ka'eyleh hayu hayamim

Recordings

On album:

L-034(a) (Dayne Oygn Francois Lilienfed und "Galizianer" — דײַנע אױגן)

Track ID:

15297

Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation/Arranger:

Lilienfeld, Francois

Artist:

Galitsianer

First line:

Vos ikh bin geven nokh a kleyn yingl, hob ikh nit gevust...

First line (Yiddish):

װאָס איך בין געװען נאָך אַ קלײן ייִנגל, האָב איך ניט געװוּסט...

Track comment:

Recorded in Switzerland under "Di Yurn Geyen Avek"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

L-034(b) (Simkhes Un Tsures Francois Lilienfeld /Ensemble Galitsianer — שׂמחות און צרות)

Track ID:

15298

Vocal/Arranger/Yiddish Adaptation:

Lilienfeld, Francois

Artist:

Galitsianer

First line:

Vos ikh bin geven nokh a kleyn yingl, hob ikh nit gevust...

First line (Yiddish):

װאָס איך בין געװען נאָך אַ קלײן ייִנגל, האָב איך ניט געװוּסט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

F-023(a) (Irina Fogelson Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)

Track ID:

15300

Artist:

Fogelson, Irena

Arranger:

Shalit, Vladimir

Arranger:

Batitsky, Pavel

First line:

Once upon a time there was a tavern, where we used to...

First line:

הערט, עס קלינגט בײַ...מיט דײַן געלעכטע, דערקענסט מיך ניט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English/Russian/Yiddish

On album:

T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)

Track ID:

15301

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra

Vocal:

Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul

Vocal:

Reissa, Eleanor

First line:

Once upon a time there was a tavern, where we used to...

Track comment:

From "Those Were The Days"

Language:

English

On album:

A-016(a) (Play My Balalaika The Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble, Vol 2)

Track ID:

15303

Artist:

Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble

Artist:

Selivan, Mark A., dir

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Based on Russian song "The Long Road" by Boris Fomin

On album:

N-008(a) (Fay Nicoll Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)

Track ID:

15304

Yiddish Adaptation:

Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה

Vocal:

Nicoll, Fay

First line:

Eregts dortn shteyt an alte kretshme, vu mir flegn trinkn…

First line (Yiddish):

ערגעץ דאָרטן שטײט אַן אַלטע קרעטשמע, װוּ מיר פֿלעגן טרינקן זיסע..

Track comment:

Adaptation from original Russian

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

G-039(a) (Ben Gailing's Golden Jubilee Record 1921-1971)

Track ID:

15305

Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:

Gailing, Ben

First line:

Gedenst du nokh, mayn fraynt, dem alten shenkl,

First line (Yiddish):

געדענקסט דו נאָך, מײַן פֿרײַנט, דעם אַלטען שענקל,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

S-015(a)

Track ID:

15306

Yiddish Adaptation:

Schwartz, Teddi, Yid — שװאַרץ, טעדי, ייַדיש

Vocal:

Schwartz, Teddi — שװאַרץ, טעדי

First line:

Vi oft mir flegn trefn zikh in shenkl, mir zenen yung un...

First line (Yiddish):

װי אָפֿט מיר פֿלעגן טרעפֿן זיך אין שענקל, מיר זענען יונג און...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Text and Transliteration with album notes

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)

Track ID:

33566

Double Bass:

Moylan, Paul

Keyboard/Accordion:

Schleider, Yair

Clarinet:

Shulman, David

Vocal/Arranger:

Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ

Artist:

Chutzpah

Violin/Viola:

Hamilton, Meg

Percussion:

Kozokaro, Ronen

First line:

Eregts dortn shteyt an alte kretshme, vu mir flegn trinkn zise vayn,

First line (Yiddish):

ערגעץ דאָרטן שטײט אַן אַלטע קרעטשמע, װוּ מיר פֿלעגן טרינקן זיסע ווײַן,

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert/Art Song/Nostalgic/Pop

Length:

3:09

On album:

B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)

Track ID:

33530

Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:

Block, Bobby

Keyboards:

Kravitz, Bernie

Percussion:

Sperell, Chic

First line:

Once upon a time there was a tavern, where we used to raise a glass or two,

Language:

English

Style:

Pop

Length:

3:12

On album:

xL-034(a)

Track ID:

3820

AuthorVocal:

Lilienfeld, Francois

Artist:

Galitsianer

First line:

Vos ikh bin geven nokh a kleyn yingl, hob ikh nit gevust...

First line (Yiddish):

װאָס איך בין געװען נאָך אַ קלײן ייִנגל, האָב איך ניט געװוּסט...

Track comment:

Recorded in Switzerland under "Di Yurn Geyen Avek"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

E-001(d) (The Latest Yiddish Songs by David Eshet — די נײַעסטע לידער אין ייִדיש זינגט דוד עשת)

Track ID:

5113

Yiddish Adaptation:

Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה

Vocal:

Eshet, David — עשת, דוד

Artist:

D. R. G. Orchestra — ד. ר. ג. אָרקעסטער

First line:

Eregts dortn shteyt an alte kretshme, vu mir flegn trinkn…

First line:

ערגעץ דאָרטן שטײט אַן אַלטע קרעטשמע, װוּ מיר פֿלעגן טרינקן זיסע..

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)