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Origins: Hava Nagila
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HAVA NAGILA
Related threads:
Lyr Req: Dance, Dance, Everybody Dance (2)
Lyr Req: Harvey and Sheila (Hava Nagila parody) (5)
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Subject: RE: Origins: Hava Nagila From: voyager Date: 21 Nov 21 - 01:17 PM I always thought this was a traditional Cuban folk sing about a poisonous reptile - Havana + gila (silent h in Spanish = Hava Nagila. sorry about that chief voyager |
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Subject: RE: Hava Nagila From: Felipa Date: 20 Nov 21 - 04:04 PM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-am-hava-by-freda-lewkowicz-illustrated-by-siona-benjamin-book-launch-tickets-166514889517 Sun, November 21, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM GMT I AM HAVA by Freda Lewkowicz, illustrated by Siona Benjamin - Book Launch I AM HAVA; A SONG’S STORY OF LOVE, HOPE & JOY with author Freda Lewkowicz and illustrator, Siona Benjamin In her own words, the world’s most joyful song invites you to celebrate. Clap, sing and dance into history with Hava Nagila as she journeys around the world. I AM HAVA: A SONG’S STORY OF LOVE, HOPE & JOY is the story of Hava Nagila’s odyssey from its beginning as a niggun, a wordless opera of rejoicing sounds in Sadagora, Ukraine, to its present day iconic status spreading hope around the world. While her journey began in the Ukraine, Hava soon settled in Israel. She was first sung with lyrics in 1918 at a concert in Jerusalem celebrating the defeat of the Turks by the British. Later she journeyed to North America where she helped the Jewish community forget their troubles, easing the pain and grief of World War 2. As an antidote to sorrow, she helped tune out the terror of events they could not control. Today, as in Sadagora and the Holy Land, Hava Nagila celebrates life. At the Olympics. In sports arenas. In movies. At weddings and bar mitzvahs. Hava Nagila, meaning ‘come and rejoice,’ lifts everybody up and dazzles the world. Siona Paints Hava, short video: "Renowned Indian-American Jewish artist, Siona Benjamin, discusses her thoughts about her debut picture book, I AM HAVA: A Song's Story of Love, Hope & Joy written by Freda Lewkowi |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: MGM·Lion Date: 04 Mar 13 - 03:15 AM בבקשה |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Keith A of Hertford Date: 04 Mar 13 - 02:51 AM Duly noted. Thanks for that clarification Michael. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: MGM·Lion Date: 03 Mar 13 - 06:16 PM For accuracy, the lyrics, with repetitions as required by the tune, are הָבָה נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה הָבָה נְרַנְּנָה עוּרוּ אַחִים בְּלֵב שָׂמֵחַ. שלום מיכאל |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Bettynh Date: 03 Mar 13 - 03:37 PM For the sake of completeness, now there's a movie: (audio here, at least for now) Film Hoists 'Hava Nagila' Up Onto A Chair, In Celebration Of Song And Dance by NPR STAFF February 28, 2013 Whether you love it or you hate it, you know it: "Hava Nagila." Maybe you grew up listening to Harry Belafonte's rendition, or found yourself in a chair being hoisted into the air by a singing crowd at your wedding or bat mitzvah. The kitschy Jewish standard lends itself particularly well to group singalongs and celebrity covers — but where did it come from? In her latest documentary, Hava Nagila (The Movie), filmmaker Robert Grossman sets out to find the answer. Grossman tells NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin that she had always known that "Hava Nagila" binds people together in a special way. But she had never thought too much about its origins. "It wasn't until I was finishing my last film, my daughter, who was 10 at the time, said, 'Mommy, please make a happy film next time.' And I took a breath, and I said, 'Honey, you know, documentary filmmakers are really not happy people,'" Grossman jokes. " ... But I thought it was a really brilliant idea, and coincidentally, just a couple weeks earlier, no kidding, I had sort of a dialogue bubble come up over my head, and I thought, 'what is 'Hava Nagila?'" The questions that open Hava Nagila (The Movie) were Grossman's own questions at the beginning of her research, she says. "You know, is it 100 years old or 1,000 years old? Did somebody sit down to write it, did it come down from [Mount] Sinai? And I didn't even know what the words meant. And so began our 'Hava' quest." "Hava Nagila" originated as a Hassidic nigun, or