Mickey Katz Orchestra

Name:
Mickey Katz Orchestra

Tracks with this artist

Hinkey Dinkey Veys Ikh Vos — הינקײ דינקײ װײס איך װאָס

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
6615
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mademoyzle fun gey pari, inki dike, vays ikh vos,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor Record 25 5092 B.
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Novelty/Humorous

The Baby, The Bubbe and You

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
David, Mack
Composer:
Hoffman, Al
Composer:
Livingston, Jay
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of The Magic Song "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
14974
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

The Family Danced

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
15040
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Dovid Crockett

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bruns, George
Genre:
Humorous/Dialect/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Delancy St/Food/Gambler/Craps/Las Vegas
Additional song notes:
Parody of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Related information in folder 576:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Mickey Katz
Publisher:
Internet
Comments:
Song text, parody of the ballad of Davy Crockett.
On album:
N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
Track ID:
33800
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Humorous/Klezmer
Length:
3:02

Bar Mitzvah Special

Composer:
Singer, Lewis
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
1927
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Instrumental

Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער

Composer:
Gill, Benny
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
2247
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Ces Tzi Bon

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Betti, Henri
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parody of "C'est Si Bon"
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
2725
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ces tzi bon, modamoyzl fang shoyn on, l'parte ikh hob dir,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Borsht Riders In The Sky

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Jones, Stan
Genre:
Parody/Humorous/Dialect/Novelty
Song comment:
Parody of "Riders In The Sky"
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
2541
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Carment Katz (Parody)

Genre:
Humorous
Subject:
Bizet's Carmen/Parody/Humor
On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
2714
Composer:
Bizet, Georges
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, mayn meyer, du bist mir tayer,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor Record 25 5092 A.
Language:
Yinglish/Dialect
Style:
Humorous

Come On A House

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bagdasarian, Ross
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of "Come On A My House
Related information in folder 1075:
Comments:
1. Transliterated text provided by Carl Yaffee
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
2805
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Come on my hoyz, mine hoyz, I'm gon vive you teygelekh,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Dos Geshray Fun Der Vilde Katshke — דאָס גישרײַ פֿון דער װילדע קאַטשקע

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Gilkyson, Terry
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Dialect/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of "Cry of the Wild Goose"
Related information in folder 568:
Comments:
Original text of "Wild Goose" and transliteration of "Dos Geshray Fun Der Vilde Katshke". Posted on Mendele 3/27/2006 by Alina Polonskaya of Moscow, thanking her friend Mirye,-Khaye Seigel.
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
4040
Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil geyn vu di katshke geyt, and I wanna drey vi a..
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Dovid Crockett

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bruns, George
Genre:
Humorous/Dialect/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Delancy St/Food/Gambler/Craps/Las Vegas
Additional song notes:
Parody of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Related information in folder 576:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Mickey Katz
Publisher:
Internet
Comments:
Song text, parody of the ballad of Davy Crockett.
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
4178
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Arranger:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Feudin' and Fightin' (Parody)

Composer:
Dubin, A
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Humorous/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
5175
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Pappy, tu on di skikh un bahalt di shnaps. Here come di...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Gehakte Mambo (Parody) — געהאַקטע מאַמבאָ

On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
5579
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mambo, senoras! Mambo kapores! Mambo Tiauana! Mambo Laganev!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
xK-022(a)
Track ID:
7897
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Farber, Nat
First line:
Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
First line:
הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Track comment:
Originally Sadgora (from Bukovina) melody - Nulman 102

Freylekh Jamboree

Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
5388
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Grandma's Draydl

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
5790
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Instrumental

I'm An Old Cowhand (Parody)

Composer:
Mercer, Johnny
Genre:
Comedy/Parody/Humorous/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
7014
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Hi, Ho, Shemdrick! I'm an old cow hand, from Orchard and...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
6276
Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger:
Katz, Mickey
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Novelty arrangement of Hava Nagila/"Recorded under Keneh Hora"
Style:
Instrumental

Hamish Memories (Instr)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
6065
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor Record 25 5100 B.
Style:
Instrumental

Hermendels Kokh-A-Leyn (Parody)

Composer:
Ross, J.
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/Parody
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
6442
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
I know a ver' secluded joint, right near a place called...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Herring Boats

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Weston, P.
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parrody of "Shrimp Boats"
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
6443
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Herring boats are coming with bagels un lox,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Litvak Square Dance

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
9243
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Mixed language, dialect
Language:
Yinglish/Dialect

Kiss Of Meyer

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Allen, L.
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/Humorous/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of "Kiss Of Fire"/ See also "Kiss of Fire (Parody)" for another parody.
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
8500
Vocal/Orchestra Conductor:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oh, when I look at you, es brent by me a fire,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Mamaliga Dance

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
9677
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Rumanian melodies and theme.
Style:
Instrumental

Mazl Tov Dances

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
10114
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Mazl Tov Dances

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-050(a) (KlezKamp Repertory 1989)
Track ID:
10116
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Same recording as on K-022(a)

Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד

Composer:
Klein, Emmanuel
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
10299
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:
װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Memdel's Songs."
Style:
Instrumental

Old Black Smidgick (Parody)

Composer:
Mercer, Johnny
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Humorous/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
11424
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, dat old black smidgick has me in its spell,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

She'll Be Coming ' Round Di Katzkills

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Parody/Humorous/Dialect/Novelty
Song comment:
Parody of "She'll Be Comin' ' Round The Mountain"
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
13568
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
She'll be coming around the katzkills when she come,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Parody)

Author:
Russo, Dan
Author:
Erdman, Ernie
Author:
Kahn, Gus
Author:
Fio Rito, Ted
Composer:
Russo, Dan
Composer:
Erdman, Ernie
Composer:
Kahn, Gus
Composer:
Fio Rito, Ted
Genre:
Parody/Novelty/Dialect
Subject:
Train/Parting/Affection/Catskills
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
15406
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Train leaving for Liberty, Monticello, Mt. Clemens,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Toreador Song (Parody)

On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
15420
Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bizet, Georges
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, mayn Meyer, du brenst a fayer, every time that you...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See "Toreador Song (Parody)" - From the opera "Carmen"
Language:
Yinglish

St. Looey Blues (Parody)

Composer:
Handy, W. C.
Genre:
Parody/Novelty/Dialect
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
14669
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oh, I hate to see that evenen sun go down, Ikh glakh nit...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Trombonik Tants — טאאָמבאָמלק טאַמץ

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Dialect
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
15469
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):
אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Instrumental

Tsatske Kazatske — צאַטסקע קאַזאַצקע

Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Novelty
Subject:
Band Members/Klezmorim
On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
15489
Composer/Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Every thing is hatske-tatske, lomir tantsn a kazatske,
First line:
עװרי טהינג איז האַצקע-טאַצקע, לאָמיר טאַנצן אַ קאַזאַצקע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Introduces members of the band. From Victor Record 25 5084 B
Language:
English/Yiddish/Yinglish

The Little White Knish That Cried

Composer:
Ray, Johnny
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Dialect/Humorous
Subject:
Delicatessen/Food
On album:
K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:
15125
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Hia, I went a walking bay Moyshe's delicatessen,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

The Wedding Dance

Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:
15257
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs.
Style:
Instrumental

Yiddish Jam Session (Instr)

On album:
K-022(e) (Mickey Katz / Cassette of Recordings From 78's)
Track ID:
17471
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Victor Record 25 5098 B.
Style:
Instrumental

Yiddish Mule Train

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Lange, Johnny
Composer:
Heath, Hy
Composer:
Glickman, Fred
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of "Mule Train"
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
17439
Vocal/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mule train, v'yo, mule train, oy, platsn zolstu,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Sound Off (Duckworth Chant), (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Duckworth, Willie Lee (Orig)
Genre:
Novelty/Humor/Dilaect/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of Arming Marching Chant
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21129
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You're in the army,..., du bist nisht in der heym,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Parody of service marching song
Language:
Yinglish

