Songs
A Bisele Frier — אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער
- Also known as:
- A Bisl Frier
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Humorous
- Subject:
- Love/Women/Appearance/Regret/Men
- Additional song notes:
- Why Didn't I Meet You Earlier?
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 591
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration
- Publisher:
- Metro Music Co.
- Publisher address:
- 64 Second Ave, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1944
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 331
- First line:
- Ikh bin shoyn oysgeven kemat in yedn vinkl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין שוין אויגעווען כּמעט אין יעדן ווינקל,
- Notes:
- Dark blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Photos of Alexander Olshanetsky and Aaron Lebedeff on front cover. Columbia record 8234F by Seymour Rechtzeit. Price 35 cents. As sung by Aaron Lebedeff and Nina Rochell. Yiddish words on back cover.
Recordings
- On album:
- R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
- Track ID:
- 19123
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Conductor Ensemble:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Far vos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bisele frier,
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿאַר װאָס האָב איך דיך ניט באַגעגענט אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop
- On album:
- B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
- Track ID:
- 30770
- Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
- Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
- First line:
- Farvos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bisele frier,
- First line:
- פֿארװאָס האָב איך דיך ניט באגעגענט א ביסעלע פֿריער
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theatre
- On album:
- R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
- Track ID:
- 18
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Artist:
- Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
- Clarinet:
- Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
- First line:
- Farvos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bislele frier,
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿאַרװאָס האָב אַיך דיך ניט באַגעגענט אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop