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Tape 03 - Ballads I

Title

Tape 03 - Ballads I

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Erev yom-kiper nokhn halbn tog

Title

Erev yom-kiper nokhn halbn tog

Date

1948

Description

There are two versions, one by Goldman, the other by Sore Kessler - song #14.

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Vey iz tsu mayn lebn

Title

Vey iz tsu mayn lebn

Date

1947

Description

he goes around like a lost sheep in a field...when he starts to remember his (lost) love...he feels sick, the doctor can heal him, but the pain in his heart, no one can

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Tsvelf azeyger bay der nakht

Title

Tsvelf azeyger bay der nakht

Date

1947

Description

Sultan mostly with a Litvish accent (”fleygn”) but one “floygn” is also sung. The man says he can’t marry her, it’s her parents’ fault; she is bitter.

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A naye lid

Title

A naye lid

Date

1947

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Es dremlt a shtetele

Title

Es dremlt a shtetele

Date

1947

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Gey ikh mir arayn tsu mayn gelibter froy

Title

Gey ikh mir arayn tsu mayn gelibter froy

Date

1947

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Ver-zhe klapt dort in mayn tir?

Title

Ver-zhe klapt dort in mayn tir?

Date

1948

Description

The boyfriend wants Nekhamele to open the door - she says how can I - I’m afraid of my mother/father/brother/sister...he says, I’m not staying long...you’re the most beautiful...

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Sheltn shelt ikh dem tog

Title

Sheltn shelt ikh dem tog

Date

1954

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O maminke, maminke

Title

O maminke, maminke

Date

1955

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Fun groysn dasad

Title

Fun groysn dasad

Date

1955

Description

[Note in typewritten black hardbound catalog:] See Tape 4, Song 1.

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Es hot mir mayn mame dertseylt

Title

Es hot mir mayn mame dertseylt

Date

1955

Description

[Note in typewritten black hardbound catalog:] See See Tape 4, Song 4.

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Tsvelf a zeyger nokh halbe nakht

Title

Tsvelf a zeyger nokh halbe nakht

Date

1955

Description

[Note in typewritten black hardbound catalog:] See See Tape 4, Song 6.

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Gekent hob ikh a meydele

Title

Gekent hob ikh a meydele

Date

1955

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Erev yonkiper

Title

Erev yonkiper

Date

1949

Description

She heard this in her Polish shteltl (Festshive??) - when she was 20 or 25 (or in the 1920s?)?

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Ay, tsvey brider

Title

Ay, tsvey brider

Date

1948

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