Songs

Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן

Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
Sheet music:
Folder:
367
Series:
4
Arranger:
Beimel, Jacob
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1927
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
143
First line:
Oy Viviel yorn zenen forforen, seyt ikh bin milner ot ado.
First line (Yiddish):
אוי וויפֿיל יאָרן זענען פֿאַרפֿאָרען. זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אַדאָ,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Picture frame border. Small drawing of windmill. "As sung by Sidor Belarsky, Victor record No. 5010". Price 35 cents.

Recordings

On album:
G-022(a) (Songs of Gebirtig & Warshavsky — לידער פֿון געבירטיג ט און װאַרשאַװסקי)
Track ID:
20062
Vocal:
Goldberg, Susan — גאָלדבערג, סוזען
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Schlosser, Peter — שלאָסער, פּיטער
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-003(x) (Sidor Belarsky 24 Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
21269
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-002(c)2 (Netania Davrath Russian, Israeli and Yiddish Folk Songs CD2)
Track ID:
23496
Arranger/Conductor Orchestra:
DeCormier, Robert
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zind Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זינד איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-093(a)2 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 2 of 2)
Track ID:
23198
Artist:
Summergrad, Leo
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zind Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זינד איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-062(a)1 (Gebrider Moyshele Unlabled Cassette (Side A))
Track ID:
24251
Vocal/Guitar:
Gebrider Moyshele
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
Track ID:
28434
Vocal:
Labovitz, Sherman
Piano:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
Violin:
Weinberger, Marvin
Arranger:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyn...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/
Length:
02:52
On album:
U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)
Track ID:
26005
Artist:
Urbanska, Irena
Piano/Clarinet:
Lic, Leslaw
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Track comment:
Similar melody to "High Noon" - Do Not Forsake Me, O My...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-033(a) (Lin Jaldati / Jiddischer Lieder)
Track ID:
31379
Vocal:
Jaldati, Lin — יאַלדאַטי, לין
Artist:
Martin Hoffman Orchestra — מאַרטין האָפֿמאַן אָרקעסטער
Conductor/Arranger:
Hoffman, Martin — האָפֿמאַן, מאַרטין
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyen…
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:48
On album:
054a (Belarsky, Sidor/ Dem Milners Trern/ Dem Zeydns Brokhe)
Track ID:
30339
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
023l (Belarsky, Sidor/ Dem Zeydns Brokhe/ Dem Milners Trern)
Track ID:
29426
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
004p (Belarsky, Sidor basso cantante/ Dem Milners Trern/ Dem Zeydns Brokhe)
Track ID:
28911
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-093(b) (Leo Summergrad / Madeline Simon /Memories — זכרונות)
Track ID:
27765
Piano:
Simon, Madeline
Vocal:
Summergrad, Leo
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyen...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk
Length:
004:16
On album:
Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)
Track ID:
28752
Vocal:
Talila
Guitar:
Delaistier, Maurice
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
02:39
On album:
051o (Coster, Naum/ Dem Milners Trern/ Oyfn Pripetshik)
Track ID:
30234
Artist:
Coster, Naum
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-059(b) (Metropolitan Klezmer/ Surprising Finds)
Track ID:
32535
Vocal:
Karpel, Philip
First line:
Vu vel ikh voynen, ver vet mikh shoynen, ikh bin shoyn alt, ikh bin shoyn mid,
First line (Yiddish):
וווּ וועל איך וווינען, ווער וועט מיך שוינען, איך בין שוין אַלט, איך בין שוין...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Folk
Length:
0:54
On album:
S-103(a) (Hank Sapoznik And The Youngers of Zion/ The Protocols)
Track ID:
32660
Artist:
Youngers Of Zion
Vocal:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Fiddle:
Segelstein, Cookie
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyen…
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Mournfully
Length:
5:37
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31662
Vocal:
Oysher, Freydele — אױשער, פֿרײדעלע
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
0:41
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33730
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:38
On album:
M-133(c) (Barbara Moskow / Disc 3)
Track ID:
40296
Vocal:
Moskow, Barbara — מאָסקאָ, באַרבאַראַ
Piano:
Cohen, Rose Jarvis
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyen…
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:43
On album:
Y-043(a) (Yiddish Princess)
Track ID:
36387
Synths:
Winograd, Michael — ווינאָגראַד, מ.
Guitar:
Fox-Rosen, Avi
Guitar:
Fruchter, Yoshie
Bass:
Folman-Cohen, Ari
Drums:
Berry, Chris
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, vifl yorn, zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן, וויפֿל יאָרן, זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Hard Rock/Fusion/Pop
Length:
2:56
On album:
D-004(j)2 (Jewish Melodies From Russia/ Louis Danto/)
Track ID:
42539
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-095(a) (Played by Paul Levin The Soul of the Jewish Violin (Vol. 4) Melancholic Melodies Including Yiddish, Holocaust, and Ghetto ballads)
Track ID:
41179
Violin:
Levin, Pavel
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
3:19
On album:
V0290(5)(a
Track ID:
42641
Vocal:
Abramowitz, Adele
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Viola da gamba:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Master of Ceremonies:
Zucker, Sheva — זוקער, שבֿע
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do? Di reder dreyn zikh, di yorn geyen zikh, Ikh bin shoyn grayz
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ, די רעדער דרייען זיך, די יאָרןן גייען זיך, אין בין שוין
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Mourfully
Length:
2:58
On album:
E-014(b) (ESPE Performance Tape No 2)
Track ID:
2984
Artist:
ESPY
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in West Germany.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-018(a) (Fraydele Oysher and her daughter Marilyn Michaels — "אידישער נשמה")
Track ID:
2985
Vocal:
Oysher, Freydele — אױשער, פֿרײדעלע
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-035(e) (Sima & Arnold Miller Heritage:The Art of the Yid. Song Vol 5)
Track ID:
2986
Vocal:
Miller, Sima
Piano:
Miller, Arnold
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2987
Artist:
Mills, Alan
First line:
Akh, vi di yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אַך, װי די יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-038(b) (Seymour Schwartzman Cantorial Chants & Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
2988
Vocal:
Schwartzman, Cantor Seymour
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zind Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זינד איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Track comment:
Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-012(a) (Zupfgigenhansel Jiddische Lieder 'ch hob gehert sogn — כ'האָב דעהערט זאָגן)
Track ID:
2989
Artist:
Zupfgeigenhansel
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Track comment:
Recorded in Germany.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-002(a) (Jan Bart Sings Best Loved Jewish Songs by Request)
Track ID:
2990
Conductor:
Gunther, William
Artist:
William Gunther Orchestra
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
Conductor:
Gunther, William
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-003(g) (Sidor Belarsky Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
2991
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-005(b) (An Evening With Herschel Bernardi Chocolate Covered Matzohs)
Track ID:
2992
Vocal:
Bernardi, Herschel
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2993
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-004(j) (Louis Danto Sings Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
2994
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)
Track ID:
2995
Artist:
Ben-Tsvi, Tova
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-005(a) (14 Great Jewish Songs Sung by Avrasha Einshtein — 14 ייִדישע באַרימטע לידער זינגט אבֿראַשה אײנשטײן)
Track ID:
2996
Artist:
Eynshteyn, Avrasha — אײנשטײן, אַבֿראַשה
Artist:
Landvar, Tsvi, dir & arr — לאַנדװאַר צבֿי, דירעגענט און באַאַרבעט
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-006(a) (An Evening With Nico Feldman Israeli & Yiddish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2997
Vocal:
Feldman, Cantor Nico
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
2998
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:36
On album:
F-017(a) (Herschel Fox Sings Yiddish Hebrew & Cantorial)
Track ID:
2999
Artist:
Fox, Cantor Herschel
Director/Arranger:
Finkel, Ian
Director/Arranger:
Finkel, Elliot
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zent Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זענט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-016(c) (Shteitle of Gold Israel Zohar with Zurich Symphony Orch — עיירה של זהב ישׂראל זוהר \ נועם שריף \ התזמורת הסיפונית ציריך)
Track ID:
3000
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
Artist:
Zurich Symphony Orchestra
Arranger:
Sheriff, Noam — שריף, נעום,
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line:
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
C-032(a) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Sings Songs of the Jewish Workers)
Track ID:
3002
Artist:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line:
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Track comment:
How can I count years, that I've been miller here,
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Folk