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