The well / the Klezmatics ; Chava Alberstein.

Klezmer songs.

Compact disc.

Lyrics in Yiddish with English and Hebrew translations ([24] p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Di krenitse = The well (4:10) -- Ikh shtey unter a bokserboym = I stand beneath a carob tree (3:52) -- Ergets shtil ; Baym taykh = Softly somewhere ; At the river (3:42) -- Ver es hot = One has got (4:03) -- Ovnt lid = Crepuscule (3:30) -- A malekh veynt = An angel weeps (1:18) -- Bay nakht = At night (2:50) -- Vek nisht = Don't waken (2:42) -- Kh'vel oyston di shikh = I'm going to take off my shoes (4:08) -- Mayn shvester Khaye = My sister Khaye (3:58) -- Umetik = Lonesome (4:17) -- Di elter = Old age (3:05) -- Velkhes meydl s'nemt a bokher = Any girl who takes a boyfriend (2:54) -- Di goldene pave = The golden peacock (3:59) -- Zayt gezunt = Farewell (4:27).

Producer, Ben Mink ; executive producer, Itzik Becher.

Chava Alberstein, vocals, guitar ; Klezmatics (Lorin Sklamberg, Alicia Svigals, Frank London, David Licht, Matt Darriau, Paul Morrissett) ; with additional instrumental acc.

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York [N.Y.] in Apr. 1998.

Sung in Yiddish.