Songs

A Freylekhs (Kharik) — אַ פֿרײלעכס (כאַריק)

Author:
Kharik, Izi — כאַריק, איזי
Composer:
Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
Joy/Unity/Dance
Origin:
Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)
Transliteration:
Alb W-035(a)
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)/Alb S-105(a)/Alb W-035(a)
Additional song notes:
Text sometimes attributed to Itsik Fefer and sometimes to Izi Charik

Recordings

On album:
G-018(c) (Emil Gorovets Sings Songs of the Martyred Yiddish Poets...)
Track ID:
19493
Vocal:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
First line:
שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
K-077(a) (Klezmer Pow Wow)
Track ID:
24747
Artist:
Klezmer Pow Wow
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Vocal:
Zaugg, Freddy
Bass:
Cesar, Laura
Accordion/Piano/Swiss Cymbalon:
Walker, Ranier
First line:
Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
First line:
שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
On album:
A-038(c) (Mark Aizikovitch / In Jiddischn Wort / Lieder Verfolgter judisch-sowjetischer dichter — אין ייִדישען וואָרט)
Track ID:
31401
Vocal/Arranger:
Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק
Accordion/Arranger/Vocal:
Yavir, Nikolai — יאַוויר, ניקאָלי
Piano/Arranger/Vocal/Violin:
Nasarov, Konstantin — נאַזאַראָוו, קאָנסטאַנטין
First line:
Ay day digi digi day (3x), Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod…
First line (Yiddish):
אייִ דייִ דיגי דיגי דייִ (3), שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Joyfully
Length:
3:41
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
174
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
First line (Yiddish):
שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
S-105(a) (Shalom Comrade! / Yiddish Music in the Soviet Union 1928-1961)
Track ID:
32804
Artist:
Jewish Vocal Ensemble...Belarusian SSR
Arranger:
Klaus, N. P.
First line:
Shpilt, Shpilt, Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn…
First line (Yiddish):
שפּילט, שפּילט, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral
Length:
3:20
On album:
W-035(a) (Hy Wolfe sings Lider far der Neshome/ Yiddish Songs for the Soul — לידער פֿאַר די נשמה)
Track ID:
32827
Arranger:
Kaplan, Herbert — קאַפּלאַן, הערשל
Vocal:
Wolfe, Hy — וואָלף, חיים
First line:
Shpilt a freylekhs, aza freylekhs, in der rod arayn geshvind,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אַזאַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן געשווינד,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:27
On album:
A-038(d) (Mark Aizikovitch/ Jidelekh, Briderlakh, Singt Shejne Liedelach/Yiddish Hebrew and Russian Songs)
Track ID:
36576
Vocal/Percussion:
Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק
Acc Guitar/E Guitar/Bajan/Bass/Vocal:
Javir, Nikolaj
Piano/Keyboard/Cymbal/Harmonica/Bass/Vocal:
Nazarov, Konstanin
First line:
Ay day digi digi di (3x), Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod…
First line (Yiddish):
אייִ דייִ דיגי דיגי דייִ (3), שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Studio Fusion/Funky
Length:
3:41