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Those Were The Days — פֿאַרבײַ די טעג
- Also known as:
- Di Yurn Geyen Avek
- Also known as:
- Farbay Di Teg
- Also known as:
- Ka'eyleh Hayu Hayamim
- Author:
- Raskin, Eugene
- Composer:
- Raskin, Eugene
- Genre:
- Folk/Theater
- Subject:
- Aging/Time/Memory/Youth/Tavern/Drinking
- Origin:
- Ephemera 393/Sheet music
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb B-095(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Many versions in various languages. Gene Raskin credited with English version and as composer. But according to liner notes on Alb A-016(a) "Those Were The Days" is actually an old Russian tune by Boris Fomin titled "The Long Road". In Hebrew the title is "Hayu Yamim Khaver"
- Related information in folder 373:
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Nat Zumoff
- Comments:
- Yiddish adaptation in transliteration.
2. English Lyrics as sung by Mary Hopkins
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Gene Raskin
- Comments:
- English adaptation of "Those Were The Days". Also, Russian text
- On album:
- S-015(a)
- Track ID:
- 15306
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Schwartz, Teddi, Yid — שװאַרץ, טעדי, ייַדיש
- Vocal:
- Schwartz, Teddi — שװאַרץ, טעדי
- First line:
- Vi oft mir flegn trefn zikh in shenkl, mir zenen yung un...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי אָפֿט מיר פֿלעגן טרעפֿן זיך אין שענקל, מיר זענען יונג און...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Text and Transliteration with album notes
- Language:
- Yiddish
Geven A Tseyt (Those Were The..) — געװען אַ צײַט
- On album:
- xS-015(a)
- Track ID:
- 5622
- Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
- Schwartz, Teddi, Yid — שװאַרץ, טעדי, ייַדיש
- Composer:
- Raskin, Gene, original — ראַסקין, דזשין, אָריגענאַל
- First line:
- Vi oft mir flegn trefn zikh in shenkl, mir zenen yung un...
- First line:
- װי אָפֿט מיר פֿלעגן טרעפֿן זיך אין שענקל, מיר זענען יונג און...
- Track comment:
- Text and Transliteration with album notes