידער געזונגען דורך גאָלדע טענצער)

Track ID:

739

Vocal:

Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ

Conductor/Arranger:

Baiazheieur, P. — באַיאַדזשעיעור, פּ.

First line:

Ver iz aykh bay dem vigele gezesn tog un nakht,

First line (Yiddish):

װער איז אײַך בײַ דעם װיגעלע געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,

Track comment:

Recording made in Poland

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

C-023(g) (Golden Voices of Israel/ Sings Yiddish Masterpieces — שירי הזהב בּייִדיש)

Track ID:

740

Vocal:

Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע

Conductor, Orchestra:

Shilkret, Nathaniel

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Same recording as on R-009(b)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)

Track ID:

741

Piano:

Shpargel, V.

Vocal:

Golubeva, P.

Violin:

Korkhin, L.

Arranger:

Tzaizel, U.

First line:

Mayn tayere mame, nito keyn beser oyf der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

מײַן טײַערע מאַמע, ניטאָ קײן בעסער אױף דער װעלט,

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Mama"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

S-077(a) (Amy Shapiro sings Yiddish and other songs. Oy Mama)

Track ID:

742

Artist:

Shapiro, Amy

Artist:

Olenick, Jeff, arr & cond

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Synthesizers - "Electronic Orchestra"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)

Track ID:

743

Artist:

Ben-Tsvi, Tova

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

C-034(a) (Roslyn Cooper Songs Of The Jewish People)

Track ID:

744

Artist:

Cooper, Roslyn

Conductor/Arranger:

Howard, Hersh

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-062(a) (Kinnor Children's Choir of Riga, Latvia)

Track ID:

745

Artist:

Kinnor Child Choir, Riga, Latvia

Artist:

Leinwand, Michael, director

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

F-023(a) (Irina Fogelson Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)

Track ID:

746

Artist:

Fogelson, Irena

Arranger:

Shalit, Vladimir

Arranger:

Batitsky, Pavel

First line:

My yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt,

First line (Yiddish):

מײַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

F-024(e) (David Fisher My Mother's Language 22 Songs Mamma L'shon — דודו פישר מאַמע לשון שפת אימי מיטב השירים ביידיש)

Track ID:

747

Vocal:

Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)

Arranger:

Weiss, Roni — וייס, רוני,

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)

Track ID:

748

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

Track comment:

Definitive Version

Language:

English

On album:

Z-010(b) (The Brothers Zim In Concert singing Jewish Nostalgia)

Track ID:

749

Artist:

Zim, Paul and Sol

Conductor Orchestra:

Barnes, Rolf

Artist:

Zim, Sol, vocal arr

First line:

My Yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,

Language:

English

On album:

L-033(a) (Dale Lind in Concert)

Track ID:

750

Vocal:

Lind, Dale

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

with "A Brivele Der Mamen"

Language:

English

On album:

N-008(d) (Fay Nicoll Toda)

Track ID:

751

Artist:

Nicoll, Faye

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)

Track ID:

752

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,

First line:

אין װאַסער אין פֿײַער, װאָלט זי געלאָפֿן פֿאַר איר קינד,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)

Track ID:

753

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

First line:

װי איך שטײ דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,

Track comment:

"Definitive version in English and Yiddish

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)

Track ID:

754

Vocal:

Reissa, Eleanor

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Golden Land Orchestra

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had my goodly share

Track comment:

From "Those Were The Days"

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)

Track ID:

755

Artist:

Francis, Connie

Artist:

Goeff Love Orchestra

Artist:

Fahey, Brian, arranger

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had my goodly share

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

R-042(a) (Eleanor Reissa Going Home Gems of Yiddish Song)

Track ID:

756

Vocal:

Reissa, Eleanor

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From "Those Were The Days"

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

F-020(d) (Leo Fuld My Yiddishe Mama)

Track ID:

757

Artist:

Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ

Artist:

Scheffer, Pi., orch cond & arr

First line:

Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט נאָך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

R-024(a) (Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Montage/Documentary)

Track ID:

758

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

Artist:

Ted Shapiro's Orchestra

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Track comment:

From album T-016(a)

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

F-024(c) (Childhood Years Yiddish Soul Music David Fisher — שנות ילדות שירי נשמה אידיים דודו פישר)

Track ID:

759

Vocal:

Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)

First line:

Eshal veym efshar enu li al hasheyula,

First line (Hebrew):

אשׁאל ואם אפשׁר ענוּ לי על השאלה: מהוּ האוֹצר הכי יקר שׁבּעוֹלם?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Hebrew

Style:

Pop

On album:

I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)

Track ID:

760

Artist:

Israeli Strings

Arranger:

King, Pete

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

J-009(a) (Soul of a People Arranged and Conducted by Gordon Jenkins)

Track ID:

761

Artist:

Gordon Jenkins Orchestra

Arranger/Conductor:

Jenkins, Gordon

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

K-007(b) (More Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)

Track ID:

762

Vocal:

Kurz, Marv

First line:

A yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt,

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט,

Track comment:

Trasnliteration of refrain (variant) with album.

