Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
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Contents of Vol. 2 no. 60
September 8, 1992
 
1) Looking for a book (Itzhak Finger)
2) Ikh vil tsurik aheym (Pinye Weichsel)
3) Ikh vil tsurik aheym (Bob Rothstein)

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Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 16:53:34 MDT
From: jfinger@mv.us.adobe.COM
Subject: Looking for Book "Yiddish II" by Mordkhe Shekhter

I am trying to buy one or more copies, new or used, of the
following book:

TITLE:
        "Yiddish II : a textbook for intermediate courses"
        (Yiddish tsvey : a lernbikhl far mitndike kursn)
AUTHOR:

        Shekhter, Mordekhai (Mordkhe Schaechter),
           with the editorial assistance of Allen Astro ... [et al.].
           mit der redaktsioneler hilf fun Avrahm Astro ... [u.a.].  
PUBLISHE
R:
      Institu tsu Forshn mentshproblemen, 1986. Filadelfie :
ISBN:
      0-89727-052-5        

The book is out of print, and though it is promised that
the book will be back in print late this year, I do not
want to wait that long.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A shaynem dank,

-- Itzhak "Jeff" Finger --

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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:27:19 -0500
From: Paul Weichsel <weichsel@symcom.math.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Ikh vil tsurik aheym

In response to Fishl Kutner's lidl, it is entitled "Ikh Vil
Tsurik Aheym" and my copy declares Alexander Olshanetsky
the composer. (Olshanetsky was a composer and performer of
Yiddish theater and litergical music in the 40s. He also
conducted one of Sam Sterner's Rosh Hashono choirs.) The
lines provided are those of the refrain. The chorus is as
follows.

        Ikh ben geforen iber yamen
	Kh'ob gevolt nor zayn tsuzamen
	Mit mayn tatn
	Un mit ale mayne fraynt;
	S'hot getsitert yedes eyver
	Ven kh'ob farlozt mayn mames keyver,
	Gekumen do in dem golden land.
	Ikh bin geforen aher
	Mit hofnung on a shir,
	Tsum sof makht men gor khozek
	Do fun mir.

	(Refrain)

I would be happy to send the music to anyone who is
interested.

Pinye Weichsel

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Date: 02 Sep 1992 23:24:45 -0400
From: ROBERT.ROTHSTEIN@SLAVIC.umass.edu
Subject: Ikh vil tsurik aheym

     The song recalled by Fishl (Mendele 2.59) was written
by Alex Olshanetsky to words by Jacob Jacobs.  The text, as
published by Metro Music in 1932, is as follows:

Ikh bin geforn iber yamen,
Kh'hob gevolt nor zayn tsuzamen
Mit mayn tatn, un mit ale mayne fraynd.
S'hot getsitert yedes eyver,
Ven kh'hob farlozt mayn mames keyver,
Gekumen do, in dem golden land.
Ikh bin geforn aher mit hofnung on a shir.
Tsum sof makht men gor khoyzek do fun mir.

  Ikh vil tsurik aheym
  In shtetele in dem,
  Vu ikh hob gelebt zikh ruik un bakvem.
  Ikh ken nit mer zayn do,
  Vu keyn frayndshaft iz nishto.
  Ikh vil tsurik in mayn alter heym.

Ikh hob dortn fil gelitn,
Dokh volt ikh nit farbitn
Mayn kleyn heymele far dem raykhn shtand.
S'iz geven mir fil liber
In di kleyne, oreme shtiber,
Vi bay mayn tatn do in dem raykhn land.
S'volt geven far mir atsind dos greste glik,
Ven ikh zol kenen dortn zayn atsind tsurik.

  Ikh vil tsurik aheym...


     The song was popularized by Aaron Lebedeff.

Bob Rothstein

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