Table of Contents for "Yiddish Songs of the Gaslight Era"

A sampling of sheet music for broadsides sold by peddlers on the Lower East Side
The book contains melodies, chords, transcriptions, translations, commentary, and the location of the sources of the tunes.

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  1. 23 Skidoo
  2. Al tashlikheynu
  3. Der Amerikaner seder
  4. Dem arbeters lid
  5. Biznes in Amerike
  6. Briderlekh arbeter
  7. Donki monki biznes
  8. Es geyt mir iber dos harts
  9. A froy in mayn shikzal iz shuldig
  10. Got zet ales tsu un shvaygt
  11. Dos greste yam umglik mit der shif Titanik
  12. Ikh hob nisht keyn tsayt
  13. Ikh un mayn sheyne mishpokhe
  14. Ip ay eri ay ey ay ey
  15. Keyn nar zol men nit zayn
  16. Khaveyrim khazeyrim
  17. Kinder mageyfe
  18. Kol Yisroel khaveyrim
  19. Mayn vaybl Sorele
  20. Mendel Beilis bafrayung
  21. Dos mezuzele
  22. Di missus mit di finf boarders
  23. Moyshe Rabeynu
  24. Di New Yorker trern
  25. Reb Yidl gib gelt
  26. Rusland bafrayt
  27. Steam
  28. Di terkishe bulgarishe milkhome
  29. Tsvey gute brider
  30. Ven men ruft dikh tsurik
  31. Vert a border
  32. Vi gefelt aykh mayn plan?
  33. Vos hot men tsu mir?
  34. Yaki dula
  35. Di yesoymim
  36. Di Yidishe hofenung
  37. Di zi
  38. Di zig fun di klokmeykers
  39. Zumer baynakht af di rufn
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