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

P-019(a) (Tradition / Itzhak Perlman plays Popular Jewish Melodies/ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/ Dov Seltzer, Conductor and Arranger)

Track ID:

763

Violin:

Perlman, Yitskhak — פּערלמאַן, יצחק

Artist:

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra — ישׂראל פֿילהאָרמאָניק אָרקעסטער

Conductor/Aranger:

Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

R-028(a) (Paul Rothman & His Orchestra present A Taste of Israel)

Track ID:

764

Artist:

Paul Rothman Orchestra

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מען װער עס קענט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

R-030(a) (Meir Rimon and His Horn Nigunim)

Track ID:

765

French Horn:

Rimon, Meir — רימוֹן, מאיר

Piano/Arranger:

Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)

Track ID:

766

Artist:

Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus

Artist:

Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

I-009(a) (Michael Isaacson and The Israeli Pops Opening Night!)

Track ID:

767

Arranger/Conductor:

Isaacson, Michael

Artist:

Isaacson, M & Scott Lavender, arr

Artist:

Israel Pops

Arranger:

Lavender, Scott

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Track comment:

Mandlen/ A Yidishe Mame/ Tum Balalayke/

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)

Track ID:

768

Clarinet:

Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ

Artist:

Lou Lockette Orchestra

Artist:

Murray Lehrer Ensemble

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

Z-016(a) (K'zohar Harakiya Brightness Of The Sky Israel Zohar — כּזוהר הרקיע ישׂראל זוהר)

Track ID:

769

Clarinet:

Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

Z-016(b) (Nigunim Of Gold Israel Zohar — ניגונים של זהב ישׂראל זוהר)

Track ID:

770

Clarinet:

Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

B-008(c) (Spirit Of A People Stanley Black Conducting London....)

Track ID:

771

Artist:

London Festival Orch & Chorus

Conductor:

Black, Stanley

First line:

A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

V-010(a) (ERLAG< LEZMER!)

Track ID:

772

Artist:

VIVA KLEZMER

Clarinet/Arranger:

Kavadlo, Gene

Violin:

Kavadlo, Avi

Guitar:

Mosley, Mike

Bass:

Bjorlie, Leo

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

D-011(a) (Dimitri Dourakine Und Sein Orchester Shalom)

Track ID:

773

Artist:

Dourakine, Dimitri & Orch

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line:

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Style:

Instrumental

On album:

Y-002(e) (Los Exitos De Israel Canta En Espanol Yaffa Yarkoni — יפה ירקוני שרה ספרדית)

Track ID:

774

Vocal:

Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under "Madre Querida"

Language:

Spanish

On album:

H-006(a) (Jewish Folk Songs from Russia)

Track ID:

712

Artist:

Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל

Piano:

Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.

Arranger:

Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line (Yiddish):

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded in USSR.

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

H-006(b) (Yiddish Songs and Dances Jewish Folk Music from Eastern Eur)

Track ID:

713

Artist:

Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל

Piano:

Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.

Arranger:

Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line (Yiddish):

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded in USSR.

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

H-008(a) (David and Judith Hass Songs from the Jewish Folklore — דוד ויהודית האס ישׂמחו השמיים)

Track ID:

714

Artist:

Hass, Judith — האַס, יהודית

Artist:

Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

I-006(a) (Soul of Israel 101 Strings)

Track ID:

715

Artist:

101 Strings

First line:

Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...

First line (Yiddish):

װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

J-003(a) (Judith Accompagnee par Didier Bolland)

Track ID:

716

Vocal:

Judith

Artist:

Boland, Didier Orchestra

Arranger:

Bertret, G. / Bolland, D., arr

First line:

A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-010(a) (Miriam Kressyn Sings Your Favorite Jewish Songs)

Track ID:

717

Narration:

Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם

Artist:

Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)

Track ID:

718

Vocal:

Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

F-024(b) (Golden Yiddish Favorites 20 Songs David Fisher — גולדענע לידער 20 לידער די בעסטע ייִדישע לידער דודו פישר)

Track ID:

719

Vocal:

Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")

Track ID:

720

Vocal:

Katz, Mickey

Conductor/Violin/Arranger:

Farber, Nat

Artist:

Der Ganser Gang

Vocal:

Drake, Marty

Vocal:

Mills, Shirley

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-012(n) (Peysekhke Burstein Lillian Lux Mike Burstein Susan... — פּסחקע בורשטײַן ליליאַן לוקס מאָטעלע זיסעלע שירי בּיידיש)

Track ID:

721

Vocal:

Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

D-017(a) (Dany Delmin chante & dirge Israel D'hier & D'aujourd'hui)

Track ID:

722

Artist:

Delmin, Dany and Orchestra — דעלמין, דאַני און אָרקעסטער

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מען װער עס קענט,

Track comment:

Recording made in France.

