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Tape 60 - Dance, Drink and Riddle Songs

Title

Tape 60 - Dance, Drink and Riddle Songs

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Oy, di meydelekh, di fonferonkes

Title

Oy, di meydelekh, di fonferonkes

Date

1967

Description

[Note from tape log inside tape box:] At a house party...talking in background.

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“Oy, di meydelekh, di fonferonkes,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1941.
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Hober un korn

Title

Hober un korn

Date

1967

Description

[Group setting, group hums along on choruses, comments at end of song. Note from tape log inside tape box:] At a house party...talking in background.]

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“Hober un korn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1942.
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Der khosn hot mir geshikt a zeyger

Title

Der khosn hot mir geshikt a zeyger

Date

1967

Description

[Group setting, group comments at end of song. Note from tape log inside tape box:] At a house party...talking in background.]

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“Der khosn hot mir geshikt a zeyger,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1943.
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Oy, orem bin ikh

Title

Oy, orem bin ikh

Date

1967

Description

[Note from tape log inside tape box:] At a house party...talking in background.

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“Oy, orem bin ikh,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1944.
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Oy, hert nor oys fun hayntiker tsayt

Title

Oy, hert nor oys fun hayntiker tsayt

Date

1955

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“Oy, hert nor oys fun hayntiker tsayt,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1945.
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Geyt a yold in kapelush

Title

Geyt a yold in kapelush

Date

1955

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“Geyt a yold in kapelush,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1946.
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Sheyn bisti, un a fidl hosti

Title

Sheyn bisti, un a fidl hosti

Date

1964

Description

[Group comments]

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“Sheyn bisti, un a fidl hosti,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1947.
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Ana maryana

Title

Ana maryana

Date

1964

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“Ana maryana,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1948.
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Hob ikh a khosn, a kantorshist

Title

Hob ikh a khosn, a kantorshist

Date

1964

Description

[Informant comments in Yiddish after song.]

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“Hob ikh a khosn, a kantorshist,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1949.
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In zaksishn gortn oyfn bulvar

Title

In zaksishn gortn oyfn bulvar

Date

1964

Description

[Informant comments in Yiddish before song.]

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“In zaksishn gortn oyfn bulvar,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1950.
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Az a meydl vil zayn sheyn

Title

Az a meydl vil zayn sheyn

Date

1964

Description

[Informant comments in Yiddish after song.] [Per Lipkovitch, sung in Warsaw. Authentic. Another in the party says its a theater song.]

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“Az a meydl vil zayn sheyn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1951.
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Vos ikh hob gevolt, hob ikh oysgefirt

Title

Vos ikh hob gevolt, hob ikh oysgefirt

Date

1965

Description

[Group sings along.]

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“Vos ikh hob gevolt, hob ikh oysgefirt,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1952.
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Geyen mir shpatsirn

Title

Geyen mir shpatsirn

Date

1965

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“Geyen mir shpatsirn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1953.
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Vos mir vanen vos mir bir

Title

Vos mir vanen vos mir bir

Date

1964

Description

[Spoken introduction in Yiddish by informant before song] People would come into a restaurant and sing along. Song contrasts conditions, "What is rich is not poor, what is crooked is not straight..."

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“Vos mir vanen vos mir bir,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1954.
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Hostu gehert a mayse

Title

Hostu gehert a mayse

Date

1965

Description

{Note from tape log inside box:] Fragment.

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“Hostu gehert a mayse,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1955.
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Eyn kol vayn

Title

Eyn kol vayn

Date

1965

Description

[Loud hum & volume problems on tape.] Song about different alcoholic drinks. Rubin states she learned the song in Elat from the Sabras.

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“Eyn kol vayn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1956.
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Tsen brider zenen mir gevezn

Title

Tsen brider zenen mir gevezn

Date

1955

Description

[Informant’s name in tape log inside box is given as:] ”Lerer” Zakhar.

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“Tsen brider zenen mir gevezn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed December 12, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/1957.
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