wordless prayer or melody. The nigun was used by the Hassidic movement in Eastern Europe, in Sadagora, Ukraine, Grossman explains. In 1905, the Sadagora Hassidim left that area for Palestine, where their song was recorded by the father of Jewish musicology, Abraham Zvi Idelsohn. He also put words to the song, Grossman says. But the song's primary purpose hasn't always been celebration — its history is deeply political. As a folk song, Grossman says, "Hava Nagila" was a "tent-pole of the conscious creation of a Hebrew culture in Palestine before statehood." "There were people who were, of course, revitalizing Hebrew as a modern spoken language, and then there were people who were using that modern spoken language to create poetry," she says. "Edelson had in his mind that if you could create a repertoire of folk song drawing on the roots of Jewish music from all over the world, in this case from Eastern Europe, and added Hebrew lyrics to it, then you could create a folk repertoire for the new nation, and that would help build the nation. So, it did have a political aspect to it." Hava Nagila (The Movie) traces the migration of the song to the United States, where it takes on another life as a favorite tune for stars to cover, and as an infectious party song. In Grossman's mind, the "ambassador" of the song was the singer Harry Belafonte. In the film, Belafonte reflects on performing the song in Germany. "It hit me kind of hard that here I was, an African American, an American, standing in Germany, a place [that] just a decade earlier had been responsible for one of the greatest mass murders the world had ever known. And here were these young German kids, singing this song, this Hebrew song of rejoicing. 'Let us have peace. Let us rejoice.' And I got very emotional." "It was a song that would run through my head," Glenn Campell, whose rendition of "Hava Nagila" is on the B-side of his single for the movie True Grit, reflects in the film. "Everybody and his dog knows it. When I was doing bar mitzvahs and stuff like that when I first got out to L.A. ... I learned that one real quick, because you can get some more weddings that way." When Bob Dylan performed his cheeky "Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues," he introduced the tune as "a foreign song I learned in Utah." Dylan's guitar, harmonica and yodeling were so culturally incongruous that they became a different kind of homage. "Bob Dylan butchers it. Just butchers it," Josh Kun, a musicologist and professor at the University of Southern California, says in the film. "I mean, it's a performance of 'Hava Nagila' that is meant to not [be a performance of] 'Hava Nagila,' which ultimately is a performance of 'Hava Nagila,' which is why I kind of like it." "That, to me, is the Jewish song," Kun continues. "Nothing is more Jewish than that performance, precisely because it is both an embrace and a refusal. It's the smartest song about Jewish identity I've ever heard." Hava Nagila (The Movie) is brimming with home movie footage of large, boisterous groups getting down to "Hava Nagila" at bar and bat mitzvahs and weddings. The footage, says Grossman, is "from my psyche but not from my collection. We found that film at the National Center for Jewish Film which was out of Brandeis." Some of the quintessentially celebratory footage is from the bar mitzvah of a boy named Sydney Borstein. "... I would love to speak with Sydney," says Grossman. "I love that family so much, and this is why it's the perfect archival footage. The family is completely filled with joy and happiness. They obviously love each other. They are completely unaware of the camera, so it's wonderful. It's a priceless piece of archival stock footage." And that pure joy, says Grossman, is ultimately what "Hava Nagila" is all about. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, one of the many Jewish luminaries in Hava Nagila (The Movie) told Grossman something that didn't end up in the film: "He told me that if he could speak to a boy or a girl who just had their bar or bat mitzvah, and had been lifted up in the chair to 'Hava Nagila,' he'd say, 'I want you to take that 'Hava Nagila' moment, and put it in your pocket, and whenever you need it throughout the course of your life, I want you to take it out, and remember that moment where your parents and your grandparents and your family and friends were all around you , loving you, looking up at you and saying 'Yes, you can do it.' And take that 'Hava Nagila' moment with you for the rest of your life.'" