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