Yiddish Songs of the Gaslight Era: A Sampling of Sheet Music for Broadsides Sold by Peddlers on the Lower East Side By Jane Peppler

Thirty-nine Yiddish songs with the beautiful period sheet music cover art, with melodies and chords for piano, guitar, etc. and with transliterations and translations. These songs were popular among the Jews of Manhattan's Lower East Side around the turn of the 20th century and were found in box of songsheets (sold by street peddlers) at Hebrew Union College. Contents: 23 SkidooAl tashlikheynuDer Amerikaner sederDem arbeters lidBiznes in AmerikeBriderlekh arbeterDonki monki biznesEs geyt mir iber dos hartsA froy in mayn shikzal iz shuldigGot zet ales tsu un shvaygtDos greste yam umglik mit der shif TitanikIkh hob nisht keyn tsaytIkh un mayn sheyne mishpokheIp ay eri ay ey ay eyKeyn nar zol men nit zaynKhaveyrim khazeyrimKinder mageyfeKol Yisroel khaveyrimMayn vaybl SoreleMendel Beilis bafrayungDos mezuzeleDi missus mit di finf boardersMoyshe RabeynuDi New Yorker trernReb Yidl gib geltRusland bafraytSteamDi terkishe bulgarishe milkhomeTsvey gute briderVen men ruft dikh tsurikVert a borderVi gefelt aykh mayn plan?Vos hot men tsu mir?Yaki dulaDi yesoymimDi Yidishe hofenungDi ziDi zig fun di klokmeykersZumer baynakht af di rufn   Reprint