Songs

Vi Azoy Trinkt A Keyser Tey? — װי אַזױ טרינקט אַ קיסר טײ?

Also known as:
Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser ?
Also known as:
How The Kaiser Drinks Tea
Also known as:
Rabosi
Genre:
Humorous/Satirical/Folk
Subject:
Emperor/Question/Tea/Sugar/Potatoes/Butter/Sleep/Soldiers
Origin:
Vinkov 3 47/SM 40
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(a)/Vinkov 3 47/SM 40
Translation:
Alb K-030(a)/Vinkov 3 47
Music:
Vinkov 3 46/SM 40
Sheet music:
Folder:
560
Series:
4
Arranger:
Low, Leo
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano/Also may be used for solo and chorus
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1931
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
310
First line:
Raboysay robosay, ikh vil bay aykh fregn, Ikh vil bay aykh..
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּותי, איך וויל בײַ אײַך פֿרעגן, איך וויל בײַ אײַך פֿרעגן...
Notes:
Cover: Block Lettering Title in Yiddish and English, subtitled "Trinkt Tei" Title given as "Vi Der Keiser Lebt" / subtitled "Trinkt Tei". Price 35 cents
Folder:
40
Series:
1
Arranger:
Low, Leo
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
58 Second Avenue, New York
Date:
1931
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moskow, March 2014
First line:
Raboysi, raboysi, ikh vil bay aykh fregn (2), frag־zhe (2)..
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּותי, איך וול בײַ אײַך פֿרעגן (2), פֿרעג־זשה (2), ענטפֿערט אַלע
Notes:
Block lettering in English and Yiddish, Price 60 cents

Recordings

On album:
R-010(b) (Chants Et Danses Du Folklore Yiddish Abraham Samuel Rettig — ייִדישע פֿאָלקס-געזאַנגען און טענץ)
Track ID:
16551
Vocal:
Rettig, Abraham Samuel — רעטיג, אַבֿרהם שמואל
Conductor Orchestra:
Wiernik, Adam
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vi Azoy Lebt A Keyser"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-002(f) (Martha Schlamme at Town Hall)
Track ID:
16552
vocal:
Schlamme, Martha
Piano:
Gould Tanya
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-049(a) (Solomon Kromchenko Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
16553
Artist:
Khromchenko, Solomon Markovich
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, oy, entfert ale oyf..
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, אױ, ענטפֿערט אַלע אױף מײַן שאלה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-030(a) (Kapelye Future and Past — קאַפּיליע)
Track ID:
16546
Vocal:
Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a shir, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ שיר, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sung acapella.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
N-003(b) (Nira Rabinovitz /Shlomo Nitzan Shabbat, Hassidic & Folk Songs — נירה רבּינוביץ שלמה ניצן שירי חסידים, שירי שבּת ועוד...)
Track ID:
16547
Vocal:
Rabinovitz, Nira — רבּינוביץ, נירה
Arranger/Conductor:
Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
Vocal:
Nitzan, Shlomo — ניצן, שלמה
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Chayei Hakesar" "הקיסר "חיי
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-004(c) (Molly Picon sings Song Hits of the Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
16548
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, ikh vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, איך װעל אײַך פֿרעגן,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-004(a) (Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs)
Track ID:
16549
Artist:
Robeson, Paul
Artist:
Brown, Lawrence, piano
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-010(a) (From The Album Of Jewish Songs Z Albumu Piesni Zydowskich — פֿון ייִדישן לידער -אַלבום)
Track ID:
16550
Vocal:
Rettig, Abraham Samuel — רעטיג, אַבֿרהם שמואל
Conductor Orchestra:
Wiernik, Adam
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vi Azoy Lebt A Keyser"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-065(a) (Folklore Yiddish D'Europe Centrale Budapester Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
22439
Artist:
Cohen, Bob/Budapester Klezmer Band
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך…
Track comment:
Recorded under "Vi Azoy Lebt Der Keyser?"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-033(b) (The Austin Klezmorim East of Odessa)
Track ID:
23253
Artist:
Austin Klezmorim
Arranger/Director:
Averbach, Bill
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
L-043(a) (Judische Gesange/ Leipziger Synagogalchor/ Helmut Klotz)
Track ID:
24460
Artist:
Reimer, Rudolf, baritone
Artist:
Collegium Instrumentale Lipsiense
Artist:
Leipziger Synagogalchor
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, כ'װעל אײַך פֿרעגן, כ'װעל אײַך...
Track comment:
Werner Sander, arranger
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-004(e) (The Very Best Of Molly Picon 14 Yiddish Theatre Favorites)
Track ID:
24598
Artist:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
First line:
Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, ikh vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּותי, רבּות, חכמים און אַ ברעג, איך װעל אײַך פֿרעגן,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-033(a) (Lin Jaldati / Jiddischer Lieder)
Track ID:
31382
vocal:
Jaldati, Lin — יאַלדאַטי, לין
Conductor/Arrangement:
Hoffman, Martin — האָפֿמאַן, מאַרטין
Artist:
Martin Hoffman Orchestra — מאַרטין האָפֿמאַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
A sholem aleichem, Rabosay, rabosay, khakhomim un a breg, kh'vel aykh fregn,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ שלום עליכם, רבּותי,רבּותי, חכמים און אַ ברעג, וויל אייִ ך פֿרעגן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
3:14
On album:
Z-022(a) (19 Beloved Yiddish Folk Songs sung in English by Meyer Zaremba)
Track ID:
27719
Vocal:
Zaremba, Meyer
Narrator:
Zaremba, Helen
First line:
Gentlemen, wisemen, whose wisdom knows no bounds,
Track comment:
Recorded under "How The Kaiser Drinks Tea"
Language:
English
Style:
Folk
On album:
F-010(b) (Jewish Humor Through Jewish Song Maurice Friedman/ Susie Michael)
Track ID:
32183
Vocal:
Friedman, Maurice
Piano, Narrator:
Michael, Susie
First line:
(English narration)...Rabosay, rabosay,ikh vil bay aykh fregn...
First line (Yiddish):
ראַבאָסײַ, ראַבאָסײַ, איך װיל בײַ אײַך פֿרעגן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert