Tracks with this artist
Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
- Also known as:
- El Chiclerito
- Also known as:
- Freylekhe Yidelekh
- Also known as:
- Sigaryot
- Also known as:
- Kupite Papirosy
- Author:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Composer:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
- Origin:
- Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
- Music:
- Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
- Additional song notes:
- Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a)
Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28430
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a yingele fartroyert un…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 06:04
Dos Naye Lid (Zilbert) — דאָס נײַע ליד (זילבערט)
- Author:
- Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith
- Origin:
- Alb L-015(a)/Kinderbuch 132/Mir Zingen 12/Reisen 37/Vinkov 4 15
- Transliteration:
- Alb F-015(b)/Kinderbuch 132/Alb L-015(a)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15
- Translation:
- Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15
- Music:
- Mir Zingen 12/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28431
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- First line:
- Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom, dokh kumen vet...
- First line (Yiddish):
- און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/With Conviction
- Length:
- 01:27
Mayn Rue Plats — מײַן רוע פּלאַץ
- Also known as:
- Mekom Menukhati
- Also known as:
- Arbeter-Romans
- Author:
- Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס
- Composer:
- Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Folk/Labor
- Subject:
- Factory/Sweatshop
- Song comment:
- Eng Translat from Forward - Ephemra 537
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 150/Alb Y-007(a)/Levin N 75/Belarsky 217/CD B-086(a)/Vinkov 4 33
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)/CD B-086(a)/CD L-049(a)/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Levin N 75
- Translation:
- CD L-054(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb A-036(a)/Alb K-029(e)/Vinkov 4 33/Ep
- Music:
- Sh Sh 158/Levin N 75/Belarsky 034/Alb Y-007(a)/Vinkov 4 33
- Additional song notes:
- My Resting Place / English Adaption Ephemra 537
Also translation and transliteration on Album B-126(a)
- Related information in folder 478:
- Document type:
- Translation
- Author:
- Aaron Kramer
- Comments:
- English translation by Aaron Kramer from volume titled "Morris Rosenfeld-Selections from his poetry and prose, edited by Itche Goldberg and Max Rosenfeld".
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28432
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Nit zukh mikh, vu di mirtn grinen! Gefinst mikh dortn nit, mayn shats,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ניט זוך מיך, װוּ די מירטן גרינען! געפֿינסט מיך דאָרטן ניט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 03:03
Yadi Bidi Bam — יאַדי בידי באַם
- Also known as:
- Khevre Freylekh
- Author:
- Tsesler, Shmuel — צעסלער, שמואל
- Composer:
- Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן
- Genre:
- Khasidic/Literary Origin/Folk
- Subject:
- Peace/Joy
- Song comment:
- See also variant in Gel Yoval, No 25
- Origin:
- Weiner Ln 48
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-003(b)/CD L-054(a)/Weiner Ln 48
- Translation:
- Alb B-003(b)/CD L-054(a)
- Music:
- Weiner Ln 91
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28433
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Khevere freylekh, nit geshivign, yadi bidi bam, git a zing dem sheynem nigun,
- First line (Yiddish):
- חברה פֿרײלעך, ניט געשװיגן, יאַדי בידי באַם, גיט אַ זינג דעם...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Khasidic
- Length:
- 02:39
Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן
- Author:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Composer:
- Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
- Origin:
- Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
- Translation:
- Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
- Music:
- Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
- Additional song notes:
- The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit
Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon
See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
- Related information in folder 185:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 7/25/2003
- Comments:
- Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28434
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/
- Length:
- 02:52
Moyshele Mayn Fraynd — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Memory/Folk
- Subject:
- Childhood/Aging/Friends
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 122/Alb R-22(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb F-024(e)/Sheet Music Moskow 3
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 122/Alb D-004(d)/Alb R-022(a)/CD A-005(e)SM Moskow 3/e1435
- Translation:
- CD L-054(a)/Silverman SJP06/Alb R-022(a)/Alb M-041(a)/CD A-005(e)/SM Moskow 3
- Music:
- ML MTAG 122/Silverman SJP06//Sheet Music Moskow 3
- Additional song notes:
- Ephemera 1458 see 2013 for translat and translit Alb ID V02920(2) What's Not To Like 2013 and V029(7)a 2018 Ephemera 1458
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28435
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik. Du bist geven mayn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע ? כ'דערקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 04:05
Arbeter Froyen — אַרבעטער פֿרױען
- Also known as:
- Tsu Di Arbeter Froyen
- Author:
- Edelshtat, Dovid — עדעלשטאַט, דוד
- Genre:
- literary Origin/Revolutionary/
- Subject:
- Women/Labor/Freedom/Ideals
- Origin:
- Alb B-086(a)/Levin N 104/Alb Y-007(a)/ML PYS 68/Sh Sh 185
- Transliteration:
- CD L-051(a)/ML PYS 68/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)Levin N 104/CD L-054(a)
- Translation:
- CD L-051(a)/Alb Y-O07(a)/Alb B-086(a)/CD L-054(a)/Sh Sh 184
- Additional song notes:
- Working Women
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28425
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Arberter froyen, leydende froyen! froyen vos shmekhtn in hoyz un fabrik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַרבעטער פֿרױען, לײַדענדע פֿרױען! פֿרױען װאָס שמעכטן אין הױז און..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Militantly
- Length:
- 02:44
Gedenkt Ir Di East Side — געדענקט איר די אײסט סײד
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28426
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Es brent! Briderlekh, es brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl nebekh brent,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס ברענט! ברידערלעך עס ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Foreboding
- Length:
- 03:29
Dos Zangl — דאָס זאַנגל
- Author:
- Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
- Composer:
- Glick, Hirsh — גליק, הירש
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Love
- Subject:
- Love/Nature/Constancy
- Song comment:
- Written by Glik while in a Nazi labor camp.
- Origin:
- Alb B-013(a)/ML PYS 63/
- Transliteration:
- ML PYS 63/CD B-007(o)/Schrogin 131/CD L-054(a)
- Translation:
- CD L-054(a)/CD B-007(o)
- Music:
- ML PYS 63
- Additional song notes:
- The Stalk
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28427
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Blond bistu vi a zangl, sheyn vi der zun fargangl, fir mikh durkh barg un tol,
- First line (Yiddish):
- בלאָנד ביסטו װי אַ זאַנגל, שײן װי דער זון פֿאַרגאַנגל,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tenderly
- Length:
- 03:00
Mayn Oytser — מײַן אוצר
- Also known as:
- Der Oytser
- Author:
- Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
- Composer:
- Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/USSR
- Subject:
- Children/Family/Treasure/Idyllic Life
- Song comment:
- ML SOG credits Telesin as author. Album C-011(b) credits Bergholts
- Origin:
- ML SOG 124/Alb C-011(b)
- Transliteration:
- ML SOG 124/L-054(a)
- Translation:
- ML SOG 125/ L-054(a)
- Music:
- ML SOG 125
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28420
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Bay mir iz an oytser, faran nit keyn kleyner, haynt veystu ir bashteyt?
- First line (Yiddish):
- בײַ מיר איז אַן אוצר, פֿאַראַן ניט קײן קלײנער, הײַנט װײסטו...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 05:07
Harbstlid — האַרבסטליד
- Author:
- Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
- Composer:
- Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Aging/Nature/Seasons/Leaves/Autumn/Unknown/Fog
- Origin:
- Schae Got Mus 22
- Transliteration:
- Alb O-007(d)/Alb C-035(e)/Schae Got Mus 22/Alb L-054(a)/Alb S-011(a)
- Translation:
- Schae Got Mus 59/Alb A-036(a)/Alb O-007(d)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb C-044(a)/S-111(a)
- Music:
- Schae Got Mus 23/Ephemera 1520 p 30
- Additional song notes:
- Autumn Song
See Ephemera 1520, p 30 for translat and translit
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28421
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Ze, s'iz harbst, un vos gegrint fargelt, farvyanet. Ze, s'iz harbst un vos..
- First line (Yiddish):
- זע, ס'איז האַרבסט און װאָס געגרינט פֿאַרגעלט, פֿאַרװיאַנט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 03:40
Vos Iz Vikhtik — װאָס איז וויכטיק
- Also known as:
- Vikhtik
- Author:
- Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים
- Composer:
- Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים
- Genre:
- Khasidic (Neo)/Instructional
- Subject:
- Faith/Priorities/Values
- Origin:
- Alb S-089(b)/Alb N-026(a)/Alb 054(A)
- Transliteration:
- Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)
- Translation:
- Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)
- Additional song notes:
- What Is Important
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28422
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Vikhtik iz a shabos koydesh, a guter vokh un a gutn khoydesh, vikhtig is a..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װיכטיק איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 02:46
In Der Finster (Landau) — אין דער פֿינסטער (לאַנדױ)
- Author:
- Landau, Zisha — לאַנדוי זישע
- Genre:
- Love/Literary Origin/Passion
- Subject:
- Love/Darkness/Passion/Tenderness/Flexibility
- Origin:
- Bugatch 119/Alb B-012(t)/ML SOG 56/Alb W-035(a)
- Transliteration:
- ML SOG 56/Alb B-012(t)/Alb N-020(a)/Bugatch 119/CD L-054(a)/Alb W-035(a)
- Translation:
- Alb N-020(a)/CD L-054(a)/Alb W-035(a)/C-035(e)
- Music:
- Bugatch 119/ML SOG 56
- Additional song notes:
- In The Darkness
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28423
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- In der finster-zenen dayne oygn shener, in der finster zenen dayne hentlekh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין דער פֿינסטער - זענען דײַנע אויגן שענער, אין דער פֿינסטער...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tenderly
- Length:
- 02:02
Zog Maran — זאָג מאַראַן
- Author:
- Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Persecution/
- Subject:
- Spanish Inquisition/Peysekh/Passover/Marranos
- Origin:
- ML YT 69/Alb C-015(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Kinderbuch 80/Alb L-038(a)
- Transliteration:
- Kinderbuch 80/Alb R-007(a)/Alb F-005(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb L-004(d)/CD L-054(a)
- Translation:
- Kinderbuch 80/Alb L-004(d)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb F-005(a)/Alb R-007(a)/CD L-054(a)
- Music:
- Bugatch 213/Kinderbuch 80/SM Moscow 44
- Additional song notes:
- Translit & Translat published in Alb L-038(a)
Tell Me, Maran
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28424
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- First line:
- Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? -- In tifer heyl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 02:29
Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך
- Also known as:
- Rabbi Eli, The King
- Also known as:
- The Merry Rebe Elie
- Author:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Composer:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360
- Music:
- ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
- Related information in folder 733:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28436
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn zeyer freylekh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Lively
- Length:
- 03:02
Kinder Yorn (Gebirtig) — קינדער יאָרן (געבירטיג)
- Also known as:
- Shnot Yaldut
- Author:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Composer:
- Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Nostalgia/Childhood/Aging/Memory/
- Origin:
- Gebir ML 9/ML MTAG 222/Alb A-001(h)/Belarsky 221/Alb B-007(a)/Gebir Lemm 44
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 222/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)/Alb T-031(b)
- Translation:
- Alb G-022(a)/GYF 55/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-054(a)/Alb A-005(e)Gebir SIMC 4
- Music:
- GYF 53/ML MTAG 221/Belarsky 47/ Gebir Lemm 44
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28437
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Kinder-yorn, zise kinder-yorn, Eybik blaybt ir vakh in mayn zikorn, ven ikh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- קינדער יאָרן, זיסע קינדער יאָרן, אײביק בלײבט איר וואַך אין מײַן זכּרון
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Longingly
- Length:
- 04:49
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:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28438
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Vos bistu, kotinke, broyges? Vos zhe hostu aropgelozt di noz? Oy, efsher...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װאַס ביסטו, קאָטינקע, ברוגז? װאָס זשע האָסטו אַרופּגעלאָזט די נאָז?
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Klezmer
- Length:
- 03:13
Margaritkelekh — מאַרגאַריטקעלעך
- Also known as:
- A Moment
- Also known as:
- Marganiot
- Also known as:
- Rakefet
- Author:
- Shneur, Zalman — שניאור, זלמן
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Love
- Subject:
- Seduction/Abandonment/Love/Forest/River/Dasies/Courting
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Alb L-001(a)/Alb A-002(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Alb F-24(e)
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Alb K-059(d)/Gold Zem 184/Alb K-068(d)/
- Translation:
- CD L-054(a)/Alb K-068(d)/Vinkov 1 66/Alb Z-018(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Sh Sh 234/
- Music:
- ML MTAG 41/Vinkov 1 66/Netzer 22/Belarsky 065/
- Additional song notes:
- Daisies
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Org, Translit & Translat on Alb B-211(a)
- Related information in folder 735:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28439
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- In veldl baym taykhl, dort zaynen gevaksn margaritkelekh elent un kleyn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין װעלדל בײַם טײַכל, דאָרט זײַנען געװאַקסן מאַרגאַריטקעלעך עלנט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tenderly
- Length:
- 05:01
Ekhos Fun Der Vayt (Funiculi) — עכאָס פֿון דער װײַט (פֿוניקולי)
- Also known as:
- Funiculi Funicula (Ekhos)
- Composer:
- Denza, Luigi
- Genre:
- Adaptaion/Parody
- Subject:
- Joy/Song/Music
- Transliteration:
- CD L-054(a)
- Translation:
- CD L-054(a)
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28440
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- First line:
- Es treft amol di velt iz lustik, freylekh--azoy bin ikh, azoy bin ikh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס טרעפֿט אַמאָל די װעלט איז פֿרײלעך--אַזױ בין איך, אַזױ בין איך,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Gaily
- Length:
- 02:24
Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם
- Also known as:
- Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd
- Also known as:
- Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Folk
- Subject:
- Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love
- Song comment:
- P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/
- Transliteration:
- GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)
- Translation:
- Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414
- Music:
- ML MTAG 164/
- Additional song notes:
- By The Wayside Stands A Tree
See also illustration in Manger Illust
See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552
Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania
- Related information in folder 111:
- Comments:
- 1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym."
See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik)
2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe".
4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.
- Related information in folder 996:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28441
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Afn veg shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn, ale feygl funem boym zaynen…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tenderly
- Length:
- 04:19
A Bekher Mit Vayn — אַ בעכער מיט װײַן
- Author:
- Botwinik, Leybl (Leon) באָטװיניק, לײבל (לעאָן)
- Composer:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Genre:
- Drinking
- Subject:
- Celebration/Troubles/Difficulties/Joy/Wine/Whiskey/Drink
- Song comment:
- Awarded first prize in 1987 competition by Charlotte Yiddish Institute
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-054(a)
- Translation:
- Alb L-054(a)
- Related information in folder 604:
- Comments:
- 1. Text and music of the song published in Yugntruf, April, 1988 with notation that the song won first prize in a Yiddish song competition sponsored by the Charlotte Yiddish Institute.
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28442
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- A bekher mit vayn, un mashke a sakh, un freylekh zol zayn, a lid un a lakh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ בעכער מיט װײַן, און מאַשקע אַ סאַך, און פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Gaily/Waltz
- Length:
- 02:23
Zog Nit Keyn Mol — זאָג ניט קײן מאָל
- Also known as:
- Shir Hapartizanim
- Also known as:
- Partisaner Lid
- Also known as:
- Partisan Song
- Also known as:
- Al Na Tomar
- Also known as:
- Never Say
- Author:
- Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
- Composer:
- Pokras, Dan — פּאָקראַס, דאַן
- Composer:
- Pokras, Dimitri — פּאָקראַס, דימעטרי
- Genre:
- World War II/Holocaust/Resistance
- Subject:
- Survival/Resistance/Hope
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/ Kaczer 3/ML WAH 94/Alb M-029(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Vinkov 4 65
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 94/Alb G-010(g)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb G-005(b)/Vinkov 4 65
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb G-006(b)/ML WAH 94/Alb S-083(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Vonkov IV 65
- Music:
- ML WAH 94/Alb Z-012(a)/Rubin Voi 85/Vinkov 4 65/Kaczer 361
- Additional song notes:
- Never Say
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28428
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano/Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- First line:
- Zog nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg, ven himlen blayene farshteln...
- First line (Yiddish):
- זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג, װען הימלען...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 02:45
A Nomen — אַ נאָמען
- Also known as:
- Mayn Eynikl (Telesin)
- Author:
- Telesin, Zhame — טעלעסין, ז.
- Composer:
- Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
- Genre:
- USSR/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Grandchild/Grandfather/Name/Peace/Sholom/Post World War II
- Origin:
- Alb C-011(b)
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 259/Irza 11
- Translation:
- Ephemera 259
- Music:
- St Petersburg, V 4 (See "Naye Yidishe Lider, P. 84)/Irza 11
- Additional song notes:
- This song is a varient of the folk song "Mayn Eynikl". See Irza 1 145. See Perl in Yiddish Forward of Nov 23, 2001 for comment dealing with variant.
- Related information in folder 296:
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Zalmen Telezine
- Comments:
- Yiddish text with transliteration and translation. Translation by Max Rosenfeld.
- On album:
- L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
- Track ID:
- 28429
- Vocal:
- Labovitz, Sherman
- Piano:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Arranger:
- Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
- First line:
- Gib mir op a mazl tov, ikh zog aykh on in freydn, kh'bin ersht geven a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- גיב מיר אַפּ אַ מזל טובֿ, איך זאָג אײַך אָן אין פֿרײדן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 02:23
Lebedik un Freylekh
- Composer:
- Sandler, Peretz — סאַנדלער, פּרץ
- Composer:
- Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- Song comment:
- Possibly traditional/ unknown, covered by Abe Schwartz's Orch.
- Additional song notes:
- Lively and Happy
- On album:
- K-029(a) (Klezmer Conservatory Band Yiddishe Renaissance`)
- Track ID:
- 36384
- Piano/Accordion:
- Shapiro, Barry
- Director/Piano/Alto Saxaphone:
- Netsky, Hankus
- Clarinet:
- Byron, Don
- Violin:
- Rabson, Miriam
- Violin:
- Buck, Greta, violin
- Violin:
- Weinberger, Marvin
- Piccolo/Flute:
- Rabinovitz, Abby, flute
- Cornet:
- Monson, Ingred, cornet
- Cornet/Mellophone:
- London, Frank
- Baritone Saxaphone:
- Goldberg, Meryl
- Trombones:
- Harris, David
- Bass:
- Guttman, James
- Drums:
- Berg, Charlie
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Pop/Instrumental/Klezmer