Levy, Mark

Joe Hill's Ashes

On album:

H-026(a) (Don't Mourn - Organize! Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill)

Track ID:

7659

Author/Composer/Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Let's sing of Joseph Hillstrom, better known as old Joe Hill

Language:

English

Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl — בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27497

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Bin ikh mir a shnayderl, (2x) Leb ikh mir tog oys, tog ayn,

First line (Yiddish):

בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל, (2) לעב איך מיר טאָג אױס, טאָג אײַן,

Language:

Yiddish

Hob Ikh Mir A Shpan — האָב איך מיר אַ שפּאַן

Genre:

Folk/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Coachman/Poverty/Merchant/Teacher/Wife/Curses

Origin:

Alb R-007(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(a)/Ephemera 1458

Translation:

Alb R-007(a)/Ephemera 1458

Additional song notes:

I Have A Coach Traveling motif with "Zol Ikh Zayn A Rov" and "Vyo Vyo Ferdelekh" Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27498

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Hob ikh mir a shpan, gedekt mit shvartsn leder,

First line:

האָב איך מיר אַ שפּאַן, געדעקט מיט שװאַרצן לעדער,

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Hob Ikh Mir A Shpan"

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-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27499

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Nit zukh mikh, vu di mirtn grinen! Gefinst mikh dortn nit,

First line (Yiddish):

ניט זוך מיך, װוּ די מירטן גרינען! געפֿינסט מיך דאָרטן ניט,

Language:

Yiddish

Yosl Klezmer (Feingold) — יאָסל קלעזמער (פֿייִנגאָלד)

Author:

Gross, Naftali — גראָס, נפתלי

Composer:

Feingold, Lipa. — פֿײַנגאָלד, ליפּאַ

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Klezmer/Musician/Afterlife/Occupation

Origin:

WLZ 14SGS/Alb N-026(a)

Transliteration:

WLZ 14SGS 42/Alb B-007(c)/Alb L-049(a)/O-016(a)

Translation:

WLZ 14SGS/Alb B-007(c)/Alb N-026(a)/O-016(a)

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27501

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Az yosl klezmer shpilt af a simkhe, tantst di khevre vi a...

First line (Yiddish):

אַז יאָסל קלעזמער שפּילט אַף אַ שׂמחה, טאַנצט די חבֿרה װי אַ כװאַליע..

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

In Der Kuznie — אין דער קוזניע

Author:

Aykhl, Shmuel — אײַכל, שמואל

Composer:

Aykhl, Shmuel — אײַכל, שמואל

Genre:

Maskilic

Subject:

Occupation/Labor/Blacksmith/Freedom/Forge/Hammer/

Origin:

Vinkov 4 04/ML MTAG 82/Lomir Ale JMA 29/Schaef IH 81

Transliteration:

Silverman YSB 66/Vinkov 4 04/Alb L-049(a)/ML MTAG 82/Lomir Ale JMA 29

Translation:

Vinkov 4 04/Alb L-049(a)/Silver 66

Music:

Schaef IH 82/ML MTAG 83/Vinkov 4 04/Silver 66/Lomir Ale JMA

Additional song notes:

See"Yankl Der Shmid" - similar song

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27502

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

In der kuznie baym dem fayer, shteyt a shmider un er shmidt,

First line:

אין דער קוזניע בײַ דעם פֿײַער, שטײט אַ שמידער און ער שמידט,

Mit A Nodl — מיט אַ נאַדל

Genre:

Folk/Occupation

Subject:

Tailor/Needle/Pride/Clothes

Origin:

Ber Fef 18/Ephemera 1104/Epelboym70

Transliteration:

Alb R-001(b)/Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Schack 43/Alb L-049(a)/Epelboym 70

Translation:

Alb L-049(a)/Alb R-001(b)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)2/Rubin 81/Alb S-006(a)

Music:

Kotylan 145/Rub Treas 80/Ber Fef 18/Epelboym 70

Additional song notes:

See Koytlan for a variant version of the song.Relationship with "My Favorite Things" referred to in Gottlieb p. 46

Related information in folder 1104:

Comments:

1. Original Yiddish Text and melody from Ber Fef p. 18

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27503

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Mit a nodl, on a nodl, ney ikh mir b'koved godl,

First line (Yiddish):

מיט אַ נאָדל, און אַ נאָדל, נײ איך מיר בּכּבֿוֹד גדוֹל,

Track comment:

with Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder

Language:

Yiddish

Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder — אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Occupation/Tailor/Poverty

Origin:

Rubin Oak 90/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)

Transliteration:

Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-002(c))Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)

Translation:

Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)Alb R-007(f)2/Alb L-049(a)/Alb B-004(c)/

Music:

Rubin Oak 50

Additional song notes:

See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and That's The Way A Tailor Sews (The Tailor Song)./ Recorded under title "Shnayder" by the Budapester Klezmer Band [Alb B-065(c)].

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27504

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!

First line:

אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!

Track comment:

with Mit A Nodl

Eyder Ikh Leyg Mikh Shlofn — אײדער איך לײג מיך שלאָפֿן

Genre:

Labor/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Seamstress/Working Conditions

Transliteration:

Ephemera 635/Kinderland 19

Music:

Ephemera 635

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27505

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Eyder ikh leyg mikh shlofn, darf ikh shoyn oyfshteyn,

First line:

אײַדער איך לײג מיך שלאָפֿן, דאַרף איך שױן אױפֿשטײן,

S'falt a Shney — ס'פֿאַלט אַ שנײ

Genre:

Lament/Occupation/Labor

Subject:

Seamstress/Labor/Youth

Origin:

ML SOG 64/Gelb GB 31

Transliteration:

ML SOG 64/Alb P-003(c)/Alb L-049(a)

Translation:

Alb L-049(a)/Alb P-003(c)

Music:

Gelb GB 31

Additional song notes:

See comments and background in ML SOG 64.

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27506

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

S'falt a shney, tog un nakht, tog un nakht, nor ikh ney...

First line (Yiddish):

ס'פֿאַלט אַ שנײ, טאָג און נאַכט, טאָג און נאַכט, נאָר איך נײ, נאָר...

Language:

Yiddish

Der Furman — דער פֿורמאַן

Also known as:

Vyo Vyo Ferdelekh

Also known as:

For Ikh Mir Aroys

Also known as:

Der Bal Agole

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Occupation/Wagon Driver/Coachman/Teamster/Bal Agole

Origin:

Belarsky 217/Alb A-003(c)/

Transliteration:

Belarsky 217/CD A-005(e)/Alb P-005(a)/Alb A-003(c)/CD D-004(l)

Translation:

CD A-005(e)/Alb P-005(a)/Alb A-003(c)/CD D-004(l)

Music:

Belarsky 31

Additional song notes:

The Coachman

Related information in folder 688:

Comments:

1. Article in Yiddish Forward, Dec. 16, 1988 by Chane Mlotek, under title "Tsvay Bal-Agole Lider", publishing the text of Der Furman and Vyo vyo Ferdelakh.

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27507

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Bin ikh mir a furman, un hob mikh a por ferdelekh,

First line (Yiddish):

בין איך מיר אַ פֿורמאַן, און האָב מיך אַ פּאָר פֿערדעליך,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Folk

O'Brian — אָ'ברײַען

Also known as:

Say O'brian

Author:

Ney, Philip — נײ, פֿיליפּ

Genre:

Humerous/Literary Origin/Humorous

Subject:

Poverty/Charity/Hunger/Marriage/Wine

Origin:

Shteyn 277/Alb R-007(g)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(f)5/Alb Roo7(g)Alb L-049(a)

Translation:

Alb R007(g)Alb L-049(a)

Music:

Shteyn 277

Additional song notes:

Melody - "For God is a jolly good fellow"

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27508

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Say, O'brien, kenst mir a gmiles khesed layen, just now.

First line:

סײ, אָ'ברײַען, קענסט מיר אַ גמילת חסד לײַען, דזשאָסט נאָאו,

Track comment:

Recorded under "Say O'brian"

Language:

Yiddish/Hebrew/English

Style:

Folk

Mayn Tsavoe — מײַן צװאה

Also known as:

O Gute Fraynd

Author:

Edelshtat, Dovid — עדעלשטאַט, דוד

Composer:

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Genre:

Literary Origin/Revolutionary/Labor

Subject:

Testament/Red Flag/Freedom/Militance

Origin:

Vinkov 4 29/Sh Sh 137

Transliteration:

Vinkov 4 29/Alb 126(a)/Ephemera 1435//Ephemera V0290(2) 2013

Translation:

Vinkov 4 29Sh Sh 136/Alb 126(a)/Ephemera 1435//Ephemera V0290(2) 2013

Music:

Vinkov 4 29

Additional song notes:

Ephemera 1458 See 2013 for translat and translit Album ID Vo290(20 What's Not To Like - 2013 /My Testament

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27509

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

O, gute fraynt! ven ikh vel shtarbn, trogt tsu mayn keyver..

First line:

אָ, גוטע פֿרײַנט! װען איך װעל שטאַרבן, טראָגט צו מײַן קבֿר אונדזער..

Track comment:

Recorded under "O Gute Frynt"

Dos Lid Fun Broyt (Warshavsky) — דאָס ליד פֿון ברױט (וואַרשאַווסקי)

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Composer:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Genre:

Folk/Pioneer/Zionist/Hymn

Subject:

Independance/Sustenance/Farming/Sheaves/Harvest

Origin:

ML MTAG 102/Alb G-022(a)/

Transliteration:

Alb L-049(a)/ML MTAG 102/Alb G-022(a)/Ephemera 1458 -2015

Translation:

Alb G-022(a)/Alb L-049(a)Ephemera 1458 -2015

Music:

ML MTAG 102

Additional song notes:

Melody from Russian song entitled "Volga, Volga" Ephemera 1458: See 2015 program for translat and translit

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27510

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Groyser got, mir zingen lider, undzer hilf bistu aleyn,

First line (Yiddish):

גרױסער גאָט, מיר זינגען לידער, אונדזער הילף ביסטו אלײן,

Track comment:

Melody from Russian song entitled "Volga, Volga"

Language:

Yiddish

Di Freylekhe Shnaydern — די פֿרײלעכע שנײַדערן

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27623

Author:

Kerler, Yosef — קערלער, יוסף

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Oy, hob ikh haynt, khevreleyt, a nigundel gehert,

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, האָב איך הײַנט, חבֿרהלײט, אַ ניגונדל געהערט,

Track comment:

Recorded under Di Freylekhe Shnaydern

Language:

Yiddish

Tsum Hemerl — צום העמערל

Also known as:

O Hemerl Klap

Author:

Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )

Genre:

Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Occupation/Shoemaker/Poverty/Class/Hammer/Nails

Origin:

ML MTAG 78/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 107

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 78/Alb G-017(a)/Alb L-049(a)

Translation:

Alb G-017(a)/Alb L-049(a)/Sh Sh 106

Music:

ML MTAG 79

Additional song notes:

To The Little Hammer

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27624

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...

First line (Yiddish):

אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,

Language:

Yiddish

Vigndik A Fremd Kind — װיגנדיק אַ פֿרעמד קינד

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27625

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Zolst azoy lebn un zayn gezunt, ikh vel hir zitsn un vign...

First line:

זאָלסט אַזױ לעבן און זײַן געזונט, איך װעל היר זיצן און װיגן...

Track comment:

Ruth Rubin called this "Song of the Baby Sitter"

A Nign — אַ ניגון

Also known as:

A Yid A Kaptsn (Leybush...Nign)

Also known as:

Leybush Lehrers Nign

Author:

Lehrer, Leybush — לערער, לײבוש

Composer:

Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר

Genre:

Literary Origin/Khasidic

Subject:

Poor Man/Kaptsn/Melody/Nigun/Contention/God

Origin:

Alb L-001(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)/SM Moskow 56

Transliteration:

Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-004(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)//SM Moskow 56

Translation:

ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)/Alb D-002(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)

Music:

ML PYS 113//SM Moskow 56

Additional song notes:

Known in Camp Boiberik as "Leybush Lehrer's Nigun" See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. L. Magister is pseudonym for Leybush Lehrer

Related information in folder 740:

Comments:

1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27626

Artist:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Iz a kaptsn a mol gevezn, flegt er nor mit Got zikh krign,

First line:

איז אַ קבצן אַ מאָל געװעזן, פֿלעגט ער נאָר מיט גאָט זיך קריגן,

Track comment:

Leybush Lehrer (1887-1965)

Beker Lid — בעקער ליד

Also known as:

In Droysn Geyt A Drobinker Regn

Genre:

Folk/Lament/Social Consiousness/Labor

Subject:

Baker/Child Labor/Bakery/Richess/Employer/Injustice/

Origin:

Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(b)

Transliteration:

Alb R-007(c)/Alb R007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb L-049(a)/Rubin Treas 88/

Translation:

Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb L-049(b)/Ephemera 1458

Music:

Rubin Treas 88

Additional song notes:

Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit

On album:

L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)

Track ID:

27627

Vocal:

Levy, Mark

First line:

Indroysn geyt a drobinker regn, ay di volkenes, zey hoben...

First line (Yiddish):

אינדרױסן גײט אַ דראָבינקער רעגן, אײַ די װאָלקנעס, זײ האָבן זיך...

Track comment:

Recorded under "Der Beker Yingl"

Language:

Yiddish