The Ruth Rubin Legacy
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Gordon, Mrs.

Title

Gordon, Mrs.

Subject

(in her early 60s when recorded)
[From blue index, RG 620, box 30]

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Es iz geven a mol a pastekhl

Title

Es iz geven a mol a pastekhl

Date

1958

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“Es iz geven a mol a pastekhl,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1935.
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Ikh hob opgelebt a lebn

Title

Ikh hob opgelebt a lebn

Date

1958

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Yankele mit Rivkelen

Title

Yankele mit Rivkelen

Date

1958

Description

[Note on typewritten tape log in tape box:] The “bim-bom” is an artificial attachment here.

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A mol iz geven a vilder man

Title

A mol iz geven a vilder man

Date

1958

Description

Recited in rhymed Yiddish (rough translation) A wild man had 12 wives. The first milked the cows The 2nd set the cup (?) The 3rd laid wood in the oven. The 4th made yeast bread. The 5th swept the house. The 6th threw out the garbage. The 7th set the table. The 8th carried chickens and fish. The 9th went down to the cellar. The 10th tapped __?__ and wine. The 11th made the bed. The 12th came and laid down. [Error in typewritten tape log inside box. This is correct title of track 4 as listened to on 7/16/12.]

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A mol iz geven a dyed mit a babe

Title

A mol iz geven a dyed mit a babe

Date

1958

Description

The dyed mit a babe had a lot of children. The left them alone in the house and told the children to hide themselves One on the table, one under it One on the chair, one under it One on the oven, one under it A bear knocked on the door and said, children, open up, open up. The children refused. He gave a knock on the door and entered and ate up all the children. The dyed mit a babe came back from the forest they caught him, fooled him, and opened him up and took out all the children And they put in stones and bones, wood and spots, pins and needles, sewed up his stomach and let him go. The bear went around and cried, “stones and bones, wood and spots are in my stomach.” The children grew up, put on tidy clothes, and let them go. [Error in typewritten tape log inside box. This is correct title of track 5 as listened to on 7/16/12.]

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S’dremln feygl oyf di tsvaygn

Title

S’dremln feygl oyf di tsvaygn

Date

1958

Description

[Note in typewritten tape log inside box:] Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, are to be found in Kaczerginsky’s collection [“Lider fun di getos un lagern,” published in New York in 1948] . Kaczerginsky gives, not only the tunes and texts of the songs, but all the facts he was able to gather about the singers, the circumstances, etc. Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 are sung by Mr. Horowitz and his young daughter Rokhele. They are Jewish actors, but render the songs in a natural “folk” manner. Audio problem on one track.

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