Songs

Feter Elye (Kulbak) — פֿעטער עליע (קולבאַק)

Also known as:
Der Feter Elie (Kulbak)
Also known as:
Uncle Elye (Kulbak)
Genre:
Lit Origin/Occupation/Metaphor
Subject:
Poverty/Wagon Driver
Origin:
Alb R-034(g)
Transliteration:
Alb K-042(c)/C-035(e)/Alb K-042(c)
Translation:
Alb R-034(g)
Additional song notes:
Text sometimes attributed to or may be based on a poem by Mosyshe Kulbak. Author and composer unknown. See email message from Itzik Gottesman in Ephemra Folder # 18

Recordings

On album:
B-107(a) (M. Ben-Sachar, Bariton / Yidishe Lider 1 — מרדכי בן־שחר \ ייִדישע לידער 1)
Track ID:
37072
First line:
Mayn feter elie iz a yid, mit a ferd un vogn, mit a ferd un vogn, ven er fort…
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן פֿעטער עליע איז אַ ייִד, מיט אַ פֿערד און װאָגן,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Literary Origin/Concert
Length:
3:29
On album:
K-042(c) (Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Agada)
Track ID:
21826
Artist:
Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
Vocal:
Merovitz, Allan
First line:
Mayn feter elie iz a yid, mit a ferd un vogn, fort mayn...
First line:
מײַן פֿעטער עליע איז אַ ייִד, מיט אַ פֿערד און װאָגן, פֿאָרט מײַן...
On album:
C-035(a) (Dreaming In Yiddish Adrienne Cooper, vocals)
Track ID:
23990
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Mayn feter elie iz a yid, mit a ferd un vogn, fort mayn...
First line:
מײַן פֿעטער עליע איז אַ ייִד, מיט אַ פֿערד און װאָגן, פֿאָרט מײַן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
R-034(g) (Brave Old World Blood Oranges — רױטע פּאַמאַראַנצן)
Track ID:
26968
Artist:
Brave Old World
Composer:
Bern, Alan
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
First line:
Mayn feter elie iz a yid, mit a ferd un vogn, fort mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן פֿעטער עליע איז אַ ייִד, מיט אַ פֿערד און װאָגן, פֿאָרט מײַן...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Uncle Elye"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-031(a) (Tacheles Klezmer Company: Balkan Reggae)
Track ID:
31072
Clarinet/Shawm/Flute/Vocals:
Höher, Torsten
Accordion:
Fleischfresser, Birgit
Drums/Xylophone/Vocals:
Wolf, Daniel "Jack"
Tuba/Bass:
Meyer, Mike
Trumpet/Piston Trombone:
Glucharen, Michael
First line:
mayn feter elye iz a yid mit a ferd un vogn, un fort mayn…
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן פֿעטער עליע איז אַ ייִד מיט אַ פֿערד און װאָגן, און פֿאָרט מײַן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
6:36