Songs
Far From The Home I Love
- Author:
- Harnick, Sheldon
- Composer:
- Bock, Jerry
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Home/Separation/Love
- Song comment:
- From "Fiddler On The Roof"
Recordings
- On album:
- B-028(h) (The Barry Sisters sing Fiddler On The Roof)
- Track ID:
- 5083
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Feller, Sid
- First line:
- What a melencholy choice this is, wanting home, wanting him,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Duet
- On album:
- F-003(b) (Fiddler On The Roof Original Broadway Cast Album)
- Track ID:
- 5084
- Vocal:
- Migenes, Julia
- Vocal:
- Mostel, Zero
- First line:
- So you are leaving your home to join that hero of yours...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- How can I hope to make you understand why I do, what I do,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Duet
- On album:
- F-003(c) (Fiddler On The Roof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Track ID:
- 5085
- Vocal:
- Topol, Chaim — טופּול, חיים
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Williams, John
- First line:
- He asks you to leave your father and mother and join him...
- Track comment:
- How can I help to make you understand why I do, what I do,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Duet
- On album:
- B-002(d) (Jan Bart Sings Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish)
- Track ID:
- 5086
- Vocal/Translation Yiddish:
- Bart, Jan
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Jay, Morty
- First line:
- Vi ken ikh makhn dir tsu farshteyn, ikh muz geyn fun mayn...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי קען אַיך מאַכן דיר צו פֿאַרשטײן, איך מוז גײן פֿון מײַן הײם,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- F-003(a) (Fiddler On The Roof Original Israeli Yiddish Cast — אַ פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)
- Track ID:
- 5087
- Vocal:
- Grottes, Etty — גראָטעס, עטי
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Friedman, Shraga — פֿרידמאַן, שרגא
- First line:
- Vos zol ikh ton du zolst mikh gut farshteyn, hert far vos...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װאָס זאָל איך טאָן דו זאָלסט מיך גוט פֿאַרשטײן, הערט פֿאָר װאָס...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish