Re: Weirdest Yiddish Recordings

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

What about Cab Calloway's version of "Utt A Zoy"  (ot azoy)?
Lorele

Allen Davis wrote:

> Paul Robeson recorded this, I think in the Carnegie Hall concert.
>
> Allen
>
> At 10:37 AM 7/13/02 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> Jan Peerce recorded a very good version of A din-toyre mit Got. He 
>> talks about the piece and what it meant to him, in his Autobiography, 
>> THE BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS.
>>
>>   Trudi the G
>>
>> >From: "Michel Borzykowski"
>> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
>> >Subject: Re: Weirdest Yiddish Recordings
>> >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:03:26 +0200
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- the article won't be about weird
>> > Jewish songs in general, but about strange Yiddish songs.
>> >
>> >Shalom Ethan !
>> >
>> >I would suggest to consider the strange "Kaddish" or "A din-toyre 
>> mit Got", words by Rabbi Levi Yitzkhok von Berditshev (1740 -1809).
>> >Afaik, it was not a song but a peculiar speech that the Rebbe 
>> delivered to his court instead of a regular kaddish...
>> >I don't know who put it into music
>> >-----------------------------------------------------------
>> >Git morgn, Riboynoy shel Oylem !
>> >Ikh, Levi Yitzkhok ben Sore mi Berditshev
>> >Bin tsu dir gekum'n mit a din toyre far dayn folk Isroel.
>> >Un voss hostu tsu dayn folk Isroel?
>> >Un voss hostu zikh ongezetst oyf dayn folk Isroel?
>> >Un voss nokh a zakh, iz "zav ess bney Isroel"?
>> >Un voss nokh a zakh, iz "emoyr livney Isroel"?
>> >Un vi nokh a zakh, iz "daber livney Isroel" ?
>> >Tatenyu ! Kamo umoyss b'oylem ?
>> >Bawlayim, Parsayim, Edoymayim.
>> >Di daytshlender, wuss zogn zey? "Inzer kenig iz a kenig".
>> >Di englender, wuss zogn zey? "Inzer malkuss iz a malkhuss".
>> >Un ikh, Levi Yitzkhok ben Sore mi Berditshev, zog:
>> >"Yisgadal veyiskadash shemey rabo !"
>> >Un ikh, Levi Yitzkhok ben Sore mi Berditshev, zog:
>> >"Loy ozuss mim'keymi !
>> >Kh'vel zikh fun ort nit rir'n !
>> >Un a sof zol doss zayn, un an ek zol doss nem'n !
>> >Yisgadal veyiskadash shemey rabo !"
>> >----------------------------------------------------
>> >Good morning to You, Lord of the Universe.
>> >I, Levi-Yitzchok, son of sarah, of Berditchev,
>> >have come to You in a lawsuit
>> >On behalf of Your people Israel.
>> >What have You against your people Israel?
>> >And why do you oppress Your people Israel?
>> >No matter what happens, it is:
>> >"Command the Children of Israel!"
>> >No matter what happens, it is:
>> >"Say to the Children of Israel!"
>> >No matter what happens, it is:
>> >"Speak to the Children of Israel!"
>> >Father dear! how many other peoples are there in the world?--
>> >Babylonians, Persians, and Edomites!..
>> >The Germans, what do they say?
>> >"Our Kind is a King!"
>> >The English -- what do they say?
>> >"Our Sovereign is a Sovereign!"
>> >And I, Levi-Yitzchok, son of Sarah, of Berditchev, say:
>> >"Hallowed and magnified by the name of God!"
>> >And I, Levi-Yitzchok, son of Sarah, of Berditchev, say:
>> >"I will not stir from here!
>> >An end there must be to this -- it must all stop!
>> >Hallowed and magnified be the name of God!"
>> >------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >You can hear it by:
>> >- Emile KACMANN on "Voices of the Ghetto" WMD 242066
>> >- Nizza THOBI on "Gobojrn in a sajdn hemdl" David Records LC 2584
>> >- Helmut EISEL's Asoj on "Spirit of Klezmer" Koch CD 34105-2 H1
>> >- Marcel LORAND Trio on "Jiddishe Stikele: Jewish Songs from the 
>> Prague Ghetto" Supraphon LC 0358 SU 3343-2211
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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