Jewish life : "the old country"

"Ethnic recordings collected and edited by Ruth Rubin"--Container.

Originally issued as analog disc on Folkways Records: FG 3801, 1963.

Compact disc.

Original LP liner notes available online at www.smithsonianglobalsound.org or as a PDF file on the disc.

Am kodoysh -- A-a lyu lyu -- In a sthetlele pityepoy -- Taunts from Galicia -- Vi azoy s'iz nisht git tsu geyn -- This is how a tailor sews -- I have a coach -- A redele iz di gore velt -- A matchmaker's trade is a special skill -- What do you want from me mother? -- It is dark outdoors -- In great pain -- I lie behind bars -- Quadrille -- Beggar song -- Chassidic tune -- Husiatiner melody -- Chassidic hopke -- When the Messiah comes -- Tell me my sister -- Why do you slumber, you sleepers? -- The machines are clattering -- Oh have you read in the newspapers? -- Friday morning -- The bride's farewell -- You are leaving me -- Five wedding tunes on a fiddle -- Sleep my child my lovely comfort.