Mickey Katz sings "Duvid Crockett"

[nfilpula]

this is just funny

[BROKENWING420]

i remember this song as a child. my mother and father loved his stuff. what wonderful memories i have of this man,

[spymaine89]

BEST CONGRESSMAN WE EVER HAD

[alomarez24]

Love this Song, Did u guys see his Grandaughter, Jennifer Grey sing this on Connan O'brien, SO wicked...

[TerryAlaniz]

Has anyone seen Jennifer Grey (his granddaughter) sing this?? It is hilarious!! 

[johnnybagofdonets]

Delaney Street not what it use to be… Getting leather jackets and going to Gus’s pickles, though Delaney Street at one point was a real ho-stroll at Williamsburg Bridge area, Dam miss those hookers and the SRO hotel, can still get a good meal at Katz’s Deli in lower east side. Corned Beef on club and a doctor brown cream soda $20... plus a $75 parking ticket....dam those meter maids and hookers that hide their Atoms Apples...

[lkarabinas]

Joel Grey's father

[lkarabinas]

Joel Gray's father

[Warchief01]

Well that just totally sucked.

[mrmakemakkara]

very nice videos tov toda

[postatility]

Some great Jews in this little montage,but where's Julius Irving("Doctor J")?

[geneblackdds]

Thank you so much for posting this. It brings back wonderful memories of my childhood in the 50's. My mother would play Mickey Katz and other jewish singers on her " Victrola ". I would love it if I could hear " Lefkowitz the Cop ".

[JSW999999]

RIP Fess!

[megaswenson]

Did he call Daisy a "little tchotchkeleh"? ( 1:17 ) I'm wondering, because, besides its being redundant, we've been 'corrected' for using tchotchke in that context. Glad to know we're not using the term too incorrectly.

Then again, I bet if one poked around the attic Toy Room at the ranch, a whole pile of Mickey Katz records my grandparents' generation listened to as kids would turn up. This may be how that generation picked up contemporary Jewish culture, for better or for worse...

[MrSteamhammer100]

Der Großmeister des yiddischen Humor, einfach toll !!

[thailandbobby]

Mom mom, born Ruth Bresin in Cleveland Ohio in 1911, was a 2nd cousin of Mickey Katz (through her maternal grandmother's family). She loved Mickey's crazy songs and as a young boy I listened to all his records over and over. My favorite was ....so honey don't be bregiz "I lost mein pants in Las Vegas!" This music brings back all those childhood times and enjoying them with my Yiddishe Mamma !

[lanroveer]

Some more help on the lyrics

-- Born in the welts(??) of Delancey Street, home of gefilte fish anf kosher meet ,

Handy with a knife from A to Z ..... (that's what this last line sounds like)

-- He went out West on his pferd(horse) ----ela schon(?)

[jidlmitnfidl]

born in the wilds of Delancey Street

on his ferdele Shleym (horse named Shloyme)

[leibel14]

Fantastic!!!!

[tobibravo]

"Then came the Litvaks and the Galizianers"

Damn, that's a gemstone! :D

[xsunbeamer]

Does anyone have Doity Dog to post? Bought it in New York in the 1950s and lost it along the way. Remember it being a real hoot.

[TumescentInNYC]

What a find !

"The Knish Doctor" and "Ghost Riders In The Sky" are up there, too.

Thanks for posting this gem, albertdiner.

[albertdiner]

born in the wilds of delancey street

home of gefilte fish and kosher meat

handy with a knife, oh her zich tzi

he flicked him a chicken, when he was only 3

duvid, duvid crocket, he sat in the sun und gerocket (rocked) und gebaket (baked)

duvid, duvid crocket, king of delancey street

[albertdiner]

in eighteen thoiteen he fought indianers, then came the litvaks and the galitzianers, avekgeharget redskins all over the shtetl, he never lost his head, he never lost his sheitel

d-d-crocket, he chewed tobacky und gehissed und gechrocket, d-d-c king of delancey streeet

[albertdiner]

he went down south, looking for a maidel,

met a little tzatzkale called daisy fraidel

from near and far, they came to the chippe

elected him president of the bnei missisipi

mazel tov duvid crocket ah mazel tov der mame und der alter crocket, mazel tov d-c kods

[albertdiner]

he went up west on his ferdeleh shlaim, took along fraidaleh his vaibale shain, shlaim hut gefleet vi an aeroplane, he got to las wegas ahead of the train

d-d-c he walked up to the crap table with a full pocket, d-d-c kods

he shot like a gambler, ainer af der velt

up came two sixes ,in drerd di gelt

he flet very sad, that's my opinion, he would have said kaddish but he couldn't find a minyan

d-d-c farloren di haisen he went home naket, d-d-c he's back on delancey street

[chibershow]

yeah i have to make a parody out of the original song for reading class i can't really think of anything though

[MrRogerMellie]

I play this at the bar where I work, plugging it into the stereo system. One customer went out and found it and played it on the radio here in New York. Just listening to it makes you feel funny and good. It also reminds one of how lively and worldly New York used to be. Now, not so much.

