HALEVAI - Moishe Oysher and The Barry Sisters

[romdilo888]

Wonderful rich voices and heritage ! Mazel tov!

[Bogframe]

:28 Sadly, this shul collapsed a few years ago. My maternal grandfather attended services there.

[divita711]

apples and honey... L'shana Tovah everyone

[DevoBassGirl]

I checked zemerl.com for Yiddish lyrics, but I can only find lyrics in Hebrew. HALEVAI I can find Yiddish lyrics :-P

[DevoBassGirl]

I just stumbled upon this song, and I'm glad I did! Those vocal runs that Moishe does are incredible. I can't imagine how long he must've practiced those!

[alunichka]

wonderful song! any chance to post lyrics??

[MelissaTicky]

Ah if only... one day i hope to be someones apple tree so that all my apples i can give to thee.

[MasterEled]

@MelissaTicky Halevai :P

[ThePraetoriansGuard]

wow,, very impressive. its toooo very bad that music now has evolved to the point to where the artistic qualities are not emphisised as it is with music and folk songs such as this.

[RedSaleShip]

Halevay Halevay.It is late already.Mama went to Persesip to by Bear saussage.

Will you star to install New Year Tree already.

We shold go to grandma house soon.Remember ther Rebe whoes wife is Russian will be there. I hope my personal face won't blushing.If people ask you to perform,please do it with all you soul,espesialy when you perform Yoshke furt aveg.

My brother's in low partner will be there.His daughter's birthday soon so behave yoursself.A if your grand pa could see which you are now

[itsGabby]

thank you for posting this... brings back memories of my mom and dad.

[PurDesirdeMimosa]

Сестер Barry часто крутят, а этот потрясающий мужской голос, к сожалению, слышу впервые!

[Themightyblunghole]

00:46 it sounds like they`re playing it backwards

[bsochettto]

@Themightyblunghole

Haha , so true. Almost frightening.

[paulostroff99]

Historic

[TeruahJewishMusic]

efpasik, I saw a wonderful performance of Halevay last night by Cantors Michael Smolash, Rachael Kalmowitz, and Darcie Sharlein.

YouTube won't let me include the link to Michael Smolash's website, but he has one. If you google him you can find it. He might be able to help you.

[TeruahJewishMusic]

efpaski...you might contact Cantor Michael Smolash. I saw him, Cantor Rachael Kalmowitz and one other cantor perform this last night at a Cantors Concert in Michigan. Wonderful performance.

[albertdiner]

Title: Halevay (Oysher) -- הלװאַי (אױשער)

Author: Oysher, Moyshe -- אױשער, משה

Composer: Oysher, Moyshe -- אױשער, משה

Genre: Theater/Novelty

Subject: Love/Food/Fish/Plum/Fruit

Music: Metro Album 43

On album: B-028(g) (The Barry Sisters A Time To Remember)

Vocal Barry Sisters (Claire & Myrna) שװעסטער באַרי

First line: Halevay, volt ikh geven a floymen boym,

First line (Yiddish):הלװאי, װאָלט איך געװען אַ פֿלאָמען בױם, Yiddish

[efpasik]

I want to sing this song at my childrens' weddings, God willing. Where do I get the lyrics, the sheet music, anything? I checked with the big Yiddish repositories: Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, YIVO. And came up empty handed. Help! I love this song.

[albertdiner]

There's also the ZEMERL page on the

internet, a good source for yiddish song

lyrics.

I will try to put up the lyrics .

[efpasik]

Thanks, Albert. I did look on Zemerl, but didn't find it. Hope you have better mazel, there or elsewhere, halevai.

[iritrosenstein]

frighteningly good.

[elibest]

Could anyone tell me where to find the lyrics for this version of Halevai.

[Damokkless2]

thank you so much, my grandma almost cried when i showed her this!!!

wonderful. we should try to conserve yiddish, its so fun speaking it guys!

[bakhtalo]

too bad in our days there is no one like Moyshe Oysher and Barry Sisters

[bessamemucho]

I have been listening this song for many years and now I know the story.

Thank you for posting.

[pearlypetals]

amazing Moishele and the Barry Sisters...

[okonsarvideos]

fantastic!! gorgeous he signs in maqams while the sisters respond in temperament fantastic mixture of maqams and perfect temparament with so much humour!!

[Jewcepticon]

@okonsarvideos

No Maqams, this is European style Jewish music. there is no maqam here sorry. Its Modified Phyrgian /Freygish common in East European Music, its equal temperament

[1joshin914]

Thanks for taking the time to do this ! I have most the records you have put in the video.

What a joy to find this on you tube!

[vertxxgg]

Barry Sisters LOL...energetic and ...I love ALL her records

[Ravel0167]

I discovered these ladies only this year! What talent they had! It is especially interesting to hear them sing standards and feel the jewish chanting intonations added to them.

[cinderpelt17]

OMFGGGGGGGG I LOVE U MOISHEEE!!!

[nagahaga]

that oyshermosh yells really like a dog with laryngytis

[Cantormatis]

great pictures of the no longer standing roumanian shul on the lower east side!

[magicgoldtooth]

what a delightful song, fun fun fun fun!

[metargem]

Can anyone add here complete both yiddish and english part of the lyrics? Unfortunately I could not find them anywhere :(

[wide652]

Others included Richard Tucker,Jan Peerce,

Leibela Waldman,David and Moyshe Kissivitsky

Arele Diamond,Moyshe Gantchoff and so many more...

Its was great time growing up in BKLYN

[sushidudeiscool]

halevai we should all be in eretz yisroel.

moyshe oysher's the best. I was named for him.

[wide652]

I sang with him when i was ten years old

one of my favorite chazans his services at times were in Mambo Rythm ...

[albertdiner]

that's a great anecdote...

[vertxxgg]

wunderbar a grosse dank but why is so difficult to find records of BARRY SISTERS in Spain?

[mierpaul]

What are they saying in Yiddish?

[danshorer]

I wish it good be true

[mierpaul]

What does halevai mean?

[albertdiner]

It is the yiddish saying for "G-d willing" similar to the spanish "ojaLa" or to the arabic "inch Allah".

[wide652]

The Barry Sisters used to visit the Catskill Mountains when i was singing at Grossingers

Orchestrations by Abe Ellstein who i appeared with on WEVD radion nyc

[kookimooki123]

@mierpaul

there is no word like this in English.. but it is mean - i wish/ we wish / someone wish / the word you saying before you say your wish

[vintagepa]

He was great and I used to listen to him on the American Jewish Caravan of Stars on Sunday morning over radio station WMGM 1050AM in New York. My parents had Moishe Oysher and the Barry Sisters records and now they are in my collection. While Jewish music has become less Yiddish and more Hebrew, with such stars as Mordechai Ben David and Avraham Fried, listening to this recording brings back many happy memories. Thank you for sharing this recording.

[MelissaTicky]

yes same here ! I now have all my parents collections of music and i love it.

[drumpointer]

Halevai, one of my mother's most often used expression. Brings tears to my eyes.

[hswatnik]

outstanding

[sholoborx]

Very nice.

[lunablou79]

great music

[ZALMELIBE]

oysher was the best ...

[cantorfahlenkamp]

muchos gracias for posting moishe oysher! if possible, try to post his HINENI ( from the movie "der vilnaer balebesl").yaacov

[Quiteashtrudel]

Ok.. There is Sinatra, Pavarotti and Moishe Oysher... no one greater.... check it out... all of it...

[kporooster]

I really enjoyed this one.

[paulostroff99]

Wonderful! Bravo to him and the wonderful Barry Sisters. They for their many years of devoted service to Jews everywhere.

[jonibaloney2003]

Thank you for this fantastic post! Maybe a new generation will come to know Moishe Oysher and the Barry Sisters. Thanks and keep on posting (I subscribe to you!)