Songs
Es Iz Nokh Faran Aza Blum — עס איז נאָך פֿאַראַן אַזאַ בלום
- Genre:
- Folk/Poetic
- Subject:
- Flower/Nature/Ideal/Love/Forest/Wind/Trees/Valley
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-051(a)/Alb K-135(a)
- Translation:
- Alb L-051(a)/Alb K-135(a)
Recordings
- On album:
- L-051(a) (Susan Leviton / Singing In Yiddish / Zingendik! — זינגענדיק)
- Track ID:
- 28156
- Lead Vocal:
- Leviton, Susan
- Piano:
- Morrison, Al
- Violin:
- Strauss, Deborah
- First line:
- Ven di goldn zun fargeyt, farganve ikh zikh shtilerheyt, dort in tolvu s'rut..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װען די גאָלדן זומ פֿאַרעײט, פֿאַרגנבע איך זיך שטילערהײט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Folk
- On album:
- K-135(a) (Klezmer Klub /Whitechapel Mayn Vaytshepl)
- Track ID:
- 35750
- First line:
- Ven di goldn zun fargeyt farganve thk zikh shtilerheyt, dort in tol vu s'rut...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווען די גאָלדן זון פֿאַרגייט פֿאַרגנבע איך שטילערהייטת דאָרט אין טאָל..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/Waltz/Klezmer/Concert
- Length:
- 3:45
Libe Iz Dos Beste Vort — ליבע איז דאָס בעסטע וואָרט
- Author:
- Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
- Genre:
- Theater/Operetta
- Subject:
- Love/Desire/Ideal
- Additional song notes:
- See Heskes Catlg # 1302
Recordings
- On album:
- 007l (Schwartz, William, Tenor/ Vayt Vayt Iz Mayn Heymele/ Libe Iz Dos Beste Vort)
- Track ID:
- 28994
- Vocal:
- Schwartz, William — שוואַרץ, וויליאַם
- First line:
- Az du in harts iz mir shver, aha, aha, nokh epes hob ikh a bager
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Operetta/Waltz
- On album:
- L-059(a) (Lider Fun Boydem 2/Di Beste Lider Fun 78 Platen/Songs From The Attic/The Best of 78 Records/ Ikh Lib Dikh — לידער פֿון בוידעם 2\די בעסטע לידער פֿון 78 פּלאַטען\ איך ליב דיך)
- Track ID:
- 32960
- Vocal:
- Schwartz, William — שוואַרץ, וויליאַם
- First line:
- Az du in harts iz mir shver, aha, aha, nokh epes hob ikh a bager,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַז דו אין האַרץ איז מיר שווערת אַהאַ, אַהאַ, נאָך עפּעס האָב איך אַ באָגער
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Operetta/Waltz
- Length:
- 3:06
Du Fregst Mikh (Fayn) — דו פֿרעגסט מיך (פֿײַן)
- Author:
- Fayn, Yoni — פֿײַן, יאָני
- Composer:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Bund/Ideal/Sorrow/Hope/History/Holocaust/Question/Silence
- Origin:
- Bogdanski 1 81
- Transliteration:
- Bogdanski 1 42
- Music:
- Bogdanski 1 42
Recording
- On album:
- B-090(h) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 4 of 11 (B))
- Track ID:
- 32160
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Du fregst mikh, vos iz der bund? Vos iz der bund? Vos iz der bund?
- First line (Yiddish):
- דו פֿרעגסט מיך, וואָס איז דער בונד? וואָס איז דער בונד? וואָס איז דער בונד?
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- Length:
- 4:54
Bitokhn — בּטוחין
- Author:
- Vilkin, Dovid — ווילקין, דוד
- Composer:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Class Conciousness/Ideal/Justice/Revolution/Hope
Recording
- On album:
- B-090(k) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 6 of 11 (A))
- Track ID:
- 32235
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Azoy iz geven un azoy vet es blaybn, der e vet krakhtsn un der nogid vet traybn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ...אַזוי איז געווען און אַזוי וועט עס בלײַבן, דער…וועט קראַכצן, דער נאָגיד וועט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- Length:
- 3:01
Lider Fun Di Biblishe Yidn — לידער פֿון די ביבלישער ייִדן
- Genre:
- Boiberik Camp Song/Felker Yom Tov
- Subject:
- Renewal/Peace/Ideal/
- Origin:
- Boiberik Z 47
Recording
- On album:
- B-061(b) (Boiberik Zingt, a dermanung / Moyshe Khalfn, Boiberik 1926-1936 — בויבעריק זינגט, אַ דערמאָנונג\ משה כאַלפֿן, בויבעריק 1926-1936)
- Track ID:
- 32509
- Vocal:
- Khalfn, Moyshe — כאַלפֿן, משה
- First line:
- Tshalt zikh, o, shoyfres, un shalt, di velt vert oyfsnay geborn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- צעשאַלט זיך, אָ, שפֿרות, און שאַלט, די וועלט ווער אויפֿסנײַ געבוירן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella
- Length:
- 0:38
Svit Rose O'Gradi — סוויט ראָז אָ'גריידי
- Author:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Composer:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Genre:
- Parody/Waltz/Duet
- Subject:
- Love/Mutual/Ideal/FlowerUnique/Criticism
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1637
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1637
- Additional song notes:
- Sweet Rose O'Grady
Parody of "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" by Maude Nugent, 1896
Recording
- On album:
- P-068(k) (Yiddish Ragtime/Jane Peppler, Randy Kloko and Friends)
- Track ID:
- 43128
- Artist:
- Coffman, Barb
- Artist:
- Herrick, Jack
- Artist:
- Kloko, Randy
- Artist:
- Mehrbach, Glenn
- Artist:
- Peppler, Jane
- Artist:
- Vasile, Bob
- First line:
- In a sheynem libn tog, s'vor in a zumgr tsayt, vi thl bin mit file fraynd gevei, in a kleynem park hob ikh farbrakht…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין אַ שיינעם ליבן טאָג, ס'וואָר אין אַ זומער צײַט, ווי איך בין מיט פֿילע פֿרײַנד געווען, אין אַ קליינעם פאַרק האָב איך...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Parody/Waltz/Sweetly
- Length:
- 4:05
Halevay Volt Dos Emes Geven — הלװאַי װאָלט דאָס אמת געװען
- Author:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Composer:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Genre:
- Love/Pop
- Subject:
- Dream/Ideal/Memory
- Additional song notes:
- If It Were Only True
Recording
- On album:
- G-018(h) (Emil Gorovets Sings...Blimelech Bloinke — עמיל גאָראָװעץ)
- Track ID:
- 19573
- Author/Composer/Artist:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Artist:
- Gerasimov, Anatoly, arranger
- First line:
- S'iz ergets a meydl faranen, un gut iz fun ir zikh dermonen,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'איז ערגעץ אַ מײדל פֿאַראַנען, און גוט איז פֿון איר זיך דערמאָנען
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Concert
Vykhozhu Odin Ya Na Dorogu — אַלײן אין װעג (רוסיש)
- Also known as:
- Alone On The Road
- Also known as:
- Vi Khozhu Odin Yy Na Dorogu
- Also known as:
- Alone I Set Out Upon My Way
- Author:
- Lermontov, Mikhial
- Composer:
- Shashina, Elizaveta Sergeyevna
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Wanderer/Nature/Melancholy/Love/Ideal
- Origin:
- Alb D-004(o)
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(o)
- Translation:
- Alb D-004(o)
- Additional song notes:
- Yiddish adaptation titled "Aleyn In Veg"
- Related information in folder 601:
- Comments:
- 1. English translation. Probably by Moshe Shpiegl.
2. Russian Transliteration from Internet
Recordings
- On album:
- B-063(a)2 (Sarah Benjamin / Lidelakh Vol 2/ 101 Favorite Yiddish and Russian Folksongs)
- Track ID:
- 22052
- Vocal:
- Benjamin, Sarah
- First line:
- Vi khazhu adinya nadarogu,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Vi khazhu adinya nadarogu"/Field Recording
- Language:
- Russian
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- On album:
- M-065(b) (The Art Of The Cymbalom/ The Music Of Joseph Moskowitz, 1916-1953)
- Track ID:
- 28456
- Cymbalom:
- Moskowitz, Joseph
- Piano:
- Yussim, Max
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded December 12, 1916, Recorded as "Wichoju La Na Doro Oju"
- Style:
- Instrumental/Cymbalom
- Length:
- 02:57
- On album:
- D-004(o) (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto, Tenor/ Hans -Dieter Wagner, Piano)
- Track ID:
- 33195
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Piano:
- Wagner, Hans-Dieter
- Language:
- Russian
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:33
- On album:
- C-028(a) (Clara Crasner and Others, Field Tape)
- Track ID:
- 1167
- Vocal:
- Crasner, Clara — קראַסנער, קלאַראַ (חיה לאה)
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Field Recording/Recorded at home of Molly & Bob Freedman
- Language:
- Russian
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- On album:
- B-003(i) (Sidor Belarsky Concert of Russian Music)
- Track ID:
- 1168
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Saslovsky also credited on album notes - but not Lermontov
- Language:
- Russian
- Style:
- Art Song/Concert