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Tape 13 - Children's World II

Title

Tape 13 - Children's World II

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In a shtetele Pityepoy

Title

In a shtetele Pityepoy

Performer

Feingold, F.

Gender

Female

Date

1948

Location

Bronx

Track Number

1

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box 12 for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Eyle toyldes noyekh

Title

Eyle toyldes noyekh

Performer

Sultan, Feygl

Gender

Female

Date

1948

Location

New York

Track Number

2

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box 12 for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Shpiln mir in kestelekh

Title

Shpiln mir in kestelekh

Performer

Sultan, Feygl

Gender

Female

Date

1948

Location

New York

Track Number

3

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box 12 for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

Lyrics

Here is a scan from Ruth Rubin's papers (box 29), which is a transcript of her own variant of the song, both melody and text different from what is sung on this recording.


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A mol iz geven a meydele

Title

A mol iz geven a meydele

Gender

Female and Female

Date

1955

Location

Montréal

Track Number

4

Description

[Note from typewritten hardbound black catalog, RG 620:] B. Wasserman, age 6, & her mother Dora 41842

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Kukeriku...Kukeriki...

Title

Kukeriku...Kukeriki...

Performer

Soyer, Rebecca

Gender

Female

Date

1949

Location

New York

Track Number

5

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. Ms. Soyer in English, introduces slightly different version, thus two Yiddish versions. 41842

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Rebe s’iz nito keyn keyz

Title

Rebe s’iz nito keyn keyz

Performer

Soyer, Rebecca

Gender

Female

Date

1949

Location

New York

Track Number

6

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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A mol iz geven a kleyn yingele

Title

A mol iz geven a kleyn yingele

Performer

Soyer, Rebecca

Gender

Female

Date

1949

Location

New York

Track Number

7

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. This song is similar to "Old MacDonald had a farm" - various animal sounds (meow, huf) are made, and repeated as each new animal is added. 41842

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A mol iz geven a meydele

Title

A mol iz geven a meydele

Performer

Kessler, Sore

Gender

Female

Date

1947

Location

New York

Track Number

8

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. Sorele (pretty) & Moshe (small)’s mother goes to the market and doesn’t come back right away... they go into the woods and get lost, meet big, black bear, says what are you doing in the woods, aren't you afraid? I'm going to eat you up. The children promise their mother's poppy cookie. Bear leaves, then came a wolf. Ditto to bear. There is a storm and they are crying. The singer adds another verse - an angel suddenly came & led them out of the woods. 41842

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Shikt der har a poyerl in vald

Title

Shikt der har a poyerl in vald

Performer

Zuker, Esther

Gender

Female

Date

1955

Location

Montréal

Track Number

9

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. The har (nobleman) sends various objects and people to do harm - like a stick to beat the peasant, fire to burn the stick, water to quench the fire - but they don’t do what the har intends. (Each object gets added and repeats in backwards order.) Almost identical to #12, “Hot der hashem yisborekh aropgeshikt.” 41842

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Oy iz a foter

Title

Oy iz a foter

Performer

Persky, Mr.

Gender

Male

Date

1955

Location

Montréal

Track Number

10

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Untern keyzers fenster

Title

Untern keyzers fenster

Gender

Female

Date

1955

Location

Montréal

Track Number

11

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. Apparently the first part of the sentence is missing - or the conversation the singer is responding to. She says (in Yiddish) that 65 years ago, she went to kheyder with her brother 41842

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Hot der hashem yisborekh aropgeshikt

Title

Hot der hashem yisborekh aropgeshikt

Performer

Wasserman, Dora

Gender

Female

Date

1955

Location

Montréal

Track Number

12

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. Song almost identical to #9, "Shikt der har a poyerl in vald" except the agent commanding is different. 41842

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Tants, tants, tants

Title

Tants, tants, tants

Gender

Male

Date

1956

Location

Toronto

Track Number

13

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box 12 for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. His mother or grandmother would sing this, taking the children by the hands 41842

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Moyshe, koyshe

Title

Moyshe, koyshe

Gender

Male

Date

1956

Location

Toronto

Track Number

14

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box 12 for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Lomir hern vos der fidl zogt

Title

Lomir hern vos der fidl zogt

Gender

Male

Date

1956

Location

Toronto

Track Number

15

Description

Fragmentary. [Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Rigele, rigele, roygez

Title

Rigele, rigele, roygez

Gender

Male

Date

1956

Location

Toronto

Track Number

16

Description

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Roti, roti, poldovay

Title

Roti, roti, poldovay

Performer

Michaels, Mary

Gender

Female

Date

1956

Track Number

17

Description

She explains the game in English. Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. Ms. Michaels prefaces each section of the song with an English explanation. The children are in a circle, with hands cupped. One child stands into the center of the circle, and closes his/her eyes. Another child places a ring or other object iin the hands of a third child and all the children close their hands. The one in the center has to guess in whose hand the object is. “...in vemens hant ligt dem goldenem fingerl” If s/he answers correctly another child goes into the center; if not the game repeats with the same child in center. 41842

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“Roti, roti, poldovay,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed October 14, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/4516.
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Enge, benge, stupe, stenge

Title

Enge, benge, stupe, stenge

Performer

Michaels, Mary

Gender

Female

Date

1956

Track Number

18

Description

Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. A fast, rhyming tongue twister! 41842

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Shpits boydim on erd

Title

Shpits boydim on erd

Performer

Hoch, Sam

Gender

Male

Date

1957

Location

Bronx

Track Number

19

Description

[Tape 13 Songs 19 & 20] These two were collected during a group session at a branch lbrary in New York City. Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:] My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants. 41842

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Ens tsvey dray

Title

Ens tsvey dray

Performer

Rifkin, Mrs. R.

Gender

Female

Date

1957

Location

Bronx

Track Number

20

Description

[Tape 13 Songs 19 & 20] These two were collected during a group session at a branch library in New York City [Bronx].

[Note from tape log on outside of tape box for the original, spliced tape, not included on the tape log of the dupe:]
My childhood in Montreal, Canada, is closely bound with my Yiddish education in a secular Jewish school. Many of these rhymes stem from that environment, as well as the one at home, where my Bessarabian-born mother, shared her own childhood memories of games and rhymes and taunts and teasers, with me. Blessed with a retentive memory...I later picked up many more from my informants.

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