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Thread #20703   Message #2556318
Posted By: Jack Campin
03-Feb-09 - 01:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hava Nagila
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hava Nagila
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.