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-052(a) (Aliza Kashi Hello People Vol 2)

Track ID:

775

Artist:

Kashi, Aliza

Conductor/Arranger:

Finkel, Ian

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,

Track comment:

Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

B-012(j) (Mike Burstyn Live In Jerusalem — מײַק בורשטײן)

Track ID:

776

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Track comment:

My Yidishe mame, I miss her more than ever now,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

B-012(k) (Mike Burstyn Rozhinkes mit Mandlen and other great...songs — מײַק בורשטײן ראָזהינקעס מיט מאַנדלען און באַליבטע ייִדישע לידער)

Track ID:

777

Vocal/Director:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

Artist:

Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן

First line:

Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,

First line:

איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

Y-015(a) (Yiddish Is Alive — ייִדיש לעבט יידיש חי)

Track ID:

778

Vocal:

Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק

First line:

A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.

First line:

אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.

Track comment:

My Yidishe mame, I miss her more than ever now,

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

M-047(e) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection C)

Track ID:

35675

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

Artist:

Ted Shapiro's Orchestra

Conductor:

Shapiro, Ted

First line:

Ikh shtey do un trakht kumt mir for mayn alte mame nisht keyn upgefarbte yenki

First line (Yiddish):

איך שטיי דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע, נישט קיין אופּגעפֿאַרבטע...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Theater/Recicitve

Length:

2:59

Recordings

On album:

T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)

Track ID:

6901

Composer:

Yellen, Jack

Author:

Charles, M. / W. King

Artist:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

You can talk all you want about women, that a sailor known..

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42711

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

You can talk all You want about women, said a sailor known as Dan McCan…

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American/Risque

Length:

2:24

Recordings

On album:

Y-012(a) (Yiddishe Lieder Parade — ייִדישע לידער פּאַראַדאַ)

Track ID:

9878

Vocl:

Eshet, David — עשת, דוד

Artist:

Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן

First line:

S'iz fraytik nakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt...

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..

Track comment:

Song credited to "Tucker" ??

On album:

J-018(a) (Leibele Jinich Canciones De Ayer, Hoy, Y Siempre)

Track ID:

9879

Vocal:

Jinich, Leybele

Piano:

Castillo, Isauro

First line:

S'iz fraytik nakht, men zitst un trakht, vos es hot di tsayt

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מען זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די צײַט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Song credited to "Yellen"

On album:

E-001(f) (David Eshet Stars of Israel — דוד עשת)

Track ID:

9880

Vocal:

Eshet, David — עשת, דוד

Artist:

Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן

First line:

S'iz fraytik nakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt...

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:

F-007(c) (Genia Feierman Zingt Avreimele Melamed — געניאַ פֿײַערמאַן זינגט אבֿרהמלע מלמד)

Track ID:

9881

Vocal:

Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ

Artist:

Usherovici, Pisi M., orch

First line:

S'iz fraytik nakht, ikh zits un trakht, vos di tseyt...

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, איך זיץ און טראַכט, װאָס די צײט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:

B-002(c) (Jan Bart Sings Yinglish)

Track ID:

9882

Vocal/English Adaption:

Bart, Jan

Arranger/Musical Director/Pianist:

Gunther, William

First line:

There's a picture that my memory fondly frames,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

On album:

B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)

Track ID:

9884

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

Artist:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

First line:

My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,

Language:

English

On album:

A-023(a) (Jewish Songs Our Favorite Melodies featuring June Astor)

Track ID:

9885

Artist:

Astor, June

Artist:

Cooper, Harry

Artist:

Instrumental Ensemble

First line:

Dos harts lozt nisht fargesn, di mames shabos likht,

First line:

דאָס האָרץ לאָזט נישט פֿאָגעסן, די מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

S-007(d) (The Two Sides Of Benjamin Siegel)

Track ID:

9886

Vocal:

Siegel, Cantor Benjamin

Arranger/Conductor:

Max, Harry

First line:

There's a picture that my memory fondly frames,

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די צײַט...

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Sabbath Candles".

