Name:
Meter, Grietje

Tracks with this artist

La Serena (The Mermaid)

Genre:
Traditional/Love
Subject:
Sea/Milk/Merchant/Mermaid/SailorsSorrows
Transliteration:
Ephemera 918
Translation:
L-094(c)/Ephemera 918
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
8808
Vocal:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Si la mar era de leche, los barquitos de cannella.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"If the sea were full of milk, the boats of cinanamon,"
Language:
Ladino

Arvoles Iloran Por Lluvias

Also known as:
Arvoles Iloran
Additional song notes:
See "Arvoles Iloran"
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
1500
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Arvoles iloran por lluvias y montana por aires,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"Trees are crying for rain and mountains for winds"
Language:
Ladino

Avre Tu Puerta Serada

Also known as:
Avre Tu Puerta Cerrada
Composer:
Traditional
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
1665
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Avre tu puerta cerrada, qu'en tu balcon luz no hay.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"Open up the closed door, for I see no light on your..."
Language:
Ladino

Bulbes — בולבעס

Also known as:
Naye Bulbes
Also known as:
Potatoes
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Potatoes/Food/Poverty/Humorous
Origin:
ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 74/Alb B-036(a)/Alb O-009(a)/
Translation:
Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb S-006(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb O-009(a)
Music:
ML MTAG 75/
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
2649
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Suntik, bulbes, montik, bulbes, dinstog un mitvokh bulbes,
First line (Yiddish):
זונטיק, בולבעס, מאָנטיק, בולבעס, דינסטאָג און מיטױאָך, בולבעס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German transliteration and English translation with album
Language:
Yiddish

Quando El Rey Nimrod

Also known as:
Avram Ovinu
Genre:
Sephardic/Ladino
Subject:
Abraham/King Nimrod/Blessing/
Origin:
Alb T-026(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Ephemera 1130
Transliteration:
Alb C-017(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb C-025(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Ephemera 1130
Related information in folder 1130:
Comments:
1. Original Text and translation from the internet
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
2851
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline, arr for harps.
First line:
Cuando el rey Nimrod Al campo salia, mirava en el cielo...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
When king Nimrod was riding across the fields, he looked...
Language:
Ladino

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:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
3308
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..
First line (Yiddish):
Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".
Language:
Yiddish

Es Brent — עס ברענט

Also known as:
Undzer Shtetl Brent
Also known as:
Haayara Boeret
Also known as:
Our Little Village Is Aflame
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Holocaust/
Subject:
Catastrophe/Destruction/Pogrom/Resistance/Alarm/Warning
Origin:
Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 330/ML WAH 12/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-24(e)/
Transliteration:
CD L-054(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb Z-010(g)/Mlot-Gott 12/Alb M-029(a)/Vinkov 4 62
Translation:
Ephemera 1204/Alb M-029(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb R-033(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb D-004(g)
Music:
Kaczer 424/ML WAH 12/Vinkov 4 62
Additional song notes:
It's Burning Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk. Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
4771
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
S'brent! Briderlekh, s'brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'ברענט! ברידערלעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.
Language:
Yiddish

Los Bilbilicos

Also known as:
The Night Birds
Also known as:
Amorosa (Cardoso)
Also known as:
Los Bilbilicos
Composer:
Cardoso, Jorge
Genre:
Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk
Subject:
Birdsong/Nightingales/Blessing
Origin:
Alb L-024(b)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Alb R-001(b)
Translation:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Alb L-024(b)/Alb R-001(b)
Music:
Alb R-001(b)
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
9406
Vocal:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Los bibilicos cantan, con sospiros de amor, mi neshama,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
The nightingales are singing with sighs of love,
Language:
Ladino

Oy Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl — אױ דאָרטן דאָרטן איבערן װאַסערל

Also known as:
Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Separation/Distance
Origin:
Rubin Oak 90/ML MTAG 26/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Z-12(a)/Alb B-036(a)/
Transliteration:
Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(f)3/ML MTAG 27/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/
Translation:
Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Alb B-036(a)
Music:
Rub Oak 54/ML MTAG 27/Alb Z-012(a)
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
11707
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl, Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן װאַסערל, אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German translit and English translat with album
Language:
Yiddish

