Songs

Tsurik Keyn Tsien — צורוק קיין ציון

Author:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Zionist/Theater
Subject:
Return/Independence/Status
Sheet music:
Folder:
251
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
A. Teres Music Dealer and Publishe
Publisher address:
159 Delancey St. New York, NY
Date:
1915
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
45
First line:
Meyn bruder Isrolik ikh zog dir gants ofen, mit dir hot...
First line (Yiddish):
מייַו ברודער ישרליק, איך זאָג דער גאַנץ אָפֿען, מיט דיר האָט די בורה...
Notes:
Dark blue lettering Yiddish/English. Alternative Title "Ikh Benk Tsurik A Heym". Cover lists titles of "Celebrated Jewish Music for Piano with Words". Also on front cover; music for "The Sweetest Waltz Ever Published". Back cover includes first bar of music for seven other songs. Copyright 1909 by Albert Teres.

Recordings

On album:
044j (Victor Military Band/ Hopak)
Track ID:
30056
On album:
022b (Juvelier, Kalmen, tenor/ Tsurik Keyn Tsiun/ Du Bist A Tate Tsu Ale Glaykh)
Track ID:
29381
Vocal:
Juvelier, Kalman

Tshepe Nit — טשעפּע ניט

Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Bar Mitzvah/Independence/Rebbe/Kheyder
Additional song notes:
Don't Annoy Me

Recording

On album:
001o (Goldstein, Morris/ Tshepe Nit/ Der Grine Kuzine Lid)
Track ID:
28802
Vocal:
Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
First line:
Ven ikh bin draytzen yor alt gevorn…hob ikh geshovern
First line (Yiddish):
ווען איך בין דרײַצן יאָר אַלט געוואָרן...האָב איך געשוואָרן…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater
Length:
2:43

The Yiddish King Lear (Video) — דער ייִדישע קעניג לעאַר (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Drama/Theater
Subject:
Family/Father/Children/Money/Women/Independence/Defiance

Recording

On album:
V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
Track ID:
33989
Director:
Thomashefsky, Harry
Producer:
Walker, Johnnie
Producer:
Rieger, Jack
Screen Adaptation:
Armband, Abraham
Actor:
Krohner, Maurice
Actor:
Levenstein, Fannie
Actor:
Bergreen, Jacob
Actor:
Grosman, Miriam
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Drama/Theater
Length:
80:00

Yom Ha'atsmaut — יום העצמאות

Author:
Shtuker, M. — שטוקער, מ.
Author:
Fayuk — פֿאַיוק
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
israeli/Literary Origin
Subject:
Independence/Flag/Pride/Dream/Generations/Celbration
Additional song notes:
Independence Day

Recording

On album:
T-003(i) (Tova Ben Tsvi/ Sabbath and Holiday Songs/ Shabos un Yomtov Lider — טובה בן־צבי\ שבת און יום טוב לידער)
Track ID:
36547
Vocal:
Ben-Tsvi, Tova
First line:
Es flatert...sheyn undzer vays-bloyer fon, zi git undz dem heylikn shtolts fun..
First line (Yiddish):
עס פֿלאַטערט...שיין אונדזער ווײַס־בלויער פֿון, זי גיט אונדז דעם הייליקן שטאָלץ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk/March
Length:
2:12

Eybike Yungshaft — אייביקע יונגשאַפֿט

Author:
Eisenman, Tsvi — אײַזענמאַן, צבֿי
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word
Subject:
Sevens/Independence/Aging/Death/Stork/Destruction/Distractio
Additional song notes:
Eternal Youth

Recording

On album:
B-112(b) (Masters of Yiddish Prose/Tsvi Eisenman: The Spectacle and other stories/Read by Michael Ben-Avraham/ CD1)
Track ID:
36938
Vocal:
Ben Avraham, Michael — בן־אַבֿרהם, מיכאל
First line:
Sibn teg iz er gegangen, sibn nekht iz er geshlofn, sibn reftelekh broyt gegesn,
First line (Yiddish):
סיבן טעג איז ער געגאַנגן, סיבן נעכט איז ער געשלאָפֿן, סיבן רעפֿטעלעך באויט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word/Recitation
Length:
03:03

