West Yiddish dialects have hardly been documented at all as they were abandoned almost everywhere at an early stage in favour of German varieties. This study provides transcriptions, translations, and commentaries on recordings from four places in the south-west of the Yiddish language area, where West Yiddish asserted itself for a relatively long time. Most of the texts come from Endingen in Switzerland. The study devotes especial attention to the sociolinguistic situation and to the influences of the co-territorial German dialects. The transcribed excerpts are included as sound documents on the two CDs included.