Songs

Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder — אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער

Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Occupation/Tailor/Poverty
Origin:
Rubin Oak 90/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)
Transliteration:
Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb H-002(c))Alb R-007(f)2/Alb R-007(g)/Alb B-004(c)
Translation:
Rubin Oak 50/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(a)Alb R-007(f)2/Alb L-049(a)/Alb B-004(c)/
Music:
Rubin Oak 50
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 216-17 for relationship between Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnayder and That's The Way A Tailor Sews (The Tailor Song)./ Recorded under title "Shnayder" by the Budapester Klezmer Band [Alb B-065(c)].
Sheet music:
Folder:
545
Series:
4
Arranger:
Heifetz, Vladimir
Arranged for:
Mixed Chorus/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
54 Second Ave. New York, NY
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
290
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy shnayt er tzu….
First line (Yiddish):
,אָט אַזוי נייט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אזוי שנײַנט ער צו
Notes:
Black lettering, English/Yiddish, small folder. Price 30 cents. List of "Other Choruses" on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
U-006(b) (The Historic Collection of Jewish Music 1912-1947, Vol 1 Materials of J. Engel ethnographic expedition 1912)
Track ID:
30664
Vocal:
Unknown
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shneyder, ot azoy varft er shtekh
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ װאַrפֿט ער שטעך
Track comment:
Recorded 1912
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Field Recording/Acapella/Duet
Length:
0:36
On album:
L-026(a) (Dora Libson Field Recording)
Track ID:
11599
Vocal:
Libson, Dora
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt der yid,
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט דער ייִד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Field recording, acapella
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
11600
Vocal:
Mills, Alan
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
On album:
R-007(a) (Jewish Life "The Old Country")
Track ID:
11601
Vocal:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er gut.
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער גוט,
Track comment:
Field recording, acapella, variant
On album:
R-007(f)2 (Yiddish Folksongs Ruth Rubin — ייִדישע פֿאָלקסלידער)
Track ID:
11602
Vocal:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er gut.
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער גוט.
Track comment:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.
On album:
R-007(g)
Track ID:
11603
Vocal:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er gut.
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער גוט.
Track comment:
Text, transliteration and translation with album notes.
On album:
R-007(d) (Ruth Rubin sings Yiddish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
11604
Vocal:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
Banjo:
Weissman, Dick
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh,
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך.
On album:
J-019(a) (The J.C.C. Singers (Toronto, Canada) in a Musical Mosaic)
Track ID:
11605
Vocal:
J.C.C. Singers (Toronto)
Director:
Ghan-Firestone, Esther
Piano:
Barkin-Sandler, Sara
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy shneyt er...
First line:
אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ שניינט ער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
B-004(c) (Let's Sing A Yiddish Song... Masha Benya & Children Chorus — לאָמיר זינגען לידער פֿאַר ייִדישע קינדער)
Track ID:
11606
Vocal:
Benya, Masha — בעניע, מאַשאַ
Piano:
Gottlieb, Malke — גאָטליב, מלכּה
Arranger:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Narrated by Yosl Mlotek
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Fragment
On album:
C-032(a) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Sings Songs of the Jewish Workers)
Track ID:
11608
Vocal:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Track comment:
Here's the way the tailor stitches, here is how he's...
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
G-048(a) (lescht doss fajer! die "gojim" jiddishe widerstands-und...)
Track ID:
20394
Artist:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
G-062(b) (Gebrider Moischele ,,Schtil di nacht is ojsgeschternt'')
Track ID:
26476
Artist:
Schmid, Hansjorg
Vocal:
Gebrider Moyshele
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
On album:
A-027(b) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre -Act II-)
Track ID:
26499
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, all he does is sew and sew...
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Track comment:
Several Versions
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)
Track ID:
27504
Vocal:
Levy, Mark
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh!
First line:
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך!
Track comment:
with Mit A Nodl
On album:
H-039(a) (Songs Are All I Have/ The Musical Heritage Of Vladimir Heifetz — לידער-אַלץ װאָס איך פֿאַרמאָג \ די מוזיקאַלישע ירושה פֿון װלאַדימיר חפֿץ)
Track ID:
28580
Vocal:
New Yiddish Chorale
Chorale Director/Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Arranger:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy shnaydt er tsu, ot azoy neyt a shnayder...
First line (Yiddish):
אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ שניינט ער צו, אָט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Chorale/Concert/Art Style
Length:
03:24
On album:
058m (Cab Calloway/ Crescendo in Drums/ Ot Azoy Neyt A Shnader)
Track ID:
30507
On album:
P-038(b) (Pressburger Klezmer Band / Ot Azoy)
Track ID:
32554
Artist:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Violin:
Werner, Andrej
Clarinet:
Lago, Miro
Viola:
Alexander, Daniel
Piano/Synthesizer:
Suska, Pavol
Zbor/Double Bass/Arranger:
Alexander, Samo
Drums/Percussion:
Oros, Martin
Vocal/Guitar:
Ballova, Linda
Viola:
Obuch, Peter
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er dokh,
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער דאָך.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
4:13
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31704
Vocal:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy neyt er gut.
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ נײט ער גוט.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella
Length:
0:27
On album:
M-059(b) (Metropolitan Klezmer/ Surprising Finds)
Track ID:
32520
Arrangment:
Metropolitan Klezmer
Accordion/Arranger:
Butera, Ismael
Trombone/Arranger:
Faulkner, Rick
Violin:
Hess, Michael
Bass/Tuba:
Hofstra, Dave
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Kreisberg, Debra
Drumset/Dumbeq/Arranger:
Sicular, Eve
Vocal:
Karpel, Deborah
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy varft er shtekh,
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ װאַrפֿט ער שטעך
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing
Length:
4:07
On album:
B-065(c) (Budapester Klezmer Band/A Night in the Garden of Eden/ A Nakht in Gan Eydn/ Ferenc Javori)
Track ID:
36903
Violin:
Illenyi, Katica
Cimbalom:
Balough, Kalman
Clarinet:
Kohan, Istvan
Trombone:
Gabor, Tamas
Trumpet:
Vamos, Ivastan
Accordion:
Nagy, Anna
Drums:
Herboly, Lazlo
Contrabas:
Kiss, Gabor
Leader/Piano:
Javori, Ferenc
Artist:
Budapester Klezmer Band
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Concert
Length:
1:21
On album:
M-059(g) (Metropolitan Klezmer Live/ Traveling Show)
Track ID:
41869
Accordion:
Butera, Ismael
Trumpet/Fluglhorn:
Fleming, Pam
Violin/Ney Flutes:
Hess, Michael
Acustic Bass/Tuba:
Hofstra, Dave
Vocal:
Karpel, Deborah
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Kreisberg, Debra
Arranger:
Metropolitan Klezmer
Clarinet/Dumbeq/Arranger:
Sicular, Eve
Trombone:
Regev, Reut
First line:
Ot azoy neyt a shnayder, ot azoy varft er shtekh (2), neyt un neyt,…
First line (Yiddish):
אַט אַזױ נײט אַ שנײַדער, אָט אַזױ װאַrפֿט ער שטעך (2), האָט פֿאַרדינט ניט קיין...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Swing/Jazz
Length:
4:05