Name:
Liessin, Avrom
Name (Yiddish):
ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Born:
1872
Died:
1938
Note:
Born Abraham Walt, migrated to NY in 1896/ See Yiddish Forward May 16, 2003
Related information in folder 30:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
5/16/2003
Comments:
Avrom Leissin to his 56th Yohrtseit.
Document type:
Article
Publisher:
English Forward
Date:
7/11/2003
Comments:
Translation and transliterated text of "Di Lena" by Avrom Leissin.
Document type:
Article
Author:
Sol Liptzin
Publisher:
Jerusalem Post
Comments:
Article titled "Abramam Leissin Vision of Jewish Heroism".
Document type:
Article
Author:
Eliezer Whartman
Publisher:
Jewish Exponent
Date:
8/28/1970
Comments:
Reference to the folksong "Der Kremer" by Abraham Leissin as one remembered by Golda Meir.
Document type:
Music Sheet
Comments:
Music and transliterated text of "Fun Vorms", text by Avrom Leissin & music by Mikhl Gelbart.

Songs written or composed

Arbeter Ring Himen — אַרבעטער רינג הימען

Also known as:
Ale Far Eynem
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Hymn/Anthem
Subject:
Fraternal/Labor/Workmen's Circle
Origin:
Levin N 112/Gelb GB 54
Transliteration:
Levin N 113
Translation:
Levin N 113
Music:
Levin N 113/Gelb GB 54
Sheet music:
Folder:
566
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano/Chorus
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1929
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
306
First line:
Mir hoben di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendlige yoren gehit….
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די היימישע פֿלאַמען שוין צענדליקע יאָרן געהיט,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English, list of 33 "Other Choruses" on front cover. Price 25 cents.

Recordings

On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19370
Artist:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19334
Artist:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-006(a) (Bialystok in America)
Track ID:
1137
Vocal:
Cohen, Susan
Violin:
Peppler, Jane
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Viola Da Gamba:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Violin:
Xu, Wenjia
Commentator:
Zucker, Sheva — זוקער, שבֿע
Violin:
Lie, Jessica
Vocal:
Most, Bernie
Vocal:
Rocamora, Nancy
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen, shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבען די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Alle Var Einem"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-015(a) (The American Jewish Experience In Song)
Track ID:
1424
Artist:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-032(a) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Sings Songs of the Jewish Workers)
Track ID:
1426
Artist:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line:
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Track comment:
We tended the fires of the people for tens and tens of years
Language:
Yiddish/English

Der Kremer — דער קרעמער

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Jassinovsky, Khazn Pinkhos — יאַסינאָװסקי, פּינחס
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk
Subject:
Shopkeeper/Envy/Occupation/Customer/Pettiness
Origin:
ML SOG 74/Alb J-020(b)/Belarsky Fav 31/Sh Sh 167
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 6/Alb J-020(b)/ML SOG 74
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 6/Alb J-020(b)/ML SOG 75/ Sh Sh 166/Alb M-129(a)/Alb M-129(b)
Music:
Belarsky Fav 6/ML SOG 74
Additional song notes:
The Shopkeeper/ Song was a favorite of Golde Meir
Related information in folder 32:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Eliezer Whartman
Publisher:
Jewish Exponent
Date:
8/28/1970
Comments:
Reference to the folksong "Der Kremer" by Abraham Leissin as one remembered by Golda Meir. See "Lessin Avrom" , Folder 30
Sheet music:
Folder:
276
Series:
4
Arranger:
Belarsky, Sidor
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1947
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
62
First line:
Zitst zikh der kremer in kreml, dos hundertste kreml fun gas
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דער קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונגערסטע קרענער אין דאַס,
Notes:
Dark green lettering, English/Yiddish, large photo in center of Sidor Belarsky (As Sung By The Eminent Artist). Recorded on Besa Record BI-500 B. Price 40 cents.

