Songs
A Refue Shleymo — אַ רפֿואה שלמה
- Author:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Nation/Illness/Cure/Prayer/Persecution/Exile/Return
- Additional song notes:
- From the operetta "Surnrise"
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 705
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration
- Publisher:
- Metro Music Co.
- Publisher address:
- 64 Second Ave, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1940
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 547
- First line:
- A refue shleyme, a refue shleyme bashefer shik….
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ רפואה שלימה באַשעפֿער שיק, ווײַל אַ יעדן קראַנקײַט היילן קענסטו
- Notes:
- Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Photo of Joseph Rumshinsky. As sung by "The Yidishe Mame" Esther Field in Abraham Blum and Joseph Rumshinsky's Operetta "Sunrise". Produced at the Folks Theatre 12th Street and Second Ave. New York, NY. Price 35 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.
Recording
- On album:
- S-042(a) (Samuel Sterner A Decade of Jewish Choir Masterpieces)
- Track ID:
- 12701
- Artist:
- Sterner, Saumuel Choir
- First line:
- A refue shleyme, a refue shleyme, bashefer shik tsu,
Di Shlof Krankheyt — די שלאָף קראַנקײַט
- Genre:
- Skit/Humorous
- Subject:
- Sleep/Illness/Husband/Abandoned Wife/Old Maid/Sleepwalker
- Additional song notes:
- The Sleeping Sickness
Recordings
- On album:
- L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 27678
- Vocalist:
- Karp, Abe
- First line:
- Inaudible
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Columbia E7267 78rpm Preceded by Skit
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Spoken Word
- On album:
- A-060(d) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 6/ The Best of 78 Records/ Comical Duets — לידער פֿון בוידעם 6\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן קאָמיקאַל דועטס)
- Track ID:
- 36107
- Vocal:
- Karp, Abe
- Artist:
- Karp, Abe
- Vocal:
- Karp, Gussie
- First line:
- Hooray, abe karp un bessie karp zenen do, a git morgn aykh, shprintse chasia,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Comedy/Humor/Vaudville/Sketch/Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:18
Krankeytn — קראַנקײטן
- Author:
- Hershkowitz, Yankele — הערשקאָװיץ, יאַנקעלע
- Composer:
- Jacobson, Hymie
- Genre:
- Holocaust/History
- Subject:
- Lodz/Ghetto/Illness/Sickness/Disease/
- Song comment:
- Melody of "Ikh For Aheym"
- Origin:
- Alb H-038(a)
- Translation:
- H-038(a)
Recording
- On album:
- H-038(a) (Yankele Hershkowitz / Lodz Ghetto Songs — יאַנקעלע הערשקאָװיץ \ לאָדז געטאָ לידער)
- Track ID:
- 28407
- Vocal:
- Hershkowitz, Yankele — הערשקאָװיץ, יאַנקעלע
- First line:
- Es zingen di klapsedres, es zingt der bayrat oykh, s'zingt a moderne krenkl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס זינגען די קלאַפּסעדרעס, עס זינגט דער בײַראַט אױך, ס'זינגט..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk/March
Shenk Mir Mayn Mame — שענק מיר מײַן מאַמע
- Author:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Composer:
- Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Mother/Illness/Orphan/Prayer/
- Origin:
- SM General 704
- Transliteration:
- SM General 704
- Music:
- SM General 704
- Additional song notes:
- From the play "Israel's Hope"
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 704
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration
- Publisher:
- A. Teres Music Dealer & Publisher
- Publisher address:
- 159 Delancey St. New York, NY
- Date:
- 1916
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 509
- First line:
- In shterbendn tsushtand krank ligt a froy,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין שטערבענדן צושטאַנד קראַנק ליגט אַ פֿרוי,
- Notes:
- Dark blue lettering, English/Yiddish. "Music from the Play 'Israel's Hope' by Perlmutter & Wohl, featured at Thomashefsky's National Theatre, special words by Solomon Small (Smulewitz). Catalogue of Celebrated Jewish Music for piano with words, on front cover. First line of melody for several other songs on front and back cover.
Recordings
- On album:
- 010c (Feldman, Joseph, tenor/ A Yid Bistu, Gey Vayter, Gey/ Shenk Mir Mayn Mame)
- Track ID:
- 29064
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joseph
- On album:
- 064d (Feldman, Joseph/ Shiklekh/ Shenk Mir Mayn Mame)
- Track ID:
- 30702
- Vocal:
- Feldman, Joseph
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- 034p (Rosenshak, Nahen (w/orch.)/ A Grus Fun Der Heym/ Shenk Mir Mayn Mame)
- Track ID:
- 29763
- Artist:
- Rosenshak, Nahen (w/orch.)