[bingcro]

I have a friend who worked in the tailoring in leeds and was always asking to find mickey katz singing "the yodeling yid" anyone outthere with this

[54spiritedwill54]

Thanks for your wise words and bringing peace.Stay well and live up to 120!

[Alikenberg]

Trying to find interview with Jennifer Gray where she sings Jewish song with Jewish accent.

[LENJACOBS]

My uncle was the publicist for Mickey's short-lived Broadway musical, "Borscht Capades". Mickey had me rolling in the aisle (of course, I was only about 10 at the time, but still...). He was a lot of fun!

[Alikenberg]

How do I find Jennifer Gray's tv interview where she sings like Mickey Katz?

[smdad]

Thank you so much for the many happy memories of Mickey Katz. You had to be Jewish & grow up in the 40'50's to appreciate all his true talent, wit, & talent. Thanks again Lenny Waller NYC

[snaaptaker]

I love this guy!! I used to listen to him as a little kid in the 1940s, and I probably haven't heard him since then. Every now and then one of his songs will pop up in my head.

Two of my favorites were "The Borscht Riders in the Sky" and "She'll Be Coming Around the Catskills".

Oy,gevalt! Such a machaiah!!

[evrei909]

"Farleren di heizen" and went naked"" - "lost his pants" and went naked"". Katz is mixing Yiddish and English of course. I think he's the guy who invented Yinglish, haha.

[vitalis10]

does some one have lyrics?

[DapostropheOnna]

Ahh, this is cute. I didn't know he was Jennifer Grey's G.Dad.

[joealesi]

I'm not Jewish, but that doesn't matter. This is fun stuff, that I found just surfing youtube. But how in the world did some asshole like "48marz48" wind up here with his ignorant comments and dumbass notion that Davey Crockett is being made fun of? This asshole can't be for real, but I'm afraid he might be. Piss on the dumbshit!!

[youvalss]

Loved it! Thank god there are Jews in the world :)

[louswire]

I heard this on Dr Demento... and loved it. It's only a song meant for fun... sheesh!!!!

Hott!!! jazz licks by the trumpet player.

[egapnala65]

Is it George Rock? Sounds a little like him.

[Retanzil]

Brilliant! Classical Yiddish humour in song. Wonderful!

[zwerskij]

You should see those guys from Delancey Street back in 1970s to appreciate the song.

Both groups,the old Jews who came to America before WWII and WWI and Soviet Jews who came to the USA in the early 1970s!

[milette6]

Alright boys, settle down. Let's not start another war because someone decided to sing a song about David Crockett. I think it was meant to entertain. This is what happens when we allow our children to hate a certain race because of the past. You people throwing garbage words at each other were not even born those days. We all know who were the agressors and who were the victims of wars. Also, please do not use each other's parents to have a go at each other. Thanks

[zwerskij]

Thanks for your wise words and bringing peace.Stay well and live up to 120!

[herminestover]

nu, you cannot tell just by looking?

[loveolrecords]

sounds like the rabi cut too much off

[wontonga]

Well "48marz48", Jews won't need to register you in order to find you. Like your whore mother, you smell like ass!

[wontonga]

You forefather was your mothers pimp jackass. You have no way of knowing which one of your low-life hick brothers fucked your mother in the ass resulting in your birth. And as for burning people alive. We are doing a good job of burning your family members in Gazza.

[zwerskij]

Uff, brother! That was a good one, lthoug a rough and tough one.The bozo can´t see an

elbow from his ass. The guy was born stupid!

In Russia one calls people like 48marz48 a "vyperdysh". An expression about a person who was concieved the way you have described in your strong statement.

[ARoundOfApplause]

48marz48 You had 4 fathers? Certainly your mother must have had some idea if one was really yours! Ask her to TRY to recall

[ARoundOfApplause]

48marz48 Should'nt you be signing in as Frank Weltner?

[MasterEled]

That might be offensive if you were intelligent enough to spell Jew. Get out of my country asshole.

[MasterEled]

Listen buddy boy, I never said I was Jewish, I am however more than 4th generation American and a Marine, this is my country. I also do not see how someone of any religion can "use their nose to steal". You best learn English before arguing that you belong in my country you illiterate piece of crap, you are the reason people outside of America think all Americans are dumbasses.

[dkfelix]

You suck big time

[dkfelix]

Ignorant comments don't make more sense when repeated. You obviously have a problem with a certain group of people - people or nations, who curse the jews, wind up destroying themselves according to the Bible and history. It is as sure as the law of gravity.

People, who therefore have no knowledge of God's word or misinterprete end up destroying their own lives.

So go ahead and destroy yourself - mr. ignorance.

[dkfelix]

You just wait and see, who the more fictional is - you or the Bible. Spiritual blind people -not people with a limited language like yours - will face the ultimate consequence of their spiritual blindness towards God. The ultimate consequence is eternal condemnation. I only feel sorry for you - but you cannot explain light to people, who were born blind. Nor can you explain god to people, who are born spiritually blind and only see their own hate blinded by the devil .

Have a nice Sunday!

[xFOBsuperfreakx]

oh shut up, i hope you get gassed.

are you a really old saggy nazi?

[paulostroff99]

Ditto, and bravo!

[xFOBsuperfreakx]

get shot in the eye.

[dkfelix]

Sorry, I have no intentions in that direction.

[xFOBsuperfreakx]

sorry, i wasnt talking to you, i was talking to 48marz48.

[dkfelix]

Ok, I understand why and how you feel ;-)

[xFOBsuperfreakx]

great!

whenever i go to reply to someone, the format on youtube screws up where my comment is supposed to be placed, so people end up thinking that im talking to them, get offended, complications ensue..

[solarvegan]

Now I have the entire YouTube set: Mickey Katz singing "Yiddish Mule Train" set to home movies, Jennifer Grey singing "Duvid Crockett" and now Mickey himself performing "Duvid Crockett." And I first learned that Joel is Mickey's son on a YouTube video showing a young Joel performing on the Colgate Comedy Hour with Eddie Cantor. I love this stuff!

[dybbuk4640]

how many of you know that joel grey of cabaret fame is mickey katz's son?

[professortbg]

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jewishjournal]

Great job on the video, thanks! I remember my parents had some Mickey Katz records but I was too young to appreciate them like I can now. This one song is a gem and makes me LOL. :-)

[ShmorgelBorgel]

My parents had a Mickey Katz record on 78 rpm, and when I was 5 years old or so I dropped it and it shattered. My Dad was mad, as it was a collectable. A few years ago, I found an LP of him that is 33 1/3 (the one shown in the montage, in orange--"Mickey Katz and his Orchestra"). "Duvid Crockett" shows up on that album too.

[albertdiner]

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; (he vent up to the crap table with a full pocket) Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street. He shot like a gembler, owner of die veld, Up came two sixes...und drer d'geld. He felt very sad, dat's my opinion, He vould of said kaddish...but he couldn't find a minyan. Dovid, Dovid Crockett, (he lost his pants an' he vent home nahkid), Dovid, Dovid Crockett, He's back on Delancy Street.

[albertdiner]

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street

He went out west on his small horse, Schloim Sam?,

Took along Daisile, his wife, alles schoen,

Schloim hat g'fliet--like and air-a-plane,

He got to Las Wegas ahead of the train.

Dovid, Dovid Crockett;

(he vent up to the crap table with a full pocket)

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street.

[albertdiner]

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street.

He went down south, lookin' for a meidle.

Met a little tsatskele named DaisyFreidle.

From near und far, dey came to the "chippie,"

I think that's coloquial for "chuppah?"

Elected him president of the B'nai Mississippi.

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street

[ShmorgelBorgel]

You asked if "chippie" was coloquial for "chuppah?"--well, it's more or less the way a Galizaner would pronounce it...except that they would say "khippeh" not "hippeh" but he had to rhyme it with "Mississipi" (he could also have said "Mississipeh"!)

[albertdiner]

Born in the wilds of Delancy Street

Lived on gilfilte fish and kosher meat

Lived in the wilds so he knew not a tree

Flecked him a chicken when he was only three

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street.

In eighteen-toiteen, he fought "Indianes,"

Den came the "Litvaks" and the "Galitzianes,"

??? redskins all over the shteitle,

He never lost his head...he never lost his sheitle.

Dovid, Dovid Crockett; King of Delancy Street.