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,guest:Don W. in Germany Date: 29 Jun 10 - 02:16 PM In 1980 I was on a kibbutz- there were a load of volunteers from latin America there who introduced us europeans to the art of drinking Tequila, which led to a song......... Have a tequila Have a tequila Have a tequila Have one more........ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HARVEY AND SHEILA (Allan Sherman) From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 28 Jun 10 - 07:29 PM This song first gained wide popularity in the late 1940's or early 1950's courtesy of The Weavers. I remember hearing it on radio then. And, of course, there is also the Allan Sherman "version:" Harvey And Sheila Lyrics by: Allan Sherman Music by: Lou Busch Recorded live at Allan Sherman's Birthday Party (Nov 30, 1962) from "This time, Allan Sherman's Mother Proudly Presents: Allan Sherman: My Son, The Celebrity" ©1963 Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Oh, the day they met. Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, No one will forget. Harvey's a CPA. He works for IBM. He went to MIT and got his PhD. Sheila's a girl I know, At B.B.D.& O. She works the PBX, And makes out the checks. Then came one great day when Harvey took the elevator, Sheila got in two floors later, Soon they both felt they were falling, Everyone heard Sheila calling, "Ring the bell," But they fell. Harv and Sheila fell in love. Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Chose a wedding ring. Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Married in the spring. She shopped at A & P. He bought a used MG. They sat and watched TV On their RCA. Borrowed from HFC, Bought some AT&T, And on election day, worked for JFK. Then they went and got a Charge-A-Plate from R.H. Macy, Bought a layette, pink and lacy, Then they had twin baby girls, Both with dimples, both with curls, One named Bea, One named Kay, Soon they joined the PTA. Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Moved to West LA. Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Flew TWA. They bought a house one day, Financed by FHA. It had a swimming pool, full of H2O. Traded their used MG For a new XKE. Switched to the GOP, That's the way things go. Oh that Harvey he was Really smart, he used his noodle. Sheila bought a white French poodle, Went to Europe with a visa, Harvey's rich, they say that he's a VIP! This could be, Only in the USA! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Tattie Bogle Date: 28 Jun 10 - 07:12 PM Here'a Youtube of the Matt McGinn version "Have a Banana" which Jack referred to last year: not for the faint-hearted or politically correct! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLA-4nP4cyQ |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,orah pninah Date: 28 Jun 10 - 02:31 AM Thank you everyone so much..... I'm passing this English version on to a three year old and his mother....they LOVE the melody and tempo. Thank you for brainstorming and finding the English lyrics from my childhood. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Jack Campin Date: 03 Feb 09 - 01:23 PM There are also the Matt McGinn lyrics "Have a Banana". I have a CD of Georgian folk music performed by the band "Rustavi". They include an instrumental version of the tune, which they say originated in North Ossetia. So I wonder if its origins aren't a good bit further south-east of Bukovina and maybe a bit less mono-ethnic. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,Peace Date: 02 Feb 09 - 09:24 PM Hava Nagila. No thanks. Just had one and I'm full. But thanks. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,Gerry Date: 02 Feb 09 - 06:39 PM Amos, I assumed the Connie Francis reference was to the English stanzas. Those stanzas are not likely to have been written by anyone Jewish, what with the line, "Dance where the one was born." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Amos Date: 02 Feb 09 - 04:55 PM Connie FRANCIS??? Um...I think it goes back a bit further than that, no? From this site on Jewish culture "If there is one Jewish song known by Jews and non-Jews alike, it is undoubtedly Hava Nagila. From its obscure origins in early twentieth-century Palestine, the song has gone on to become a perennial favorite at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and Jewish--and non-Jewish--cultural events around the world. With its short lyrics and simple yet distinctive melody, Hava Nagila has been recorded hundreds of times by musicians ranging from Neil Diamond, the Barry Sisters, and Harry Belafonte to the contemporary pop singer Ben Folds and the Serbian Gypsy brass band legend Boban Marcovic. Yet for