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Tape 64 - Love Songs

Title

Tape 64 - Love Songs

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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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“Bay a taykhele,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2012.
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Umet un benkshaft

Title

Umet un benkshaft

Date

1950

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“Umet un benkshaft,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2013.
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Kh’hob keakert un gezeyt

Title

Kh’hob keakert un gezeyt

Date

1947

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“Kh’hob keakert un gezeyt,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2014.
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Tsvey taybelekh

Title

Tsvey taybelekh

Date

1948

Description

[Spoken introduction in Yiddish by the singer, explaining that this is an old love song that became popular due to the efforts of the famous singer Lyuba Levitsky when the Nazis seized Vilna and built the ghetto. It became an anti-Fascist song. Levitsky was shot singing this song.]

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“Tsvey taybelekh,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2015.
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Ikh ze shoyn aroys, lyube mayne

Title

Ikh ze shoyn aroys, lyube mayne

Date

1948

Description

Singer prefaces song in Yiddish, explaining it is an old love song he heard from his mother that she learned as a girl.

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“Ikh ze shoyn aroys, lyube mayne,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2016.
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Kh’hob zikh bedoyet a shtibele in vald

Title

Kh’hob zikh bedoyet a shtibele in vald

Date

1948

Description

Love song in 3/4 time in a major key.

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“Kh’hob zikh bedoyet a shtibele in vald,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2017.
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In droysn iz fintster

Title

In droysn iz fintster

Date

1955

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“In droysn iz fintster,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2018.
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Mayn harts, mayn harts

Title

Mayn harts, mayn harts

Date

1967

Description

[Unidentified group joins in during the choruses. Song in 6/8 time.]

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“Mayn harts, mayn harts,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2019.
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Leyg ikh mir in bet arayn

Title

Leyg ikh mir in bet arayn

Date

1948

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“Leyg ikh mir in bet arayn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2020.
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Vos-zhe tutsu zikh dreyen bay mayn fenster

Title

Vos-zhe tutsu zikh dreyen bay mayn fenster

Date

1955

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“Vos-zhe tutsu zikh dreyen bay mayn fenster,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2021.
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Mamenyu, lyubenyu

Title

Mamenyu, lyubenyu

Date

1965

Description

In 3/4 meter. The lyrics partly say, Be still, help me put out the fire in my heart. She falls in love with a handsome young man. They go take a walk on the boulevard...He assaults her... One can believe today’s young men the way one believes a dog on the street.

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“Mamenyu, lyubenyu,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2022.
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In mizrekh hoybt shoyn on tsu togn

Title

In mizrekh hoybt shoyn on tsu togn

Date

1962

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“In mizrekh hoybt shoyn on tsu togn,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2023.
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Oy vey mame, ikh shpil a libe

Title

Oy vey mame, ikh shpil a libe

Date

1962

Description

[Typewritten tape log inside box spells informant’s name as: Ita Taub.]

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“Oy vey mame, ikh shpil a libe,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed March 18, 2024, https://exhibitions.yivo.org/items/show/2024.
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