if i were a rich man (yid)

Recordings

On album:

P-002(e) (Jan Peerce sings songs from "Fiddler On The Roof")

Track ID:

7055

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Conductor:

Golschmann, Vladimir

Arranger:

DeCormier, Robert

First line:

Ven ikh bin a rotshild,...gantse teg volt ikh zikh gebiri...

First line (Yiddish):

װען איך בין אַ ראָטשילד,...גאַנצע טעג װאָלט איך זיך געבירי...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From Fiddler On The Roof

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Operatic

On album:

Y-004(a) (The Yiddish Dream A Heritage of Jewish Song)

Track ID:

7056

Vocal:

Peerce, Jan

Conductor:

Golschmann, Vladimir

Arranger:

DeCormier, Robert

First line:

Ven ikh bin a rotshild,...gantse teg volt ikh zikh gebiri...

First line (Yiddish):

װען איך בין אַ ראָטשילד,...גאַנצע טעג װאָלט איך זיך געבירי...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From Fiddler On The Roof. Same as on Album P-002(e)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

Y-008(a) (Yiddish Greatest Hits Vol. I — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען)

Track ID:

7057

Vocal:

Rudensky, Shmuel — רודענסקי, שמואל

Yiddish Adaptation:

Friedman, Shraga — פֿרידמאַן, שרגא

Arranger:

Osser, Glen

Conductor:

Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון

First line:

Oy, reboynu shel olam, host dokh bashefn a velt mit orime...

First line (Yiddish):

אװ, רבּוֹנוֹ של עלוֹם, האָסט דאָך באַשאַפֿן אַ װעלט מיט אָרימע לײט,

Track comment:

From Fiddler On The Roof

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-002(d) (Jan Bart Sings Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish)

Track ID:

7058

Arranger/Conductor:

Jay, Morty

Vocal:

Bart, Jan

First line:

Volt ikh zayn a kliger, tshiri biri, tshiri biri bom,

First line (Yiddish):

װאָלט איך זײַן אַ קליגער, טשירי בירי, טשירי בירי באָם...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

A-038(a) (Mark Aizikovitch Der Fremde...The Stranger)

Track ID:

24659

Vocal:

Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק

First line:

Akh, ven ikh nor raykh vere,

Language:

German

On album:

F-003(d)1

Track ID:

43153

Tevye:

Topol, Chaim — טופּול, חיים

Tevye:

Skybell, Steven

First line:

Reboynu-shel-oylam. Host dokh bashafn a velt mit oreme-layt, un vaysn, vays tkh dokh, az s'iz

First line (Yןiddish):

רבּוננו־של־עולם, האָסט דאָך באַשאַפֿן אַ וועלט מיט אָרימע־לײַט. און ווייסן, ווייס איך דאָך, אַז ס"איז גאָרניט קײַן שאַנדע

Language:

Yןiddish

Style:

Theatrical

Length:

4:17

On album:

F-003(a) (Fiddler On The Roof Original Israeli Yiddish Cast — אַ פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)

Track ID:

7059

Vocal:

Rudensky, Shmuel — רודענסקי, שמואל

Yiddish Adaptation:

Friedman, Shraga — פֿרידמאַן, שרגא

First line:

Oy, reboynu shel olam, host dokh bashefn a velt mit orime...

First line (Yiddish):

אװ, רבּוֹנוֹ של עלוֹם, האָסט דאָך באַשאַפֿן אַ װעלט מיט אָרימע לײט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From Fiddler On The Roof

Language:

Yiddish