Awakening (Babel)

Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Translation
Subject:
Father/Son/Adolescence/Music/Rebellion/Independence/Violin/
Additional song notes:
also:"Without Talent/Odessa/Swimming/Role Model/Child Author/Nature

Recording

On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39003
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Constantine, Peter
First line:
All the folks in our circle, brokers, shopkeepers, clerks in banks…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
18.20

Above and Beyond

Author:
Spielberg, Nancy
Genre:
Documentary/Spoken Word
Subject:
Israel/Pilots/Air Force/Importance/Independence/1948 War

The Silence Didn't Last Long

Composer:
Shepherd, Merlin — שעפּהערד, מערלין
Genre:
Russian
Subject:
Silence/Heart/Independence/Soul/Shards/
Translation:
See Synopsis Alb S-202(b)

Recording

On album:
S-202(b) (Paulina Shepherd / Three Centuries Ago)
Track ID:
42689
Language:
Russian
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:09

Di Naye Hora (Rappel) — די נײַע האָראַ (ראַפּעל)

Genre:
Celebratory/Joyous/Zionist
Subject:
Israel/Independence/Democracy

Recording

On album:
G-024(a) (Lebekik Un Yidish Pinie Goldsten Anna Rappel — לעבעדיק און ייִדיש)
Track ID:
20094
Vocal:
Rappel, Anna — ראַפּעל, אַנאַ
Artist:
Honigsberg, Ernesto & His Orch
First line:
Lomir a lidl zingen, lomir freylekh zayn,
First line (Yiddish):
לאָמיר אַ לידל זןנגען, לאָמיר פֿרײלעך זײַן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Di Naye Hora"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Joyous/Celebratory

Hands Of Time (Eng)

Author:
Boni, Rene
Composer:
Boni, Rene
Genre:
Lullaby
Subject:
Maturity/Age/Development/Independence/Time/Memory
Origin:
Alb B-066(a)

Recording

On album:
B-066(a) (Rene Boni / Hands of Time/ Hebrew, English and Yiddish Songs for Children)
Track ID:
23097
Vocal/Guitar:
Boni, Rene
Guitar/Mandolin:
McLaughlin, Tom
Piano/Kazoo/Synthesizers:
Solomon, Micah
First line:
I hold you in my arms little one, and listen to you breathe,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English

Hayu Zmanim — היו זמנים

Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Wilensky, Moshe — וילנסקי, משה
Genre:
Israeli/Pop
Subject:
Memory/Palmakh/Pride/Grandson/Independence/War
Origin:
Netzer 78
Transliteration:
Netzer 78
Music:
Netzer 78
Additional song notes:
There Were Days

Recordings

On album:
I-011(b)1 (The Great Songs Of the Last 30 Years First Album of Three — השירים הגדולים של 30 השנים)
Track ID:
6359
Vocal:
Damari, Shoshana — דמארי, שושנה
Conductor:
Wilensky, Moshe — וילנסקי, משה
First line:
Yavo hayom veod teshev el mul ha'akh, vegam yiye kafuf...
First line (Hebrew):
יבוֹא היוֹם ועוֹד תּשב אל מוּל האח, וגם הגב יהיה כּפוּף כּחטוֹטרת,
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
D-012(g) (Israeli Romantic Songs by Shoshana Damari)
Track ID:
18320
Vocal:
Damari, Shoshana — דמארי, שושנה
Conductor:
Wilensky, Moshe — וילנסקי, משה
Artist:
Hed Arzi & Kol Yisroel Orch
First line:
Yavo hayom veod teshev el mul ha'akh, vegam yiye kafuf...
First line (Hebrew):
יבוֹא היוֹם ועוֹד תּשב אל מוּל האח, וגם הגב יהיה כּפוּף כּחטוֹטרת,
Track comment:
Album notes credit "C. Feiner" with Lyrics - Same as Khefer?
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
B-010(d) (Ben Bonus sings israeli songs in yiddish -Sing, Israel, Sing — "זינג, ישׂראל, זינג")
Track ID:
6353
Vocal:
Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
Arranger/Conductor:
Dan, Yoel — דן, יואל
First line:
O libe fraynt, mir veln nokh unter eyn dakh, bay sheyn…
First line (Yiddish):
אָ ליבע פֿרײַנד, מיר װעלן נאָך אונטער אײן דאַך, בײַ שײן געדעקטע…
Track comment:
Perlov and Feiner are credited in album notes.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-010(f) (Ben Bonus Mina Bern Mit Lid Iber Der Velt — מיט ליד איבער דער װעלט)
Track ID:
6354
Vocal:
Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
Director:
Yarkon, Jo, dir
Yiddish Adaptaion:
Perlov, Yitskhak — פּערלאָװ, יצחק
First line:
O libe fraynt, mir veln nokh unter eyn dakh, bay sheyn…
First line (Yiddish):
אָ ליבע פֿרײַנד, מיר װעלן נאָך אונטער אײן דאַך, בײַ שײן געדעקטע…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
N-006(a) (The Nachal Troupe 23rd Program - HaPalanchnik — להקת הנח"ל בתכניתה ה - 23 - הפּלמ"חניק)
Track ID:
6355
Vocal:
Nakhal Troupe - 23rd Program — להקת הנח"ל
Musical Director:
Nageri, Benny — נגרי, בּני
First line:
Yavo hayom veod teshev el mul ha'akh, vegam yiye kafuf...
First line (Hebrew):
יבוֹא היוֹם ועוֹד תּשב אל מוּל האח, וגם הגב יהיה כּפוּף כּחטוֹטרת,
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
Z-001(a) (Israeli Army Songs Sung By Zemer Ran)
Track ID:
6356
Vocal:
Zemer Ran — זמר רן
Conductor:
Ben-Porat, Tsvi — בּן-פּורת, צבי
Arranger:
Nuvokovits, Ilan, arr — נובֿוקובֿיץ, אילן, אַראַנ
First line:
Yavo hayom veod teshev el mul ha'akh, vegam yiye kafuf...
First line (Hebrew):
יבוֹא היוֹם ועוֹד תּשב אל מוּל האח, וגם הגב יהיה כּפוּף כּחטוֹטרת,
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
D-012(e) (Shoshana Damari Songs of Israel Moshe Wilensky, Conductor — שׁושׁנה דמארי שׁירי עם לוֹחם המנצה: משה וילנסקי)
Track ID:
6357
Vocal:
Damari, Shoshana — דמארי, שושנה
Conductor:
Wilensky, Moshe — וילנסקי, משה
First line:
Yavo hayom veod teshev el mul ha'akh, vegam yiye kafuf...
First line (Hebrew):
יבוֹא היוֹם ועוֹד תּשב אל מוּל האח, וגם הגב יהיה כּפוּף כּחטוֹטרת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
I-011(a)1 (Thirty Years Of Song From Israel (First Album of Two) — שלושים שנה - השירים היפים)
Track ID:
6358
Vocal:
Damari, Shoshana — דמארי, שושנה
Arranger/Conductor:
Wilensky, Moshe — וילנסקי, משה
First line:
Yavo hayom veod teshev el mul ha'akh, vegam yiye kafuf...
First line (Hebrew):
יבוֹא היוֹם ועוֹד תּשב אל מוּל האח, וגם הגב יהיה כּפוּף כּחטוֹטרת,
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
T-003(i) (Tova Ben Tsvi/ Sabbath and Holiday Songs/ Shabos un Yomtov Lider — טובה בן־צבי\ שבת און יום טוב לידער)
Track ID:
36548
Vocal:
Ben-Tsvi, Tova
Yiddish Adaptation:
Luden, I. — לודען, י.
First line:
Es vet a tsayn nokh kumen, sitsn vest farnakht, a groyer altitshker baym oyvn..
First line (Yiddish):
עס וועט אַ צײַט נאָך קומען, זיטצן וועסט פֿאַרנאַכט, אַ גרויער אַלטיטשקער בײַם אויוון...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
Length:
3:56
On album:
Y-056(a) (Yaroslav Yakubovic/Songs of the Land Israeli Tunes — אלבום שירי הארץ)
Track ID:
39254
Language:
Hebrew
Length:
3:15