Noches Noches Buenas Noches

Genre:
Love/Sephardic
Subject:
Passion/Night/Murder/Restlessness
Origin:
Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb S-063(a)/Alb G-034(a)
Translation:
Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb S-063(a)/Alb G-034(a)
Additional song notes:
Nights Are For Falling In Love. Part of the romance "Melisenda Insomne"
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
11201
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Noches, noches, buenas noches, Noches son de enamorar,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"Nights, nights, good nights are for making love"
Language:
Ladino

Raisins and Almonds

Also known as:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
12923
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..
First line (Yiddish):
אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German translit and English translat with album
Language:
Yiddish

Reyzele — רײזעלע (ווידי

Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Love/Courtship/Folk
Subject:
Love/Courtship
Origin:
ML MTAG 48/Alb L-023(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-007(b)Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 48/Alb L-023(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 15
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Belarsky Fav 15
Music:
ML MTAG 50/Gold Zem 186/Belarsky Fav 15
Additional song notes:
See Heskes 1, entries 2165, 2931, 3281 respecting sheet music. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 731:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
12753
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Shteyt zikh dort in gesele, shtil fartrakht a hayzele,
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט זיך דאָרט אין געסעלע, שטיל פֿאַרטראַכט אַ הײַזעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German translit and English translat with album
Language:
Yiddish

Shtil Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshterent — שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט

Also known as:
The Night Is Still
Also known as:
Mizmor Shir Lepartizanit
Also known as:
The Jewish Partisan Girl
Author:
Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
Genre:
Holocaust/Resistance/Love/Historical
Subject:
Resistance/Partisan/Combat/Love/Night/Stars/Frost/Pistol
Origin:
Kaczer 348/Alb V-001(a)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 142/Ephemera 1203
Transliteration:
ML WAH 86/Alb A-036(a)/Alb B-007(o)/Alb W-001(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428
Translation:
Kalisch 70/Alb F-035(a)/Alb V-001(d)/B-007(o)/Vinkov 4 142/Schwatz 4/Ephemera
Music:
Rub Treas 181/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428/Schwartz 5
Additional song notes:
Quiet, The Night Is Starry Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
14276
Vocal:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. Un der frost hot shtark...
First line (Yiddish):
שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט, און דער פֿראָסט האָט שטשרק...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German translit and English translat with album
Language:
Yiddish

Tu Madre Cuando Te Pario (Ladino)

On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
15754
Artist:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Tu madre cuando te pario y te quito al mundo,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"When your mother gave birth to you and you went from..."
Language:
Ladino

Yankele — יאַנקעלע

Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Yankele
Also known as:
Shlof Shoyn Mayn Yankele
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Folk/Lullabye
Subject:
Child/Sleep/Teeth/Crying/Student/Wet/Khosn
Origin:
ML MTAG 08/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 60/Alb L-022(a)/Alb F-024(e)/
Transliteration:
GYF 63/ML MTAG 08/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb R-001(a)/Alb P-001(a)/Alb L-022(a)
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 63/Alb O-001(c)/Alb P-001(a
Music:
ML MTAG 09/GYF 61/
Additional song notes:
See also Ephemera 918 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration
Related information in folder 745:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
17136
Vocal:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Shlof zhe mir shoyn, Yankele, mayn sheyner, Di eygelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
שלאָף זשע מיר שױן, יאַנקעלע, מײַן שײנער, די אײגעלעך, די...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German translit and English translat with album
Language:
Yiddish

Yo M'enamori D'un Aire

Genre:
Love/Sephardic
Subject:
Love/Bearing/Appearance/Charm/Beauty
Song comment:
I Fell In Love With The Charms
Origin:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb E-015(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb G-026(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/
On album:
R-033(a) (Songs In Yiddish and Ladino sung by Jacqueline Reisel)
Track ID:
17689
Vocal:
Reisel, Jacqueline
Piano/Harpsichord:
Meter, Grietje
Violin:
Behr, Benny
First line:
Yo m'enamori d'un aire la la la... d'un aire d'una mujer, d'una mujer,...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"I fell in love with the appearance, the appearance of a...
Language:
Ladino