Songs
My Yiddishe Momma — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
- Additional song notes:
- See "A Yidishe Mame"
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 1313
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- English
- Publisher:
- Crawford Music Corporation
- Publisher address:
- RKO Bldg, Rockefeller Center, NY
- Date:
- 1925
- Provenance:
- Gift of Debra Rasansky, March 201
- First line:
- Of all the things I should be thankful for I've had a goodly
- Notes:
- Cover: English Block Letters/Lyric by Jack Yellen/ Music by Jack Yellen and Lew Pollack
Recordings
- On album:
- 018a (Logan, Ella/ The Spaniard That Blighted.../ My Yiddishe Mame)
- Track ID:
- 29282
- Vocal:
- Logan, Ella
- On album:
- 027l (Rekhtsayt, Seymour/ Misirlou/ My Yidishe Mame)
- Track ID:
- 29537
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30741
- Vocal:
- Linden, Estelle
- Artist:
- Jewish Swing Ensemble
- First line:
- A yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser af der velt, a yidishe mame, oy vey vi...
- First line:
- אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט. אַייִדישע מאַמע, אוי ווייִ ...
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded ca. 1948, Victor 25-1086
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Swing/Pop
- Length:
- 3:35
- On album:
- S-134(a) (Brighton Beach Memories / Neil Sedaka Sings Yiddish)
- Track ID:
- 38153
- On album:
- S-096(c) (Gregori Schechter's Klezmer Festival Band/Live on the West Bank)
- Track ID:
- 38604
- double bass:
- Scott, Gavin
- accordion, piano:
- Burton, Kim
- viola:
- Gooterman-kaftal, Ada
- violin:
- Elsworth, Steve
- guitar:
- Goldberg, Ronnie
- trumpet, cello:
- Jayasinha, Paul
- clarinet, saxophone:
- Schechter, Gregori
- drums:
- Ferrao, Hans
- Length:
- 3:16
- On album:
- T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 42708
- Vocal:
- Tucker, Sophie
- First line:
- Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share, and as I sit in the
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/American
- Length:
- 2:47