all of its widespread popularity, few know the history of this global Jewish hit. Eastern European Origins Like many modern Israeli and popular Jewish songs, Hava Nagila began its life as a Hasidic melody in Eastern Europe. There the tune was sung as a nigun (wordless melody) among the Sadigorer Hasidim, who took their name from the small town of Sadigora in Bukovina (present-day Ukraine), where the Rizhiner Rebbe, Reb Yisroel Friedman (1798-1850) had settled from Russia and established his court in 1845. At some point around the turn of the last century, a group of Sadigorer Hasidim emigrated to Jerusalem and brought the nigun with them. There the melody might have remained in the cloistered world of Jerusalem's Hasidic communities if not for one man, Avraham Zvi Idelsohn--the father of Jewish musicology. Idelsohn was born in 1882 in Foelixburg (Filzburg), a small town in the Courland province of Tsarist Russia (present-day Latvia). He trained as a cantor in Russia and studied classical music in conservatories in Berlin and Leipzig before settling in Jerusalem sometime after 1905. He soon became active as a musician, music teacher, and scholar in the Jewish community there. As a passionate Zionist, Idelsohn sought to collect and preserve the folk music of Jewish communities from around the world, using a phonograph to record the traditional melodies of Yemenite, Russian, German, Moroccan, and other communities he encountered in Jerusalem. At the same time, he sought to pioneer a new style of modern national music that would unify the Jewish people as they returned to their historic homeland in Palestine. To that end, he arranged and composed many new Hebrew-language songs based on traditional melodies. These modern songs with ancient roots quickly became popular as new Hebrew folk songs, sung in kibbutzim, moshavot, and printed in songbooks in the Jewish yishuv and beyond. Among them was Hava Nagila." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,GUEST, TONY, UK Date: 02 Feb 09 - 04:01 PM Right, here goes. To the best of my knowledge, the song is by Connie Francis and it's entitled "HAVA NAGILA (DANCE EVERYBODY DANCE) and the lyrics are as follows Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava, nagila venis mecha. Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava, nagila venis mecha. Hava neranena, hava neranena, hava neranena, venis mecha. Hava neranena, hava neranena, hava neranena, venis mecha. Uru, uru achim, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim uru achim uru achim belev sameach. Over the valley Voices are singing Bells are a ringing Dance, everyone, dance Come to the valley Run through the clover Harvest is over Dance, everyone, dance Dance where the corn was high Under a golden sky Dance where the one was born Dance, everyone, dance Whirl and turn about Lift up your arms and shout Join hands, skip along Dance, everyone, dance Turn left, turn right, hold tight Lift your feet, the heart will follow Lift your voice, fill the hollow Spread your wings like the swallow Spread your wings like the swallow Fly away, greet the day Dance, dance, everybody, dance Hava neranena, hava neranena, hava neranena, venis mecha. Hava neranena, hava neranena, hava neranena, venis mecha. Uru, uru achim, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim belev sameach, uru achim uu achim uru achim belev sameach. Hope this was of some help to you. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 20 Mar 08 - 10:26 PM As to the origins, I can't remeber by who, but it was written and arranged to mark Allenby's liberation of Jerusalem in 1917. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: nickp Date: 30 Nov 07 - 12:54 PM UK version done by Joe Brown and his Bruvvers [sic] in the '60s. On the B side of 'That Yellow Dress You Wore' (from memory) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,Volgadon Date: 30 Nov 07 - 02:34 AM Guys in the 40s and 50s would sing the part that goes hava neranena with gusto. In the slang of the time the verb leranen was rather naughty. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,Darowyn Date: 26 Apr 07 - 08:18 AM I have never sung Hava Nagila but for a long time now I've used the tune as a guitar warm up, because the Middle Eastern scale uses all four fingers. I've never seen the words written down before this, but I did always wonder who the couple in the second verse were "Uru Hakim and Vanessa Mayer" I am glad to be put right on this long standing mystery. Cheers Dave |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 26 Apr 07 - 03:11 AM Hava nagila ve-nism:kha Hava neranena ve-nism:kha Uru akhim be-lev sameakh : = sh:wa mobile, a murmured e-sound (e as in best, not as in before) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Charlie Baum Date: 26 Apr 07 - 12:09 AM The version above from BUTTERFLY (Date: 16 Dec 02 - 04:58 PM ) is the best of the transliterations here. "ch" is the soft fricative sound as in German Bach or Scottish loch long "i" is a long "ee" as in "pita bread" (but not in the "nis" of "vay-nis-m' chah" "a" is always short, except when spelled out as "ay" And it's "sa-may-ach" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Amos Date: 25 Apr 07 - 08:51 PM Phonetic: Havah na-geela (4x) Vay-neece-may-ghah (repeat) Hah-vah nah-renn-nen-nah (3x) Vay-neece-may-ghah Repeat ooo-roo, oo-roo ach-him 00-ra'gheem bayleff samaya 00-ra'gheem bayleff samaya 00-ra'gheem bayleff samaya 00-ra'gheem ! 00-ra'gheem! bayleff samay-ay-ya Disclaimer: I am not an Israeli, Jewish or a native Hebrew or Yiddish speaker, and your mileage may vary. A |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: oldhippie Date: 25 Apr 07 - 08:41 PM "Dance Everyone Dance" was a top 40 hit for Betty Madigan in August 1958 (Coral 62007) with the lyrics: Over the valley Voices are singing Bells are a ringing Dance, everyone, dance Come to the valley Run through the clover Harvest is over Dance, everyone, dance Dance where the corn was high Under a golden sky Dance where the wine was born Dance, everyone, dance Whirl and turn about Lift up your arms and shout Join hands, skip along Dance, everyone, dance Turn left, turn right, hold tight Lift your feet, the heart will follow Lift your voice, fill the hollow Spread your wings like the swallow Fly away, greet the day Dance, dance, everybody, dance Dance, dance, dance, dance Dance, dance, dance, dance |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,JimP Date: 25 Apr 07 - 07:00 PM I was at a late night sing a couple of years ago when someone sang, "Havana, Cuba . . ." with the rest of the tune being city names. He said it was a common parody, but I've never been able to find the words. Does this sound familiar to anyone? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Sorcha Date: 25 Apr 07 - 05:47 PM Havah nahgeelah, repeat, etc B'hvlay neese m'cah Havah nah rrrroo nahh nahh, repeat Oooo, roooo, oooo rooo ahkeem Bh'lave sah may ach Does that help? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: skipy Date: 25 Apr 07 - 05:41 PM Have a Taquilla Have 2 Taquilla Have 3 Taquilla Let's get pissed! Skipy |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: LukeKellylives (Chris) Date: 25 Apr 07 - 05:41 PM Much appreciated, Joe. I found one that I was looking for. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Apr 07 - 05:33 PM Hi, Chris - I've moved you over to this previous thread. Do any of the transcriptions above help you? I learned the song from the Belafonte recording. I wonder if he pronounced it right. -Joe- |
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Subject: Lyrics for Havah Nagila From: LukeKellylives (Chris) Date: 25 Apr 07 - 05:24 PM Phonetic would be appreciated. It's been in my head for a while now. I just need to check my pronunciation. I really only know that I'm right on the chorus. Chords aren't needed; I already have them. Oh. And welcome back to me! Whoo! |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Hava Nagila - - How old? From: masato sakurai Date: 10 Apr 03 - 07:38 PM This page (Who wrote Havah Nagilah?) may help. ~Masato |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Hava Nagila - - How old? From: GUEST,sorefingers Date: 10 Apr 03 - 04:36 PM I learned it when I was still a little kid, the Book contained several so called easy tunes. I am now so old I can't remember the flood so I guess it was after that. Try two Galaxies after the one that fell apart before ours and subtract a large boat full of animals... oh never mind.... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar Date: 13 Jan 03 - 10:02 AM It's really a Palestinian song: "Have a narguileh?" - "No thanks, I prefer to smoke my own." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Peter Kasin Date: 12 Jan 03 - 10:07 PM We used to sing that in folk dance class. It goes: Hava, nagila hava, nagila hava, nagila uhhhh,uh,uh,uhhhh. la, da, ladeeda,daaaaa la da, la dee da daaa da, da, dee da daaaaaa, daaaa, da, da da! *BG* |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Art Thieme Date: 12 Jan 03 - 09:47 PM It did make for a certain amount of moisture. ;-) Art |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Art Thieme Date: 12 Jan 03 - 09:45 PM I believe I posted in another thread that an old Sioux Indian told me that this song was a rain dance in his part of the American west. As everyone danced they would toss live lizards under the dancer's feet---and sing---loudly, "Hop on a gila, hop on a gila, hop on a gila..." This is true. Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Steve Latimer Date: 11 Jan 03 - 11:03 PM And how can we forget Bob's "Talkin' Hava Nagila Blues"? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Hrothgar Date: 11 Jan 03 - 09:47 PM I knew I could find somebody! From Anne Infante's memory: Down in the valley Voices are singing Bells are a-ringing Dance, everyone, dance! Come through the valley Run through the valley Harvest is over Dance, everyone, dance! Dance where the corn was high Under a golden sky Dance where the wine was born Dance, everyone, dance! Twirl and twirl about Lift up your arms and shout Join hands skip along Dance, everyone, dance! Turn, turn, Turn right, hold tight Lift your feet, the heart will follow Lift your voice, fill the hollow, Spread your wings like a swallow Fly away, greet the day Dance, dance, everybody, dance! I have a couple of small disagrements with her, as shown in the fragment above. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Hrothgar Date: 17 Dec 02 - 05:47 AM Additions to above, from the singing of Ray Gurney, at the Folk Centre in Brisbane, mid-60s: Over the valley Voices are singing, Bells are a-ringing, Dance, everyone, dance! Come to the valley, Run to the valley, Harvest is over, Dance, everyone, dance! Dance where the corn was high Under a golden sky, Dance where the wine was born, Dance, everyone, dance! Twirl and twirl about, Lift up your arms and shout ................... Dance, everyone, dance! Lift your feet, Heart will follow, Lift your voice Fill the hollow Spread your wings Like a swallow. Dance, dance, everybody, dance! Have to talk to a couple of the old heads around the place who might remember more ... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Joe Offer Date: 16 Dec 02 - 06:28 PM I saw a book once about the man who wrote "Hava Nagila." I should have bought the book, but my budget got the better of me. I had alwasy thought of the song as traditional, but now I'm wondering about authorship. http://www.hebrewsongs.com says the tune is traditional Hassidic, but the lyrics were written by Mosheh Nathanson and transcribed by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn. I checked several sources, but couldn't find definitive information about the origin of this song. Can anybody help? -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: BUTTERFLY Date: 16 Dec 02 - 05:28 PM Dear All, I should have taken the trouble to look at past postings before asking for translation of Hava Nagilah, but in any case I am grateful for such a quick reply from Zemerl. It seems then that "Hava Nagilah" means "Let's Dance" - wasn't there a song of that name (was it by Chris Montez?). Regarding Mark Cohen's posting on 18th July 2000 below, Fred Wedlock also did this on an album although as all his songs were originally by others, I presume he heard Jo-Ann Worley or someone else sing it. Does anyone know what happened to Jo-Ann Worley? You see some of the ex-Laugh In People from time to time, especially Goldie Hawn, in films, etc, but I can remember seeing Henry Gibson, Artie Johnson, Lily Tomalin and Dick Rowan. Dan Rowan died some years back. wSubject: RE: Lyr Add: French Lyrics to Hava Nagila From: Mark Cohen - PM Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:57 AM Thanks, Mrrzy, it's absolutely wonderful! I will learn it forthwith. (Maybe somebody can fix the accents--it took me a few seconds to figure out what happened.) Of course, who can forget JoAnne Worley on Laugh-In, singing: Hava nagila, have two nagilas Have three nagilas, they're very small |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: artbrooks Date: 16 Dec 02 - 05:09 PM From Zemerl: Dance where the wheat grows high, under a golden sky, dance where the wine was born. Dance, everyone dance. Whirl and turn about, lift up your arms and shout, join hands and kick along. Dance, everyone . . . This is obviously not a singable translation either. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HAVA NAGILAH From: BUTTERFLY Date: 16 Dec 02 - 04:58 PM Dear All, I wonder if anyone out there can translate the words of "Hava Nagilah" into English, either from direct knowledge of Hebrew (or is it Yiddish?) or otherwise. I have shown the words below, which I got from a CD-ROM. HAVA NAGILAH Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Vay-nis-m' chah. Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Vay-nis-m' chah. Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne nah, Vay-nis-m' chah. Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne nah, Vay-nis-m' chah. U-ru, U-ru, a-chim, U-ru a-chim, b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim, b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim, b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim. b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim! U-ru a-chim! B'-lev sa-me-ach. Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Vay-nis-m' chah. Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Ha-vah Na-gi-lah, Vay-nis-m' chah. Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne nah, Vay-nis-m' chah. Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne-nah, Ha-vah n'-ra-ne nah, Vay-nis-m' chah. U-ru, U-ru, a-chim, U-ru a-chim, b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim, b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim, b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim. b'-lev sa-me-ach, U-ru a-chim! U-ru a-chim! B'-lev sa-me-ach. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: French Lyrics to Hava Nagila From: Mark Cohen Date: 18 Jul 00 - 12:57 AM Thanks, Mrrzy, it's absolutely wonderful! I will learn it forthwith. (Maybe somebody can fix the accents--it took me a few seconds to figure out what happened.) Of course, who can forget JoAnne Worley on Laugh-In, singing: Hava nagila, have two nagilas Have three nagilas, they're very small Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: French Lyrics to Hava Nagila From: Mrrzy Date: 17 Jul 00 - 09:20 PM I ran this translation by my Israeli cousin-in-law, and every time I said Let's Dance (for whatever reason - to raise the grain, to celebrate the harvest, to honor the earth...) he agreed that it was a good translation of the phrase Hava Nagila... Also, this is in response to the French Lyrics thread. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HAVA NAGILA (French version) From: Mrrzy Date: 17 Jul 00 - 09:17 PM HAVA NAGILA (Dansons, mon amour) French lyrics recorded by Les Compagnons de la Chanson, recalled by Mrrzy (They sing the verses in Hebrew too, very French, don't pronounce any H's; but all I'm posting here is the translation) Dansons car dans les granges |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: pastorpest Date: 25 Apr 00 - 11:27 PM A zooologist travelled to Cuba to study lizards. To his surprise he discovered a strange new lizard near the capital. In fact in several places around the capital he saw members of this unexpected spieces. He took photographs and when he returned home to his university he excitedly showed colleagues his photographs of this previously unknown lizard. His colleagues laughed and said, "Oh that! It's just the Havana Gila." Sorry for the bad pun: I could not resist. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HAVA NAGILA (French version) From: GUEST,Mrr Date: 25 Apr 00 - 11:27 AM Les Compagnons de la Chanson also do a great version in French (and rather hilarious French-accented Hebrew). The Hebrew lyrics are above; here are the French (and until someone teaches me how to do accents in HTML, I'll just ignore them, sorry):
Le ble se range C'est le dernier jour des mouissons! Dansons, sur cette terre, verte et fiere, qui n'oublie pas de nos sillons! (line unclear) Dansons sans plus penser Au bal qu'on c'est donne Pour faire lever le grain Qu'on aura demain! Dansons pour oublier Sous le ciel etoile Nos peines et nos peurs Que le grain demeure! Lai, lai, lai lai lai lai Et ma joie devient complete Pres de toi, le temps s'arrete Dans tes bras je perd la tete Et tout prend un air de fete Serre-moi jusqu'au jour Dansons, dansons mon amour! Vague translation: |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Mark Cohen Date: 24 Apr 00 - 11:33 PM Sapper, that was on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, circa 1968, and the singer was JoAnne Worley. I remember the last line as "They're very small." What a show that was -- thanks for the memory! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: GUEST,Nuiz Date: 24 Apr 00 - 08:07 PM Your answers are great--all of them. I got what I was looking for--gee, you're all so smart! Muchas thankus |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila From: Ditchdweller Date: 24 Apr 00 - 09:52 AM I seem to remember some Jewish comedienne/actress come up with; "Hava Negela, Have two Negelas Have three Negelas, They're pretty cheap" Sapper |
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