Nem Mikh Tsu Fun Der Mashin — נעם מיך צו פֿון דער מאַשין
- Author:
- Rosenthal, Boris — ראָזענטאַל, באָריס
- Composer:
- Rosenthal, Boris — ראָזענטאַל, באָריס
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Sweatshop/Illness/Death/Labor
- Origin:
- Alb G-004(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Take Me Away From the Machine. From the play "Haytike Meydlekh" (Today's Girls) by William Segal. Text of song published in Yiddish Forverts of July 12, 1991 with album.
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 620
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration
- Publisher:
- Trio Press, Inc.
- Publisher address:
- 28 E. 4th Street, New York, NY
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 368
- First line:
- In shop zitst a meydel geboygen in tsvey, zi arbet dort….
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין שאָפּ זיצט אַ מיידל גיבויגען אין צוויי, זי אַרבעט דאָרט נעבעך...
- Notes:
- Dark blue lettering, Yiddish. Photos of Jenny Goldstein and Max Gabel (Producer). Back cover includes three verses in Yiddish and English. Also includes cast of characters for the play "Girls of Today", a drama in four acts by William Siegel.
Recordings
- On album:
- G-013(d)3 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 05 and 06)
- Track ID:
- 10975
- Vocal:
- Goldstein, Jennie — גאָלדשטייַן, דזשעני
- Narration:
- Katzman, Dr. Jacob
- First line:
- In shop zitst a meydl, geboygen in trern, zi arbet...zeyer shver, zi iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין שאַפּ זיצט אַ מײדל, געבױגן אין טרערן, זי אַרבעט...זייער שווער, זי איז...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Lecture 6. Song of the Golden Land, Songs of Toil & Struggle
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dramatic
- On album:
- G-004(a) (Jennie Goldstein Sings Yiddish Theatre Hits Volume 2)
- Track ID:
- 18599
- Vocal:
- Goldstein, Jennie — גאָלדשטייַן, דזשעני
- First line:
- In shop zitst a meydl, geboygen in trern, zi arbet...zeyer shver, zi iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין שאַפּ זיצט אַ מײדל, געבױגן אין טרערן, זי אַרבעט...זייער שווער, זי איז...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From the musical "Haytinke Meydlekh"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dramatic
- On album:
- 013s (Goldstein, Jennie/ Samet Un Zeyd/ Nem Mikh Tsu Fun Der Mashin)
- Track ID:
- 29174
- Vocal:
- Goldstein, Jennie — גאָלדשטייַן, דזשעני
- First line:
- In shop zitst a meydl, geboygen in trern, zi arbet...zeyer shver, zi iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין שאַפּ זיצט אַ מײדל, געבױגן אין טרערן, זי אַרבעט...זייער שווער, זי איז...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dramatic
- On album:
- M-047(d) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection B)
- Track ID:
- 35581
- Orchestra Director:
- Hochman, Israel J
- Artist:
- A Shtetl Wedding Ensemble
- Vocal:
- Goldstein, Jennie — גאָלדשטייַן, דזשעני
- Artist:
- Russian Balalayke Orchestra
- First line:
- In shop zitst a meydl, geboygen in trern, zi arbet...zeyer shver, zi iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין שאַפּ זיצט אַ מײדל, געבױגן אין טרערן, זי אַרבעט...זייער שווער, זי איז...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Dramatic
- Length:
- 3:12
Dos Pastekhl (van Oort) — דאָס פּאַסטוכל
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Nature/Cowherd/Occupation/Cow/Grazing/Milk/Illness/Health
- Transliteration:
- CD O-016(a)
- Translation:
- CD O-016(a)
Recording
- On album:
- O-016(a) (Mariejan van Oort: Voice/ Jacques Verheijen: piano, tsimbl, accordeon/ Benkshaft)
- Track ID:
- 30521
- Vocal:
- van Oort, Mariejan
- Piano/Arranger:
- Verheijen, Jacques
- First line:
- S'hot a zun, a breyte, tseshpreyt tsegosn af lengn un breytn, hot men di...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'האָט זיך אַ זון, אַ ברייטע צושפּריירט צעכאָסן אױף לענגן און ברייטן, האָט מען די ..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song
- Length:
- 4:08
A Kiele — אַ קיעלע
- Author:
- Broydo, Kasriel — ברױדאָ, כּתריאל
- Genre:
- Pastoral/
- Subject:
- Cow/Calf/Shepherd/Birth/Grass/Milk/Father/Illness/
Recording
- On album:
- B-096(a) (Songs of the Heart / Yekhiel Burgin/ Lider fun Hartsn — לידער פֿון האַרצן אין ייִדיש\ יחיאל בורגין. שירים מהלב)
- Track ID:
- 33468
- Vocal:
- Burgin, Yekhiel — בורגין, יחיאל
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Tarski, Alexander — טאַרסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- First line:
- S'hot zikh a ku, a groyse tsushpreyt, tsugosn a…, a breytn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'האָט זיך אַ קו, אַ גרויסן צושפּרייט, צוגאָסן אַ ..., אַ ברייטן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:23
Der Kranker Shnayder — דער קראַנקער שנײַדער
- Author:
- Ansky, Sh.
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Tailor/Poverty/Bitterness/Illness
- Origin:
- Vinkov 3 167/ML PYS 76/ Sh Sh 187
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 3 167/ML PYS 76
- Translation:
- Vinkov 3 167/ Sh Sh 186
- Music:
- Vinkov 3 167/ML PYS 76
- Additional song notes:
- The Sick Tailor
Recordings
- On album:
- G-018(e) (Emil Gorovets First Concert In America — עמיל גאָראָװעץ ערשטער קאַנצערט אין אַמעריקע)
- Track ID:
- 19529
- Vocal:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Piano:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yeder vinkl mist...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדער װינקל מיסט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "A Shnayder"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- L-005(e) (Nekhama Lifshitz sings in Yiddish — נחמה ליפֿשיץ זינגט אין ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 26999
- Vocal:
- Lifshitz, Nekhama — ליפֿשיץ, נחמה
- Piano:
- Feygin, Mark
- Arranger:
- Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
- First line:
- Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yedn vinkl mist...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדן װינקל מיסט...
- Track comment:
- From recording produced by Ligo Co, Riga # 140059
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- 036a (Lyubimo, S./Privaskaya, Z./ Der Kranker Shnayder/ Itsikl Hot Khasene Gehat)
- Track ID:
- 29810
- Artist:
- Lyubimo, S./Privaskaya, Z.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- K-049(a) (Solomon Kromchenko Jewish Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 3193
- Vocal:
- Khromchenko, Solomon Markovich
- First line:
- Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yedn vinkl mist...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדן װינקל מיסט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- B-010(a) (Sing Mayn Folk Ben Bonus — זינג מײַן פֿאָלק...)
- Track ID:
- 3194
- Vocal:
- Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
- First line:
- Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yedn vinkl mist...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדן װינקל מיסט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Der Shnayder"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
- Track ID:
- 3196
- Vocal:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Piano:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yedn vinkl mist...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדן װינקל מיסט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- B-010(g) (Sing Main Folk / Zing Mayn Folk/ Ben Bonus — זינג מײַן פֿאָלק)
- Track ID:
- 34104
- Vocal:
- Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
- Artist:
- Simon Tenovsky Orchestra
- First line:
- Di shtub iz kleyn, di shtub iz alt, in yedn vinkl mist...
- First line (Yiddish):
- די שטוב איז קלײן, די שטוב איז אַלט, אין יעדן װינקל מיסט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
Ketzl Un Hintl — קעטצל און הינטל
- Genre:
- Children
- Subject:
- Cat/Dog/Illness/Nurse/Head/Ache/Cure
Why Am I Trying To Kill Myself
- Author:
- Rubin, Mark
- Composer:
- Rubin, Mark
- Genre:
- Mountain
- Subject:
- Suicide/Aging/Joints/Whisky/Pills/Pain/Illness/Hypochondriac
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1492
Recording
- On album:
- R-047(d)
- Track ID:
- 41572
- Mandolin:
- Hodges, Ben
- Vocal:
- Hodges, Jenni
- Bass Uke/Acoustic Guitar:
- Rubin, Mark
- First line:
- Why am I trying to kill myself, how come I'm doing it again, I know I'll…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Mountain
- Length:
- 3:01
Ketsl Un Hintl — קעטצל און הינטל
- Author:
- Barkan, Sarah — באַרקאַן, שׂרה
- Composer:
- Freedman, Yasha — פֿרידמאַן, יאַשאַ
- Genre:
- Children
- Subject:
- Cat/Dog/Illness/Nursing/Animal/Pet
- Origin:
- Alb T-027(b)
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-027(b)
- Translation:
- Alb T-027(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Kitten and Puppy
Recordings
- On album:
- T-027(b) (Di Grine Katshke The Green Duck — די גרינע קאַטשקע)
- Track ID:
- 26250
- Author:
- Barkan, Sarah — באַרקאַן, שׂרה
- Composer:
- Freedman, Yasha — פֿרידמאַן, יאַשאַ
- Vocal:
- Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
- First line:
- Ketsl ligt in betl, krank iz undzer kats, brengt ir undzer..
- First line:
- קעצל ליגט אין בעטל, קראַנק איז אונדזער קאַץ, ברענגט איר...
- Track comment:
- Part of Five Jewish Nursery Rhymes
- On album:
- A-060(c) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 5/ The Best of 78 Records/Yiddish Children Songs — לידער פֿון בוידעם 5\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן, ייִדישע קינדער לידער)
- Track ID:
- 34551
- Vocal:
- Benya, Masha — בעניע, מאַשאַ
- First line:
- Ketsl ligt in betl, krank iz undzer kats
- First line (Yiddish):
- קעצל ליגט אין בעטל, קראַנק איז אונדזער קאַץ,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Soprano
- Length:
- 0:58