Recordings

On album:
J-020(b) (Jacinta Autres Chansons Yiddish (Other Yiddish Songs))
Track ID:
19169
Artist:
Jacinta
Orchestrations:
Grynszpan, Laurent
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-003(x) (Sidor Belarsky 24 Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
21285
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Zitst zikh der kremer in kreml, dos hunderster kremer in gas
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דער קרעמער אין קרעמל, דאָס הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-001(k) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Songs — חוה אלברשטיין / מארגאריטקעלעך)
Track ID:
23337
Vocal:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Duplicate of A-01(e)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-093(b) (Leo Summergrad / Madeline Simon /Memories — זכרונות)
Track ID:
27770
Vocal:
Summergrad, Leo
Piano:
Simon, Madeline
First line:
Zitst zikh dos kremer in kreml, dos hunderster kremer fun gas, er zits un er..
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דאָסקרעמער אין קרעמל, דאָס הונדערסטער קרעמל פֿון גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk
Length:
002:33
On album:
S-008(c) (Lea Szlanger in Song — לאה שלאַנגער זינגעציק)
Track ID:
31008
Vocal:
Szlanger, Lea — שלאַנגער, לאה
First line:
der kremerl zitst in zayn kremerl, dos hunder'ter kreml in gas…
First line (Yiddish):
דער קרעמערל זיצט אין זײַן קרעמערל, דאָס הונדער'טער קרעמל אין גאַס…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
028d (Belarsky, Sidor/ Hof Un Gloyb/ Der Kremer)
Track ID:
29548
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33728
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:29
On album:
M-133(a) (Barbara Moskow / Disc 1)
Track ID:
39951
Vocal:
Moskow, Barbara — מאָסקאָ, באַרבאַראַ
Piano:
Cohen, Rose Jarvis
First line:
Zitst zikh dos kremer in kreml, dos hunderster kremer fun gas, er zits un er..
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דאָס קרעמער אין קרעמל, דאָס הונדערסטער קרעמל פֿון גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk
Length:
3:28
On album:
M-129(a) (Herschel Melamed/ 18 Songs: A Long Life in Yiddish in 3 Acts/ Acapella)
Track ID:
41963
First line:
Zitst zikh dos kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer fun gas, er zits un er..
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דאָס קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמל פֿון גאַס, ער זיצט און ער
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
A Cappella/Folk
Length:
2:30
On album:
M-129(b) (Herschel Melamed/ 18 Songs: A Long Life in Yiddish in 3 Acts/Ensemble Accompaniment)
Track ID:
41982
Mandolin/Guitar:
Fox-Rosen, Avi
Recorder/Flute:
Spiegelman, Alec
Vocal:
Melamud, Herschel — מעלאַמוד, הערשעל
First line:
Zitst zikh dos kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer fun gas, er zits un er..
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דאָס קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמל פֿון גאַס, ער זיצט און ער
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
A Cappella/Folk
Length:
3:24
On album:
C-028(a) (Clara Crasner and Others, Field Tape)
Track ID:
3197
Vocal:
Crasner, Clara — קראַסנער, קלאַראַ (חיה לאה)
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Field Recording/Recorded at home of Molly & Bob Freedman
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella
On album:
M-035(c) (Sima & Arnold Miller Heritage:The Art of the Yid. Song Vol 3)
Track ID:
3198
Vocal:
Miller, Sima
Piano:
Miller, Arnold
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, dos hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דאָס הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-018(a) (WDAS Tape (Recorded From Radio, 1969) Irving Leon)
Track ID:
3199
Vocal:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-005(a) (Raquel Zipris Recital En Hebreo E Isisch)
Track ID:
3200
Artist:
Zipris, Raquel
Artist:
Ribas, Mike, cond and arr
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-001(e) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Folk Songs / Margaritkelekh — חוה אַלבערשטײן מאַרגאַריטקעלעך)
Track ID:
3201
Vocal:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-003(e) (Sidor Belarsky Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
3202
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Zitst zikh dos kremer in kreml, dos hunderster kremer fun gas, er zits un er..
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דאָסקרעמער אין קרעמל, דאָס הונדערסטער קרעמל פֿון גאַס,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
J-018(a) (Leibele Jinich Canciones De Ayer, Hoy, Y Siempre)
Track ID:
3203
Artist:
Jinich, Leybele
Piano:
Castillo, Isauro
First line:
Zitst zikh der kremer in kreml, dos hunderster kremer fun...
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך דער קרעמער אין קרעמל, דאָס הונדערסטער קרעמער פֿון גאַס
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-017(a) (Herschel Fox Sings Yiddish Hebrew & Cantorial)
Track ID:
3204
Artist:
Fox, Cantor Herschel
Director/Arranger:
Finkel, Ian
Director/Arranger:
Finkel, Elliot
First line:
Zitst zikh a kremer in kreml, der hunderster kremer in gas,
First line (Yiddish):
זיצט זיך אַ קרעמער אין קרעמל, דער הונדערסטער קרעמער אין גאַס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Di Lena — די לענאַ

