Good morning, Alice: 1-Zum Gali Gali is an old, traditional Israeli folk song known to any Temple youth group, I'm sure. Lyrics are: (Cho.) Zum gali gali gali Zum gali gali (2x) Melody: a abcbcb, a aae,a (2x) Rhythm: ta titititititi, ta titi ta ta (2x). Verse: (phonetically, with apologies) e-cha (gutteral) lutz le mahn a-vo-dah, a-vo-dah le mahn e-cha (gutteral) lutz (2x) Rhythm: titi ta ta ta titi ta (4x). (Sing, cho., then verse, then cho. again. Can be done with 2 groups individually, then put together as a partner song.) It means, roughly: We are working along, we are singing a song. For all nations, peace is best, Til it comes we will never rest.

The others I'll get to you another time.

Also, you might want to explore the many tapes of Ella Jenkins (children looove "Did You Feed My Cow?" which is a call and response), also contemporary John Lithgow's "Singing in the Bathtub" and John Langstaff's "Songs for Singing Children."

Children love making animal sounds to "The Barnyard Song" and "Bought Me a Cat." These are found in many children's music books. There's a great series called "Share the Music" which goes grade by grade. I THINK Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan, one of the two.

I'm interested in other responses you get, and I'll be in touch. Cordially, Sheila