Bagel Call Rag

Additional song notes:
See "Beygle Call Rag"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21130
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Rag mop, where's the kop? Ho ha, raz mataz, have some lox...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 1824 Introducting Band Memebers
Language:
Yinglish

The Baby, The Bubbe and You

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
David, Mack
Composer:
Hoffman, Al
Composer:
Livingston, Jay
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of The Magic Song "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21131
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Matzos and knishes, its so delicious, listen you all,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Dos Geshray Fun Der Vilde Katshke — דאָס גישרײַ פֿון דער װילדע קאַטשקע

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Gilkyson, Terry
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Dialect/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of "Cry of the Wild Goose"
Related information in folder 568:
Comments:
Original text of "Wild Goose" and transliteration of "Dos Geshray Fun Der Vilde Katshke". Posted on Mendele 3/27/2006 by Alina Polonskaya of Moscow, thanking her friend Mirye,-Khaye Seigel.
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21132
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil geyn vu di katshke geyt, and I wanna drey vi a..
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Come On A House

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bagdasarian, Ross
Genre:
Novelty/Humorous/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of "Come On A My House
Related information in folder 1075:
Comments:
1. Transliterated text provided by Carl Yaffee
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21133
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Come on my hoyz, mine hoyz, I'm gon vive you teygelekh,
First line (Yinglish):
איך װיל גײן װוּ די קאַטשקע גײט, אַנד אײַ װאַנאַ דרײ װי אַ קאַטשקע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Borsht Riders In The Sky

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Jones, Stan
Genre:
Parody/Humorous/Dialect/Novelty
Song comment:
Parody of "Riders In The Sky"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21134
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
An old cowpunch went out to lunch beyond the pearly gates.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

She'll Be Coming ' Round Di Katzkills

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Parody/Humorous/Dialect/Novelty
Song comment:
Parody of "She'll Be Comin' ' Round The Mountain"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21135
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
She'll be coming around the katzkills when she come,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Yiddish Mule Train

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Lange, Johnny
Composer:
Heath, Hy
Composer:
Glickman, Fred
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Parody/Dialect
Song comment:
Parody of "Mule Train"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
21136
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Mule train, v'yo, mule train, oy, platsn zolstu,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Bar Mitzvah Special

Composer:
Singer, Lewis
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22339
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arrranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Style:
Instrumental

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22343
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:
Ellman, Ziggy
Track comment:
Recorded Jan 19, 1953
Style:
Instrumental/Novelty

Litvak Square Dance

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22344
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
First line:
Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Track comment:
Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Language:
Yinglish

Mamaliga Dance

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22345
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Track comment:
Rumanian melodies and theme./ Recorded Jan 3, 1955
Style:
Rumanian melodies and theme.

Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד

Composer:
Klein, Emmanuel
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22347
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Bass:
Breen, Larry
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:
Hansell, Ralph
First line:
Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:
װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Memdel's Song."/ August 3, 1952

Trombonik Tants — טאאָמבאָמלק טאַמץ

Composer:
Farber, Nat
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Klezmer/Novelty/Dialect
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22350
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):
אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Track comment:
Recorded Jan 3, 1955
Language:
Yinglish

Simcha Time

Author:
Unknown
Composer:
Unknown
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/
Subject:
Food/Wedding/Family/Celebration/Klezmer
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22351
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):
Farber, Nat
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:
Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
First line:
Come on, one and all, let's be freylekh, let us have a ball,
Track comment:
Recorded Sep 30, 1964
Language:
Yinglish

Wedding Samba

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Author:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Author:
Small, Allan
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Dance/Samba/Latin
Subject:
Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368
Related information in folder 485:
Document type:
Lyrics
Author:
Internet
Publisher:
International Lyrics Playground
Comments:
Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22352
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger Orchestral Version:
Small, Allan
English Lyrics:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Piano/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Drums:
Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:
Klein, Rafael Mendez
Trombone:
Zentner, Sy
Bass:
Breen, Larry
First line:
The wedding is over, good luck, the bride, she's happy...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded Dec 20, 1950
Language:
English

Can Can Kozotski

Composer:
Offenbach, Jacques
Genre:
Novelty/Klezmer/Instrumental/Parody
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22353
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):
Farber, Nat
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:
Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:
Bercov, Morris
Violin:
Gill, Benny
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Track comment:
Based on Offenbach Melody
Style:
Instrumental

Beygelekh — בײגעלעך

Also known as:
Bublitshki
Also known as:
Question
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin:
Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/
Music:
Moskow SM 61
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22354
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:
Farber, Nat
Trumpet:
Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:
Diner, Harold
French Horn:
DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:
Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:
Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:
Howard, Terry
Piano:
Sherman, Ray
Bass:
Gaines, Earl
Drums:
Singer, Lewis
Violin:
Raderman, Lou
Track comment:
Recorded Nov 24, 1964
Style:
Instrumental

Fountainbleu Freylekh

Composer:
Unknown
Genre:
Novelty/Instrumental
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22355
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Yidish Square Dance — ייִדיש סקװער דאַנץ

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Katz, Mickey
Genre:
Novelty/Klezmer/Dialect/Humorous
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22356
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Yidl mitn fidl, oy, yankl mitn bas, kumt shpilt a lidl,
First line:
ייִדל מיטן פֿידל, אױ יאַנקל מיטן באַס, קומט שפּילט אַ לידל,
Track comment:
Recorded circa 1966
Language:
Yiddish/English/Yinglish

Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler, Yiddish) — טאָג אײַן טאָג אויס

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater/Musical
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing
On album:
K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:
22358
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
1:48

Dovid Crockett

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bruns, George
Genre:
Humorous/Dialect/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Delancy St/Food/Gambler/Craps/Las Vegas
Additional song notes:
Parody of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Related information in folder 576:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Mickey Katz
Publisher:
Internet
Comments:
Song text, parody of the ballad of Davy Crockett.
On album:
058c (Mickey Katz/ Dovid Krockett/ Tweedlee Dee)
Track ID:
30486
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Arrangement:
Katz, Mickey
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Language:
Yinglish

Herring Boats

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Weston, P.
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parrody of "Shrimp Boats"
On album:
017b (Katz, Mickey & Orch/ Herring Boats/ Sin)
Track ID:
29258
Orchestra Leader/Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Herring boats are coming with bagels un lox,
Language:
Yinglish

Hey! Jealous Lover (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Walker, Bee
Composer:
Twomey, Kay
Composer:
Cahn, Sammy
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Dialect/Yinglish
Subject:
Love/Jealousy
Additional song notes:
Based On "Hey! Jealous Lover" of Sinatra fame. Could not find credits per se for composers.
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31279
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Vocal:
Unidentified Female Vocalist
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Lover, lover, hey jealous lover, why are you so mekhane…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Vaudeville

You're A Doity Dog

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Leiber, Jerry
Composer:
Stoller, Mike
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Dog/Low Life/Playing around
Additional song notes:
Based on Elvis Presley hit "You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog."
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31280
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You ain't nothing but a doity dog, klugin' all the time…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/ Yiddish
Style:
Rock and Roll/ Klezmer

Sweet And Gentle (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Portal, Othlio
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Female dreadnaught/Dance
Related information in folder 476:
Document type:
Text
Date:
11/28/2005
Comments:
Text of Mickey Katz parody of Sweet and Gentle from email correspondent Walter U. Christel Pachl of Austri8a
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31281
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ohhh, she's so sweet and gentle…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Cha-Cha/ Klezmer

Moscovitz Ramble

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Ory, Kid
Composer:
Gilbert, Ray
Genre:
Yinglish/Dialect
Subject:
Dance/Gaiety/Hot Band
Additional song notes:
Based on "Muskrat Ramble."
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31282
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Gib im a kik vi a…
First line:
גיב אים אַ קוק װי אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Dixieland/Theatre

Peysekh In Portugal (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Ferrao, Raol
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish/Double Entendre
Subject:
Peysekh/Portugal/Food/Gay
Additional song notes:
Parody of "April in Portugal"
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31283
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Peysekh in Portugal, yoo-hoo (2x)…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Easy Listening/Klezmer

Tico Tico (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Zequina, Abreu
Composer:
Olivera, Aloysio
Composer:
Drake, Ervin M.
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Language Mixing/Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Composers not attributed per se, all listed for "Tico, Tico."
On album:
K-022(l
Track ID:
31284
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Senors and Senoritas, shnorers and shnoreritas, bobenyu, zeydenyu….
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Spanish/Yiddish/English

Feet Up, Pat Him On The Pipik

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Novely/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Fatherhood/Newborn/Son
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)"
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31285
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Feet up, pat him on the pipik, lets here him laugh…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer

Shlepin' My Baby Back Home

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Turk, Roy
Genre:
Parody\Humor\Yinglish
Subject:
Overeating\Shlep
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31286
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Gee but it's great to be coming home shpeyt, shlepping my baby back home…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Theatre\Klezmer

Nature Bokher

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Ahbez, Eden
Genre:
Parody\Humor\Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Parody of "Nature Boy"
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31287
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Iz geven a yunger, oy iz er geven fun hunger…
First line:
איז געװען אַ יונגער, אױ ער איז געװען פֿון הונגער…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer

Sin

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Hoven, George
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Additional song notes:
Parody of "It's No Sin"
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31288
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You take away the breathe of knobl...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre

Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Merrill, Bob
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Girl/Mikve/Bathhouse/Overeating
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31289
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
There's a mikve in a bathhouse in Shvitsberg, Pennsylvania…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English\Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Klezmer

Murietta Hot Springs

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Farber, Nat
Genre:
Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:
Murietta/Hot Springs
On album:
K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:
31290
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Back-Up:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
In New York there are the Ketskill mountains, Fallsburg and Ferndale keeps you…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Klezmer

Herring Boats

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Weston, P.
Genre:
Novelty/Parody/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parrody of "Shrimp Boats"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40718
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Herring boats are coming with bagels un lox,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Kiss Of Meyer

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Allen, L.
Genre:
Novelty/Dialect/Humorous/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of "Kiss Of Fire"/ See also "Kiss of Fire (Parody)" for another parody.
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40719
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Oh, when I look at you, es brent by me a fire,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Dovid Crockett

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Bruns, George
Genre:
Humorous/Dialect/Parody/Novelty
Subject:
Delancy St/Food/Gambler/Craps/Las Vegas
Additional song notes:
Parody of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Related information in folder 576:
Document type:
Text
Author:
Mickey Katz
Publisher:
Internet
Comments:
Song text, parody of the ballad of Davy Crockett.
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40720
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Dovid, Dovid Crockett, king of Delancy Street,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Ces Tzi Bon

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Betti, Henri
Genre:
Humorous/Novelty/Dialect/Humorous
Song comment:
Parody of "C'est Si Bon"
On album:
K-022(f) (Mickey Katz the star of Broadway's Borshtcapades)
Track ID:
40721
Vocal/Orchesta Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Ces tzi bon, modamoyzl fang shoyn on, l'parte ikh hob dir,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yinglish

Sound Off (Duckworth Chant), (Parody)

Author:
Katz, Mickey
Composer:
Duckworth, Willie Lee (Orig)
Genre:
Novelty/Humor/Dilaect/Parody
Song comment:
Parody of Arming Marching Chant
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
42970
Vocal/ Orchestra Leader:
Katz, Mickey
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
You're in the army,..., du bist nisht in der heym,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Parody of service marching song
Language:
Yinglish

Bagel Call Rag

Additional song notes:
See "Beygle Call Rag"
On album:
K-022(d) (The Hits of Mickey Katz and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
42971
Artist:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/ Orchestra Leader:
Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:
Rag mop, where's the kop? Ho ha, raz mataz, have some lox...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Capital Record 1824 Introducting Band Memebers
Language:
Yinglish

Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive.
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu