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A leyterl tsum himl vel ikh shteln

Title

A leyterl tsum himl vel ikh shteln

Date

1967

Description

Narrator: I will lay a ladder to heaven, crawl up and ask G-d why her beloved has to become a soldier. Beloved answers, you don’t have a ladder to heaven, I will after all have to become a soldier... You don’t need to wait for me. She states that she’ll wait for him for two years, even four, she’ll send money and [?] and suffer by sewing for a living.

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Citation

“A leyterl tsum himl vel ikh shteln,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/2094.
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Bay a taykhele

Title

Bay a taykhele

Date

1967

Description

Same melody as "Nor a mame" (by D. Einhorn, composer unknown), from the movie "Mir kumen on". Published in Mlotek E. & J., Songs of Generations

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Citation

“Bay a taykhele,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/2012.
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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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“Bin kh mir a stoyerl,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/1917.
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Der tate hot a broytele

Title

Der tate hot a broytele

Date

1962

Description

[Spoken comments in Yiddish after song, about authorship. Note on tape log inside box:] Literary origin. Tune: V. Chefetz. Text: Shneyer Wasserman (or Stein?)

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“Der tate hot a broytele,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/1902.
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Di mame hot mir geshikt

Title

Di mame hot mir geshikt

Date

1962

Description

Daughter relates that her mother sends her to the market for various items... She falls in love with the sons of the tradesmen and swoons over their respective eyes, teeth, sidecurls.

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“Di mame hot mir geshikt,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/2083.
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Ikh vel zikh farshraybn in der pozharner komande

Title

Ikh vel zikh farshraybn in der pozharner komande

Date

1967

Description

[Unidentified male helps with lyrics, sings one verse. possibly A. Yudin ?? Note from tape log inside tape box:] Possibly authored by Wolf Younin.

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“Ikh vel zikh farshraybn in der pozharner komande,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/1938.
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Krugom, arum un arum

Title

Krugom, arum un arum

Date

1967

Description

lots of laughing from audience and a bit from the singer. Russian vocabulary pepper the Yiddish lyrics.

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Sonyatshka na balkone stayala

Title

Sonyatshka na balkone stayala

Date

1967

Description

[Unidentified male sings along on choruses. Avrom Yudin ??]

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“Sonyatshka na balkone stayala,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/1937.
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Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale

Title

Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale

Date

1962

Description

[Comments by informants in middle of song, followed by reprisal of chorus]
in 3/4 meter.

Chorus:
Zay-zhe mir gezint, mayn tayere kale
nokh dir vel ikh benkn oy mer vi nokh ale
zay mir gezint, un bet far mir G-t
men zol mir nisht naznatshet kayn Dalnivostok

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“Zay-zhe mir gezunt, mayn tayere kale,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 7, 2024, https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/items/show/2100.
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