Songs of the Ghetto

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.1975

Overview

Description: Phillips/Mercury. Sarah Gorby, vocalist, with orchestra directed by Jacques Lasry.
Side A Track 1: S' Brent, Briderlech (Our Village Is Burning) [Unzer shtetl brent.] Music and words: Mordecai Gebirtig.
Side A Track 2: A Yidish Kind Fun Poilen (A Jewish Child From Poland) [A yidish kind fun poyln]. Words: Samuel Czesler.
Side A Track 3: Moide Ani (I Confess, Oh Lord). Music: Mark Schweid. Words: Mikhl Gelbart.
Side A Track 4: Dein Mamme Kimt Nit Zurik (Your Mother Will Not Come Back) [Dayn mame kimt nit tsurik; Alt. title: Dremln feygl oyf di tsvaygn (Birds Are Dreaming on the Branches)]. Music: Leyb Yampolsky. Words: Leah Rudnitski.
Side A Track 5: Mach She Daine Eigalech Tzu (Makh'zhe dayne eygelekh tsu) (Close Your Dear Little Eyes) [Alt. title: Az du vest batsoln bruder (If You Pay Your Money, Brother)]. Music: Liebu Levin. Words: Moyshe Leyb Halpern.
Side A Track 6: Tzien Sich Machnes Far Tribene (Marching Toward Death) (Tsien zikh makhnes fartribene). Music and words: Unknown.
Side B Track 1: Gayen Zay In Shvarze Reien (Mournful Lullaby) (Geyen zey in shvartse reyen). Music: Mikhl Gelbart. Words: Mani Leyb.
Side B Track 2: Rifkale (Massacre Of The Men In The Ghetto On A Saturday Night) (Rivkele di shabesdike / Rivke the Sabbath Widow). Music and words: Peysakh Kaplan.
Side B Track 3: Dos Ingele Ligt Farbrent (Here Lies The Little Body, Burned To Death/ After The Biblical Prophecy) (Dos yingele ligt farbrent). Music: B. Sobel. Words: Leivick Halpern (H. Leivick).
Side B Track 4: Und Der Krig Iz Geendigt (And The War Is Over) [Es hot ziikh der krig geendikt]. Music: Unknown. Text: Abraham Szewach.
Side B Track 5: Kinderlech (My Darling Children) [Kinderlekh, kleyninke]. Music: Henekh Kon. Text: Abraham Szewach.
Side B Track 6: Letzen Vaig (Song Of The Partisans) [Zog nit keynmol az du geyst dem letstn veg]. Music: Daniel and Dmitri Pokrass. Text: Hirsh Glik.
Date: Released: 1966
Contributor: Performer: Sarah Gorby
Format: Phonograph record; vinyl; 12 inches; 33 rpm

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish
Genre/Form: Music.

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Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Licensed Agreement
Recorded Sound Provenance: Since 1992, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's music historian has collected historic sound recordings, published materials, interviews, and music related to the Holocaust and World War II.
Recorded Sound Notes: Item could be related to RG-91.2066 Dos Yidishe Lid Fun Nekhtn UnFun Haynt.

Additional discographical details: www.discogs.com/Sarah-Gorby-Songs-Of-The-Ghetto/release/2386904.

Cover and "gatefold booklet" includes lyrics in Yiddish and English.
Recorded Sound Source: Bret Werb

Record last modified:: 2024-06-10 10:48:02
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