oy i like she

Recordings

On album:

G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)

Track ID:

11726

Translation English:

Levy, Jacques

Vocal:

Borts, Joanne

Artist:

Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra

Orchestration:

Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח

First line:

Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,

Track comment:

Recorded under title "Oy, I Like Him"

Language:

English

On album:

I-003(a) (Yiddisha Romantica und Lustika featured by Israel Itzhaki — ישׂראל יצחקי לוסטיקע טאַנץ מוזיק געזונגען אין ייִדיש)

Track ID:

11727

Vocal:

Itskhaki, Israel — יצחקי, ישׂראל

Artist:

Weiss, Alex and his Orchestra — װיס ,אַלכּס ותזמורתו

Conductor/Arranger:

Weiss, Alex — וויס, אלעקס,

First line:

Oy, ikh lib zi, oy, oy, oy, ikh lib zi, zi iz mayn glik,

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, איך ליב זי, אױ, אױ, אױ, איך ליב זי, זי איז מײַן גליק,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Cha Cha

On album:

L-002(b) (Aaron Lebedeff)

Track ID:

11728

Vocal:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

First line:

Oy, I like she, oy, oy, oy, I like she, zi iz mayn glik,

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אױ, אױ, אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, זי איז מײַן גליק,

Track comment:

From musical - A Nakht in California

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Klezmer/Swing

On album:

L-002(f) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fourteen Yiddish Favorites - Volume 2)

Track ID:

11729

Vocal:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

First line:

Bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn... bay mir in harts...

First line (Yiddish):

בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן... בײַ מיר אין האַרץ צײט...

Track comment:

From musical - A Nakht in California

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)

Track ID:

21816

Vocal:

Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

Narration:

Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם

First line:

Ay, I like she, ay, ay, ay, I like she, in a...

First line (Yiddish):

אײַ, אײַ לײַק שי, אײַ, אײַ, אײַ, אײַ לײַק שי, אין אַ...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From "Memories of the Yiddish Theatre"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)

Track ID:

22282

Vocal:

Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר

Piano:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Narration:

Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם

First line:

Oy, I like she, oy, oy, oy, I like she, zi iz mayn glik,

First line (Yiddish):

אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, אױ, אױ, אױ, אײַ לײַק שי, זי איז מײַן גליק,

Track comment:

Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)

Track ID:

23680

Translation English:

Levy, Jacques

Vocal:

Waldman, Janice

Artist:

Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra

Piano/Conductor:

Delfin, Jon

First line:

Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

From "Paved With Gold"/ Recorded as "Oy, I Like Him"

Language:

English

On album:

K-059(e) (Daniel Kempin, Dimitry Reznik Benkshaft — בענקשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

26927

Vocal/Arranger:

Kempin, Daniel

Violin/Arranger:

Resnik, Dimitry

First line:

Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn okersht,

First line (Yiddish):

איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן אָקערשט, בײַ מיר אין...

Track comment:

From musical - A Nakht in California

Language:

Yiddish

On album:

012m (Lebedeff, Aaron/ Petrograd/ I Like She)

Track ID:

29131

Vocal:

Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Vaudeville

On album:

A-035(e) (Aufwind/ inejnem/ Jiddische Lieder & Klesmermusik)

Track ID:

28728

Artist:

Aufwind

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Recorder/Vocal:

Hermerschmidt, Jan

Vocal/Violin/Viola/Arranger:

Koch, Claudia

Contrabass:

Paffrath, Thomas

Mandolin/Guitar/Vocal:

Reich, Hardy

Bandoneon (Button Accordion)/Percussion/Vocal:

Rohde, Andreas

First line:

Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn okersht, bay mir in hartsn…

First line (Yiddish):

איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן אָקערשט, בײַ מיר אין האַרצן…

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Swing

Length:

2' 29"

On album:

A-035(f) (Aufwind / Live)

Track ID:

31960

Artist:

Aufwind

Vocal/Violin/Arranger:

Koch, Claudia

Vocal/Mandolin/Guitar:

Reich, Hardy

Vocal/Bandonian:

Rohde, Andreas

Vocal/Clarinets/Bass Clarinet/Blockflote/Percussion:

Hermerschmidt, Jan

Contrabass:

Paffrath, Thomas

First line:

Ikh bin an opgekokhter, dos zey ikh shoyn okersht,

First line (Yiddish):

איך בין אַן אָפּגעקאָכטער, דאָס זײ איך שױן אָקערשט, בײַ מיר אין...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Pop/Folk/Klezmer

Length:

2:34