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Hey, hey, hemerl

Title

Hey, hey, hemerl

Date

1958

Description

[Note from tape log inside box:] From Dr. L. Axelbank’s wire recorder. The Axelbanks engaged in a memory session” which was taped on wire by their brother, who then passed some of it on to me. The Children’s World embraces all manner of rhymes, taunts, and teasers, game songs, tales, etc. Where the singer is old, lapse of memory is evident and often several rhymes are combined. My own absorption with this material is also evident and “my mother’s childhood” has become fused with my own, plus, the material which “passed through my hands” (and memory) through my many informants. 41890 Both Ruth Rubin and LOC tapes were digitized. The Ruth Rubin tape is missing some tracks, and when individual tracks were made on 10/2/14 the LOC tape was used. The LOC tape has 37 tracks and Ruth Rubin tape 32. Catalog has been updated to reflect LOC tape and not Ruth Rubin tape.

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“Hey, hey, hemerl,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/4528.
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Hey, hey, hemerl

Title

Hey, hey, hemerl

Date

1957

Description

[Note from Ruth Rubin’s typed catalog (R6620, black hard-bound notebook):] Cat-and-mouse game. In 1957 I came across an old notebook with children’s rhymes and games, which I had collected before I had a tape recorder. These were taped a good deal from memory and the notebook. 41897 two different editions of the tape, Our (YIVO) tape has 39 tracks and the Library of Congress edition has 46 songs. These records are for YIVO edition of the tape. The LOC tape was the one digitized.

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The materials on this web site may be used for personal, research and educational purposes only. Publication (including posting on the Internet and online exhibitions) or any other use without prior authorization is prohibited. Please visit https://www.yivo.org/Rights-Reproductions for more information about use of materials from this website.

YIVO has employed due diligence in seeking to identify copyright holders of the materials in this compilation. We invite any copyright owners who are not properly identified to contact us at yivomail@yivo.cjh.org.

Citation

“Hey, hey, hemerl,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/4576.
Submit a transcription, translation or additional information on the song or the performer