Language:

English/Yiddish

On album:

M-015(a) (Line Monty Chante en Francais Orchestre Didier Boland)

Track ID:

9887

French Adaptation:

Bernard, Gil

Vocal:

Monty, Line

Artist:

Boland, Didier Orchestra

Piano:

Solomon, Renee

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Les Lumieres Du Shabbat"

Language:

French

On album:

Z-009(b) (2 Berele Zaltsman — 2 בּרלה זלצמן)

Track ID:

9888

Vocal:

Zaltsman, Cantor Berele — זלצמן, חזן בּרלה

Musical Director:

Avitsur, Eytan — אביצור, איתן

Piano:

Heydu, Andre — היידו, אנדרה

First line:

Ikh vel keyn mol nit fargesn mayn mames shabos likht,

First line:

איך װעל קײן מאָל ניט פֿאַרגעסן מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Nerot Shabos"

Language:

Hebrew/Yiddish

On album:

E-005(a) (14 Great Jewish Songs Sung by Avrasha Einshtein — 14 ייִדישע באַרימטע לידער זינגט אבֿראַשה אײנשטײן)

Track ID:

9889

Vocal:

Eynshteyn, Avrasha — אײנשטײן, אַבֿראַשה

Director/Arranger:

Landvar, Tsvi, dir & arr — לאַנדװאַר צבֿי, דירעגענט און באַאַרבעט

First line:

Ikh vel keyn mol nit fargesn mayn mames shabos likht,

First line (Yiddish):

איך װעל קײן מאָל ניט פֿאַרגעסן מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Shabos Likht"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")

Track ID:

18366

Artist:

Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band

Conductor:

Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond

Clarinet:

Pincus, Paul

First line:

S'iz fraytik tsu nakht, ikh zitst un trakht, vi mayn mame...

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צו נאַכט, איך זיץ און טאאַכט, װיען מאַמע באָט…

Track comment:

My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,

Language:

Yiddish/English

On album:

M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)

Track ID:

25134

Vocal:

Meredith — מערעדיט

Arranger/Musical Director:

Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir

First line:

S'iz fraytik tsunakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt.

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צונאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..

Track comment:

Recorded in France

On album:

I-014(a) (Richard Inger vedette "Elesdisc")

Track ID:

27586

Vocal:

Ingber, Richard — אינגבער, ריצ'אַרד

First line:

S'iz fraytik tsunakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt.

First line:

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צונאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:

023m (Astor, June/ My Mother's Sabbath Candles/ Mir Zol Zayn Far Dir)

Track ID:

29427

Artist:

Astor, June

On album:

F-007(f) (Genia Fajerman/ Mamele — זשעני פֿײַערמאַן \ מאַמעלע)

Track ID:

36408

Vocal:

Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ

First line:

S’iz fraytik nakht, ikh zits un trakht vos di tsayt fun undz gemakht,

First line (Yiddish):

ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, איך זיץ און טראַכט, וואָס האָט די צײַט פֿון אונדז געמאַכט,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Length:

3:10

On album:

B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)

Track ID:

36505

Vocal:

Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי

First line:

My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/Concert

Length:

2:46

Recording

On album:

Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)

Track ID:

28753

Vocal:

Zimet, Ben

Vocal:

Talila

Accordion:

Schaff, Eddy

Trumpet/Trombone/Percussion/Clarinet:

Derouin, Michel

First line:

All you lonely girls, whose hubbies stay out nights, don't be chumps all...

First line:

הער זיך אייִן מייִן מאַן, איך האָב עפּעס צו דיר, עס איז גאָר נישט קייִן פּלאַן...

Language:

English/Yiddish

Style:

Duet/Swing/Humorous

Length:

02:50

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42696

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Will you look at all the girls all dressed up, They're all hopped up,…

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American

Length:

2:25

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42700

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Where or where is that Mr. Right, will he ever come along, I've been searching

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American

Length:

1:58

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42703

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

I've been saying for years there's an institution which this country has always

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American/Risque

Length:

3:24

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42704

First line:

For the miracles doctors perform every day, we own them a debt we can never…

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American/Risque

Length:

3:40

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42705

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

Vocal/Piano:

Shapiro, Ted

First line:

Almost every day I hear some kind friend say, Sophie dear, I think you're much…

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American

Length:

2:50

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42707

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

Shieks, neckers and jelly beans, lend me your ears, so you think you've been…

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American/Risque

Length:

2:30

Recording

On album:

T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)

Track ID:

42710

Vocal:

Tucker, Sophie

First line:

I've often heard it said and in sung, and kids sixteen to twenty-one think…

Language:

English

Style:

Pop/American

Length:

3:00