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Ale mentshn zaynen brider

Title

Ale mentshn zaynen brider

Date

1961

Description

[Note from tape log inside tape box:] Text: I.L. Peretz, Tune: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. [Tape log in Yiddish alef-beys also inside box.]

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A redele iz di gore velt

Title

A redele iz di gore velt

Date

1948

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Bin kh mir a stoyerl

Title

Bin kh mir a stoyerl

Date

1962

Description

Same as "Melokhe melukhe"

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Tsipele

Title

Tsipele

Date

1961

Description

Rochelle is twelve years old. With accordion.

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Bin ikh mir a shnayderl

Title

Bin ikh mir a shnayderl

Date

1947

Description

Ora is eleven years old.

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A sukele a kleyne

Title

A sukele a kleyne

Date

1963

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A sukele a kleyne

Title

A sukele a kleyne

Date

1962

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Zol zayn

Title

Zol zayn

Date

1965

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Granatn

Title

Granatn

Date

1964

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Shteynerne palatsn

Title

Shteynerne palatsn

Date

1964

Description

[Note from tape log inside tape box:] Text: I. L. Peretz. Tune: Folk. [Tape log in Yiddish alef-beys also inside box. Comments in Yiddish about song precede song. Discussion in Yiddish about authorship follows song.]

Comment by Itzik Gottesman: According to singer Jacob Gorelik, the music was composed by Michl Gelbart.
Music by Michl Gelbart, copyright, NY 1951. songsheet.

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Kh’hob zikh gekoyft a baytshl kreln

Title

Kh’hob zikh gekoyft a baytshl kreln

Date

1964

Description

[Discussion in Yiddish about Perlov & his wife, a singer, precedes song.]

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A mol iz gevezn a yingl

Title

A mol iz gevezn a yingl

Date

1964

Description

[Comments on Peretz’s poetic skill after song.]

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Mu, mu, beheymele

Title

Mu, mu, beheymele

Date

1965

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Ale ovnt geyt dos meydl

Title

Ale ovnt geyt dos meydl

Date

1955

Description

Yiddish text based on a poem by Heine.

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Yedn tog ven es vert nor ovnt

Title

Yedn tog ven es vert nor ovnt

Date

1955

Description

Yiddish text based on a poem by Heine.

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