I Ain't Takin' Orders From No One

Author:
Rose, Fred.
Composer:
Rose, Fred.
Genre:
Theater/American/Pop
Subject:
Orders/Independence/Choice//Appearance
Origin:
T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recordings

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42713
First line:
Tell that fella with the big physique to stop lirting with me, I'm not to be had
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American/Risque
Length:
3:07
On album:
T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)
Track ID:
7028
Author/Composer:
Rose, Fred.
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Tell that fellow with the big physique to stop flirting...

Katinka — קאַטינקאַ

Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Dance/Song/Laughter/Independence/Poverty/Orphan/Marriage
Translation:
Alb M-047(c) [chorus only]
Additional song notes:
From Rumshinky's operetta "Katinka"

Recordings

On album:
P-004(d) (Molly Picon WEVD Memorial Program Henry Sapoznik, Narrator)
Track ID:
7843
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Narrator:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the musical "Katinke"
On album:
P-004(e) (The Very Best Of Molly Picon 14 Yiddish Theatre Favorites)
Track ID:
24600
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
On album:
014d (Picon, Molly/ Katinka/ Ikh Ken Fargesn Yedn Nor Nit..)
Track ID:
29185
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
On album:
M-047(c) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection A)
Track ID:
35556
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
First line:
Katya fayft oyf der velt, zi freyt zikh un filt, vayl s'iz ir git,
First line (Yiddish):
קאַטיע פֿײַפֿט אוף דער וועלט, זי פֿרייט זיך און פֿילט, ווײַל ס'איז איר גיט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Operetta/Production Number
Length:
3:18

Mi Barekhev — מי ברכב

Also known as:
Mi Baregel Mi Barekhev
Author:
Saporta, R.
Composer:
Amiran, Emanuel — עמירן, עמנואל
Genre:
Israeli/Zionist
Subject:
Independence/Children/Transportation/Carriage/Foot/Parade
Transliteration:
Alb S-002(e)
Music:
S-002(e)

Recordings

On album:
B-007(h) (Theodore Bikel Sings Songs Of Israel)
Track ID:
10360
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
First line:
Mi barekhev, mi baregel, mi titsad basakh, mi barosh yisa...
First line (Hebrew):
מי ברכב, מי ברגל מי יעצד בסך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"Who will walk, who will ride?
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
On album:
Y-002(f) (Yaffa Yarkoni Enjoy Your Holidays Jewish Festival Songs — יפה ירקוני "ושמחת בחגיך" בשירים חגים)
Track ID:
23037
Vocal:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Artist:
Hed Arzi Orch & Children's Choir — תזמורת "הד-ארצי" בלווי מקהלת ילדים
Arranger/Conductor:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
Mi barekhev, mi baregel, mi titsad basakh, mi barosh yisa...
First line (Hebrew):
מי ברכב, מי ברגל מי יעצד בסך...
Track comment:
"Who will walk, who will ride?
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
On album:
S-002(h) (Martha Schlamme sings Jewish & Israeli Folk Songs)
Track ID:
26382
Vocal:
Schlamme, Martha
Orchestra Conductor Instrumental Ensemble:
Shapira, Elaykum
First line:
Mi barekhev, mi baregel, mi titsad basakh, mi barosh yisa...
First line (Hebrew):
מי ברכב, מי ברגל מי יעצד בסך...
Track comment:
"Some by carriage, some by foot, some march in parade...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert