Moyshe Rabeynu (Moishe Rabeinu) Yiddish theater song from the operetta "Yom Hakhupe"
At the top of the page it says "by Louis Gilrod and Otto Motzan" (also Motzon and Matzon). The title is also sometimes spelled Moshe Rabbeinu.Strangely, halfway down the cover it says "Music by Broidy & Friedsel, words by Solomon Small."
We see here that it was in the 1911 show "Wedding Day" (Yom Hakhupe) at Kessler's Lyric Theater.
Unlike most of the songs I've posted here, this one would work well for a Jewish chorus. If I still directed the Triangle Jewish Chorale, I'd do this song with them.
Here's my version from yesterday. I included the transliteration at the request of a viewer. It should be educational for all who try to search for Yiddish titles on the web. Just get a load of how German the spelling is. (Click below)
Here is a more conventional transliteration:
In Mitzrayim gor on a tsol hot dos gantse folk Yisroel
Shver gearbet ale mol, erd gegrobn, leym geknotn
Biz der groyser frayhayts kempfer iz gekumen
Un zey bafrayt fun Pares shtarke makht, Oy
Ver der kempfer iz geven veyst ir dokh aleyn
Zayn nomen vert dermont bay unds mit prakht:
Moyshe rabeynu, Moyshe, undzer moyre moyreynu
Moyshe rabeynu iz dokh undzer kroyn
Freyzhe zikh Yizrolik zeyer sheyn
Dem Amolek fartilikt hot dokh nor aleyn
Der grester man fun undzere oves avoyseynu
Undzer liber Moyse rabeynu
In dem groysn veltnhof fun yedn anerkent derof
Als der grester filozof respektirt fun ale natsyonen
Vor dokh undzer kluger Moyshe undzer lerer
Di tsukumft fun der mentshhayt gut gezen oy
Zayne lern shtark geshetst bay der mentshhayt nokh biz yetst
Der grester man a denker iz geven
Vu nemt men yetst in undzer tsayt a mentshn vos zol zayn barayt
Ale yidn fun yeder zayt brengen vider tsu der muter Zion
Vu nemt men aza groysn mentshn aza kempfer vos zol kempfn un nit vern mid? Oy
Derhoybn vider undzer fon un zetsn af undzer shtoltsn thron
Un zingen veln mir im dos zelbe lid!
Shver gearbet ale mol, erd gegrobn, leym geknotn
Biz der groyser frayhayts kempfer iz gekumen
Un zey bafrayt fun Pares shtarke makht, Oy
Ver der kempfer iz geven veyst ir dokh aleyn
Zayn nomen vert dermont bay unds mit prakht:
Moyshe rabeynu, Moyshe, undzer moyre moyreynu
Moyshe rabeynu iz dokh undzer kroyn
Freyzhe zikh Yizrolik zeyer sheyn
Dem Amolek fartilikt hot dokh nor aleyn
Der grester man fun undzere oves avoyseynu
Undzer liber Moyse rabeynu
In dem groysn veltnhof fun yedn anerkent derof
Als der grester filozof respektirt fun ale natsyonen
Vor dokh undzer kluger Moyshe undzer lerer
Di tsukumft fun der mentshhayt gut gezen oy
Zayne lern shtark geshetst bay der mentshhayt nokh biz yetst
Der grester man a denker iz geven
Vu nemt men yetst in undzer tsayt a mentshn vos zol zayn barayt
Ale yidn fun yeder zayt brengen vider tsu der muter Zion
Vu nemt men aza groysn mentshn aza kempfer vos zol kempfn un nit vern mid? Oy
Derhoybn vider undzer fon un zetsn af undzer shtoltsn thron
Un zingen veln mir im dos zelbe lid!
For sheet music and/or performances contact me: jane@mappamundi.com
by melinama @ 10:36 AM
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