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
River/Prisoner/Exile
Origin:
Belarsky 090
Transliteration:
Belarsky 229
Music:
Belarsky 229
Related information in folder 31:
Document type:
Article
Publisher:
English Forward
Date:
7/11/2003
Comments:
Translation and transliterated text of "Di Lena" by Avrom Leissin. See "Leissin, Avrom", Folder 30

Recording

On album:
B-003(l) (Sidor Belarsky Encore!)
Track ID:
3636
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano/Arranger:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
First line:
In land vu es kayklt zikh di lena, in mekhtikn vaser dem...
First line (Yiddish):
אין לאַנד װוּ עס קײַקלט זיך די לענאַ, אין מעכטיקן װאַסער דעם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Di Shop Meydl (Liessin) — די שאָפּ מײדל

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Jassinovsky, Khazn Pinkhos — יאַסינאָװסקי, פּינחס
Genre:
Lament/Labor
Subject:
Poverty
Additional song notes:
The Shop Girl (Liessin)

Recording

On album:
G-050(a) (Art Songs of the Cantor Composer Louis Garb, tenor)
Track ID:
20446
Vocal:
Garb, Louis
Piano:
Goldstein, Raymond
First line:
Akh, kalt un blas un vist, mayn yugent geyt avek,
First line (Yiddish):
אַך, קאַלט און בלאַס און װיסט, מײַן יוגנט גײַט אַװעק,
Language:
Yiddish

Dos Bahelferl — דאָס באַהעלפֿערל

Also known as:
Geyt Zikh A Bahelferl
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
Genre:
Literary Origin/Khasidic
Subject:
Bal Shem Tov/Bahelfer/Occupation/Nature/Praise
Song comment:
Bahelfer- one who takes small chidren to Kheyder
Origin:
Alb Y-008(a)/Alb T-027(b)/
Transliteration:
Alb Y-008(a)/Alb T-027(b)C-035(e)
Translation:
Alb T-027(b)/Alb Y-008(a)/C-035(e)
Music:
Alb Y-008(a)

Recordings

On album:
T-027(b) (Di Grine Katshke The Green Duck — די גרינע קאַטשקע)
Track ID:
26243
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Geyt zikh a bahelferl un geyt, zingt far zikh a nigun shtilerheyt,...
First line (Yiddish):
גײט זיך אַ באַהעלפֿערל און גײט, זינגט פֿאַר זיך אַ ניגון שטילערהײד
Track comment:
Recorded under "Geyt Zikh A Bahelferl"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-035(e) (Adrienne Cooper / Enchanted/ A New Generation of Yiddishsong)
Track ID:
36194
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Vocals:
Gordon, Sarah Mina
Music Director/Clarinet/Keyboard/Arranger:
Winograd, Michael — ווינאָגראַד, מ.
Piano:
Lerner, Marilyn
Trumpet:
London, Frank
Drums/Percussion:
Wollensen, Kenny, Drums
Guitars/Back Up Vocal:
Rosen, Avi Fox
Marimba/Glokenspiel/Percussion:
Singer, Jon
Trombone:
Blacksberg, Dan
Saxaphone:
Cancura, Petr
Banjo:
Seabrook, Brandon
Trumpet:
Holmes, Ben
Back Up Vocals:
Gottlieb, Ayelet Rose
First line:
Geyt zikh a bahelferl un geyt, zingt far zikh a nign shtilerheyt,...
First line (Yiddish):
גײט זיך אַ באַהעלפֿערל און גײט, זינגט פֿאַר זיך אַ ניגון שטילערהײד
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:06
On album:
V-008(a) (Vaserl a collection of new Yiddish songs by young people — װאַסערל אַ זאַמלונג נײַע לידער פֿון יוגנטלעכע)
Track ID:
4008
Vocal:
Wainhaus, Alvin (Avreml) װײַנהאַוס, אַבֿרהמל
Arranger:
Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
First line:
Geyt zikh a bahelferl un geyt, zingt far zikh a nigun...
First line (Yiddish):
גײט זיך אַ באַהעלפֿערל און גײט, זינגט פֿאַר זיך אַ ניגונדל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Text, translat and translit with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish

Falende Bleter — פֿאַלענדע בלעטער

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Seasons/Autumn/Leaves/Melancholy/Spring/Life/
Origin:
Alb B-003
Sheet music:
Folder:
259
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
English/Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1923
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
52
First line:
Vos hudzen di gele, di falende bleter, ven s'shpilt zikh...
First line (Yiddish):
וואָס הודזען די געלע, די פֿאַלענדע בלעטער, ווען ס'שפֿילט זיך...
Notes:
Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Price 40 cents. Six verses in Yiddish on back cover.

Recording

On album:
B-003(c) (A Concert of Jewish Music by Sidor Belarsky)
Track ID:
5072
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Frayhayt Statue — פֿרײַהײַט סטאַטוע

Also known as:
O Kumt Ir Farvogolte
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Refuge/Immigration/Statue/Liberty/Freedom
Origin:
Levin N 61
Transliteration:
Levin N 61
Translation:
Levin N 61
Music:
Levin N 61

Recordings

On album:
B-003(o) (Sidor Belarsky Sings...the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי - לידער לכּבֿוד 70 יאָר פֿאָרטעטס)
Track ID:
11300
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Fun der finster mitl alter nakht, fun a velt in...
First line (Yiddish):
פֿון דער פֿינסטער מיטל עלטער נאַכט, פֿון אַ װעלט אין...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Album credits poem to "M. Rosenfeld" -N. Levin to "Leissen"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19321
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
O kumt ir farvogelte, o kumt ir gedrikte, fun veltn gepakte,
First line (Yiddish):
אָ קומט איר פֿאַרװאָגעלטע, אָ קומט איר געדריקטע, פֿון װעלטן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19359
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
O kumt ir farvogelte, o kumt ir gedrikte, fun veltn gepakte,
First line (Yiddish):
אָ קומט איר פֿאַרװאָגעלטע, אָ קומט איר געדריקטע, פֿון װעלטן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
G-013(d)2 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 03 and 04)
Track ID:
5365
Vocal:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Piano:
Gunther, William
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
Glien, fun vaytn di ..., shvimt aroys di naye velt,
First line (Yiddish):
גליִן, פֿון װײַטן די... שװימט אַרױס די נײַע װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 3, Song of the Golden Land, Journey and Arrival
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Fragment

Hirsh Lekert — הירש לעקערט

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Folk/Revolutionary/Historical
Subject:
Assination/Vilna/Governor/Hanging/Revolutionary/Martyr
Song comment:
Based on actual incident May 5, 1902
Origin:
Vinkov 4 20/Sh Sh 165
Transliteration:
Vinkov 4 21/Z-014(l)/Alb O-016(b)
Translation:
Vinkov 4 22/Sh Sh 164/Z-014(l)/Alb O-016(b)
Music:
Vinkov 4 20

Recordings

On album:
Y-007(a) (Yiddish Songs of Work and Struggle — ייִדישע לידער פֿון אַרבעט און קאַמף)
Track ID:
6617
Vocal:
Yiddish Youth Ensemble — ייַדישער יונגט אַנסאַמבל
Piano/Conductor:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Vi hirshke iz fun shtub aroysgegangen, gezogt hot er:
First line:
װי הירשקע איז פֿון שטוב אַרױסגעגאַנגען, געזאָגט האָט ער:
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
O-016(b) (Mariejan van Oort: Voice/ Jacques Verheijen: piano, tsimbl, guitar/ Brickele)
Track ID:
41782
Vocal:
van Oort, Mariejan
Piano/Arranger:
Verheijen, Jacques
First line:
Azoy vi Hirshke iz fun shtub aroysgegangen, gezogt hot er "a gute nakht",…
First line (Yiddish):
אַזוי ווי הירשקע איז פֿון שטוב אַרויסגעגאַנגען,געזאָגט האָט ער ,,אַ גוטע נאַכט
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
423
On album:
Z-014(l) (Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi Presents: City of the Future, Yiddish Songs From the Former Soviet Union)
Track ID:
41697
Vocal:
Russell, Anthony
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Vocal:
Schwartz, Elizabeth
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Acordion:
Stan, Peter
Contrabass:
Pekarek, Jeff
Flute/Piccolo:
Stachel, Norbert
Percussion:
Moore, Duncan
English Adaptation:
Hartman, Hirsh (Hershl)
First line:
Azoy vi Hirshke iz fun shtub aroysgegangen, gezogt hot er "a gute nakht",…
First line (Yiddish):
אַזוי ווי הירשקע איז פֿון שטוב אַרויסגעגאַנגען,געזאָגט האָט ער ,,אַ גוטע נאַכט
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Klip Klop In Di Goldene Tir — קליפּ קלאָפּ אין די גאָלדענע טיר

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk/Courting
Subject:
Refusal/Seduction/Grass/Bed/Sleep
Origin:
Brounoff.10
Music:
Brounoff.10
Additional song notes:
See also "Klip Klop" - Ber Fef 127
Sheet music:
Folder:
774
Series:
4
Arranger:
Brounoff, Platon
Arranged for:
Middle Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Charles K. Harris
Publisher address:
Broadway and 47th Street, New York City
Date:
1911
Provenance:
Gift of Robert W. and Karen Freedman, Nov 2004
First line:
Klip klop, efn mir, shlofstu, to zog zshe mir…
First line (Yiddish):
קליפּ קלאַפּ, עפֿן מיר, שלאָפֿסטו, טאָ זאָג זשע מיר,
Notes:
From 'Jewish Folk Songs' compiled by Platon Brounoff
Folder:
908
Series:
4
Arranger:
Engel, Yoel (perhaps composer)
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Hebrew/German/Hebrew Transliteration
Publisher:
"Juwal" Berlin
Date:
1923
Provenance:
Gift of Ted Warmbrand, April 2008
First line:
Klip Klap pithchi li, ere at- hagidi li, ere ani amnom kakh,
First line (Yiddish):
קליפּ־קלאַפּ, פּתחי לי ! ערה את־הגידי לי !-- ערה אני אמנם כּף,
Notes:
Hebrew by Shaul Tshenkhovsky/ Publisher "Juwal" Verlagsgesellshaft fur judishe Music m.b. Berlin

Recording

On album:
W-003(a) (Israel Welichansky presents Potraits of Jewish Life — בילדער פֿון ייִדיש לעבן)
Track ID:
8530
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Vocal:
Welichansky, Israel
Conductor:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
First line:
Oy klip klap, in golden tir, mayn tayer zis lebn, efn mir,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ קליפּ קלאָפּ, אין גאָלדען טיר, מײַן טײַער זיס לעבן, עפֿן מיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See Ber Fef 127 for "Klip Klop"
Language:
Yiddish

Martirer Blut — מאַרטירער בלוט

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Schaefer, Yakov — שעפֿער, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Revolutionary
Subject:
Evil/World/Falsie/Enslaved/Youth Denied/Joy Disturbed/Tear
Origin:
Alb L-015(a)
Transliteration:
Alb L-015(a)
Additional song notes:
Martyr's Blood

Recording

On album:
L-015(a) (Let's Sing Jewish Folk Choruses — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען)
Track ID:
9812
Artist:
Chicago Jewish Folk Chorus
Artist:
Shwartzstein, Julius, conductor
First line:
Un ven er hot di velt baklart, vi falsh zi iz un shlekht,
First line (Yiddish):
און װען ער האָט די װעלט באַקלערטת װי פֿאַלש זי איז און שלעכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral

Simkhas Toyre (Liessin) — שׂימחת תּורה (ליעסין)

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Holiday/Festival/Simphas Toyre/Soldier/Conscript/Veteran

Recording

On album:
N-001(a) (Noah Nachbush Gems of Yiddish — נח נאַכבוש)
Track ID:
14447
Artist:
Nachbush, Noah — נאַכבוש, נח
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word/Monologue

Di Fargangene Yugnt — די פֿאַרגאַנגענער יוגנט

Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Jassinovsky, Khazn Pinkhos — יאַסינאָװסקי, פּינחס
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Youth/Aging/Sorrow/Death
Sheet music:
Folder:
652
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Renanah
Publisher address:
131 W. 86th St., New York, NY
Date:
1927
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
412
First line:
Akh, kalt un blas un vist, mayn yugent geyt avek…
First line (Yiddish):
אַך, קאַלט און בלאַס און וויסט, מײַן יוגנט גייט אַוועק
Notes:
Green lettering, English/Yiddish. English tgitle given as "The Passing of My Youth". The name "Pinchos Jassinowsky" in large oval frame on front cover. Price 40 cents. Six verses, Yiddish and English, on back cover.