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The Green Duck – Di grine katshke

A menagerie of Yiddish songs for children

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This is a wonderful collection of children's songs about animals. The songs are sung in Yiddish by Paula Teitelbaum and Lorin Sklamberg (of the Klezmatics), joined by other world-class klezmer musicians Lauren Brody, Jeff Warschauer, Adrienne Cooper, Henry Sapoznik and Frank London. 

You do not need to know Yiddish to enjoy this CD! The CD comes with a 42 page booklet featuring all the lyrics in Yiddish letters, transliteration and in English translation. The booklet features beautiful papercuttings by Adam Whiteman.

Unlike other children's recordings, this is not cutesy. These are top-flight arrangements by some of the world's greatest Yiddish song interpreters. NOT JUST FOR KIDS!!!!

Songs

1. Der tsirk--the Circus (Words/music: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman) 1:44
2. Di frosh--the frog (words: Yehoash) 2:33
3. Kumt a foygl--A bird comes (words: Yehoash) 2:02
4. Zingen nit di feygl--the birds aren't singing (Words/music: Ben Yomen) 1:56
5. Fun a kleynem grinem hoyz--from a little green house (trad.) 3:18
6. In mayn shtetl--in my town (as sung by Moishe Oysher) 3:01
7. Gendzelekh--goslings (Words/music: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman) 1:41
8. A feygele in harbst--a bird in autumn (trad.) 1:07
9. Di grine katshke--the green duck (words: Zuni Maud) 1:49
10. Geyt zikh a bahelferl--the bahelferl walks (words adapted from Avrom Liesen; music: Joshua Waletzky) 3:17
11. Der ber--the bear (words: Eliezer Shteynbarg) 1:15
12. Geven a mol a Meydele--once there was a girl (trad.) 3:11
13. A pastekhl (words: Eliezer Indelman; music: Léon Wajner) 1:47
14. Frimorgn--morning (words/music: Yasha Freedman) 0:35
15. Bobe mindele--Grandma Mindele (words/music: Yasha Freedman) 0:41
16. Ketsl un hintl--Cat and dog (words: Sara Barkan; music: Yasha Freedman) 0:42
17. Hoydlke--Swing (words: Moshe Shifris; music: Yasha Freedman) 0:42
18. Tsigele--goat (words/music: Yasha Freedman) 0:43
19. Makht dos hintele, "Hau-hau!"--The puppy says, "bow wow!" (trad.) 2:06
20. Tsen hiner mit a katshke--Ten hens and a duck (words: Aliza Greenblatt; music: Manya Klein) 1:20
21. Ferdl--Horsey (trad.) 1:09
22. A bin--A bee (words/music: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman) 1:17
23. A maysele--A little tale (words: B.I. Bialostotsky; music: Michel Gelbart) 2:52
24. Sorele iz in vald avek--Sorele went into the woods (trad.) 0:58
25. Chimba-rimba(trad.) 3:12