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