Songs
Oyfn Oyvn Zitst A Meydl — אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל
- Also known as:
- Tumba Tumba Ba
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Courting/Oven/Sewing/Thread/Attraction
- Origin:
- Ber Fef 242/ML MTAG 44/Alb R-049(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Alb B-090(x)
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 44/Alb R-049(a)/Alb P-002(b)/WEVD 2/Alb P-024(d)/Alb K-068(e)/B-090(x
- Translation:
- Alb R-049(a)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb P-002(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb L-024(b)/Alb R-002(d)/
- Music:
- Ber Fef 242/ML MTAG 44
Recordings
- On album:
- O-001(a) (Mark Olf Sings Jewish Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 11854
- Vocal:
- Olf, Mark — אָלף, מאַרק
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Text and translat with album notes
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- P-003(b) (The Pennywhistlers Folksongs of Eastern Europe)
- Track ID:
- 11855
- Artist:
- Pennywhistlers
- Artist:
- Raim, Ethel
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, ba, un zi heft a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טונבאַ, באַ, און זי העפֿט אַ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- R-010(c) (Piesni Zydowskie Jewish Songs — ייִדישע לידער)
- Track ID:
- 11856
- Artist:
- Toper, Ino
- Artist:
- Wozniak, Jerzy Instrumental Ensemble
- Arranger:
- Senderii, Samuel — סענדרײ, ש.
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, ba, un zi heft a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טונבאַ, באַ, און זי העפֿט אַ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording made in Poland.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- S-002(e) (Raisins And Almonds Martha Schlamme — f)
- Track ID:
- 11857
- vocal:
- Schlamme, Martha
- Conductor Orchestra:
- DeCormier, Robert
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- J-020(a) (Jacinta la chason du pays d'or — דאָס ליד פֿון גאָלדענע לאַנד)
- Track ID:
- 11866
- Vocal:
- Jacinta
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Tumba ba"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- L-024(b) (Esther Lawrence sings Songs of the Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 11867
- English Adaptation:
- Lawrence, Esther
- Vocal:
- Lawrence, Esther
- First line:
- By the oven there is sitting, tumba, tumba, ba
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- On album:
- S-002(f) (Martha Schlamme at Town Hall)
- Track ID:
- 11858
- vocal:
- Schlamme, Martha
- Piano:
- Gould Tanya
- Piano Arrangement:
- Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- S-041(a) (Oksana Sowiak Yiddish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 11859
- Vocal:
- Sowiak, Oksana
- Guitar:
- Stingl, Anton
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recording made in Germany
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- T-015(c) (Talila Yiddish)
- Track ID:
- 11860
- Arranger:
- Lasry, Teddy
- Artist:
- Talila
- Arranger:
- Schaff, Eddy
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Tumba"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- Y-004(a) (The Yiddish Dream A Heritage of Jewish Song)
- Track ID:
- 11861
- vocal:
- Schlamme, Martha
- Conductor Orchestra:
- DeCormier, Robert
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- A-006(a) (Yiddish Love Songs Anne-Line)
- Track ID:
- 11862
- Artist:
- Line, Anne
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- B-010(b) (Once Upon A Town / Cavalcade of Life in the Shtetl Ben Bonus — אַמאָל אין אַ שטעטל)
- Track ID:
- 11863
- Artist:
- Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- H-028(a) (Adaya Henis..Traditional Songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew)
- Track ID:
- 11864
- Artist:
- Henis, Adaya
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- L-034(b) (Simkhes Un Tsures Francois Lilienfeld /Ensemble Galitsianer — שׂמחות און צרות)
- Track ID:
- 11865
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Lilienfeld, Francois
- Artist:
- Galitsianer
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- xO-001(a)
- Track ID:
- 15834
- Vocal:
- Olf, Mark — אָלף, מאַרק
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Text and translat with album notes
- On album:
- P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" — מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג)
- Track ID:
- 18674
- Vocal:
- Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Tumba"
- On album:
- S-068(b) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra Naftule's Dream)
- Track ID:
- 21448
- Artist:
- Silberman, Betty & Shirim Klemzer
- Artist:
- Silberman, Betty & Maury Rosenberg
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Tumba Tumba"
- On album:
- C-032(e) (Chutzpah Lebn zol Kolombus)
- Track ID:
- 21462
- Artist:
- Krasnowsky, Frank
- Piano:
- Steuer, Sydney Anschell
- First line:
- Maiden sits upon an oven, tumba tumba tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Tumba"
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- On album:
- S-041(c) (Yiddish Songs Oksana Sowiak, vocal Arnold Stengl, guitar)
- Track ID:
- 22820
- Vocal:
- Sowiak, Oksana
- Guitar:
- Stingl, Anton
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Duplicate of song on Album S-41(a) or (b).
- On album:
- S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)
- Track ID:
- 23152
- Artist:
- Summergrad, Leo
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under Tumba Tumba
- On album:
- R-043(a) (Janice Rubin & Friends Feels Like Family Yiddish Folksongs — אַזױ װי משׁפּחה)
- Track ID:
- 24086
- Vocal:
- Rubin, Janice
- Vocal:
- Rubin, Janice
- Vocal:
- Roberts, Barry
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Tumba"
- On album:
- P-026(c) (Slawa Przybylska Rodzynki Z Migalami Rozinkes Mit Mandelen)
- Track ID:
- 24211
- Vocal:
- Przybylska, Slowa
- Violin:
- Jarczyk, Halina
- Piano:
- Lic, Leslaw
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- On album:
- C-038(a) (Beth Anne Cole Yiddish Songs Song Under The Stair)
- Track ID:
- 25189
- Artist:
- Cole, Beth Anne
- Artist:
- Davis, Lona Davis, piano
- Guitar:
- Katz, Brian
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Gil Aldema, arr -- in the style of Martha Schlamme
- On album:
- O-008(c) (Claire Klein Osipov Sing To Me In Yiddish Vol II)
- Track ID:
- 26678
- Vocal:
- Osipov, Claire Klein
- Piano/Arranger:
- Stuart, Wendy Bross
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- On album:
- G-048(f) (Gojim Tscholent Jiddische Lieder / Klezmer Musik)
- Track ID:
- 25393
- Artist:
- Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- On album:
- Y-018(c)2 (Tanja Solnik Lullabies and Love Songs)
- Track ID:
- 25378
- Artist:
- Solnik, Tanja
- Artist:
- Nesteruk, Gary, piano, accordian
- Guitar/Mandolin:
- Hershman, Jim
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Tumba"
- On album:
- S-002(h) (Martha Schlamme sings Jewish & Israeli Folk Songs)
- Track ID:
- 26369
- Vocal:
- Schlamme, Martha
- Conductor Orchestra:
- DeCormier, Robert
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- On album:
- E-025(a) (Europaisches Jiddish-Festival Leverkusen 1993)
- Track ID:
- 26889
- Vocal:
- Przybylska, Slowa
- Artist:
- Sent, S. acc
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- On album:
- K-068(e) (Klezaimir Back in the Shtetl Again — צוריק אין דעם שטעטל נאָכאַמאָל)
- Track ID:
- 27144
- Artist:
- Klezamir
- Vocal:
- Bernard, Rhoda
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba, tumba, tumba ba,
- First line:
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- On album:
- K-029(j) (Klezmer Conservatory Band: A Taste of Paradise)
- Track ID:
- 31042
- Director/Alto Sax./Accordion/Piano/Arranger:
- Netsky, Hankus
- Clarinet:
- Stahl, Ilene
- Violin:
- Strauss, Deborah
- Flute/Piccolo:
- Miller, Robin
- Cornet/Trumpet:
- Berney, Mark
- Trombone:
- Hamilton, Mark
- Piano/Accordion:
- Bailey, Art
- Mandolin/Guitar/Tenor Banjo:
- Warschauer, Jeff
- Bass:
- Guttman, James
- Drums/Percussion:
- Smith, Grant
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- On album:
- R-049(a) (Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky / Oyf Di Vegelekh/ On The Path/ Yiddish Songs With Tsimbl — אןיף די וועגעלעך)
- Track ID:
- 31801
- Tsimbl:
- Rushefsky, Pete — רושעפֿסקי, פּינחס
- Vocal/Piano/Buben (Drum):
- Kaplan, Rebecca
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba tumba tumba, ba, un zi neyt a vayse kleydl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אויפֿן אויוון זיצט אַ מיידל, טומבאַ טומבאַ טומבאַ באַ, און זי נייט אַ ווײַסע קליידל,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 2:30
- On album:
- B-090(x) (Majer Bogdanski/ Yiddish Songs/ Melodies Rare and Familiar — ייִדישע לידער)
- Track ID:
- 32424
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Oyfn oyvn zitst a meydl, tumba tumba tumba, ba, un zi heft a vayses kleydl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אויפֿן אויוון זיצט אַ מיידל, טומבאַ טומבאַ טומבאַ באַ, און זי העפֿט אַ ווײַסעס קליידל,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- Length:
- 1:27
- On album:
- M-072(a) (Les Yiddishe Mamas et Papas/ Tumba !/ [Live])
- Track ID:
- 39205
- voice:
- Marx, Isabelle
- voice:
- Ruff, Astrid
- voice:
- Labiche, Patrick
- voice, guitar:
- Wolf, Laurent
- piano, trumpet, voice:
- Doust, Richard
- drums, percussion, voice:
- Grob, Sebastien
- First line:
- oyfn oyrn zitst a meydl TUMBA TUMBA TUMBA un zi helft a zayn kleydl
- First line (Yiddish):
- אױפֿן אױװן זיצט אַ מײדל, טומבאַ, טומבאַ, טומבאַ באַ
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- marx
- Length:
- 3:46