"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," is a song originally written in Hebrew by a Polish emigrant to Palestine (now Israel) and famously recorded by The Weavers somewhere around 1950, I believe. Prior to that, not many were acquainted with it. Guest 6 jan 09 ====== ========= I learned the Hebrew version, then new I think, in 1946 --
Phonetically —
Tze-na tze-na tze-na tze-na, Ha-banot, oo-rena Chyalim ba moshavah
Al-na al-na al-na al na Al-na tit-chabeh-na Mi-ben chayil, ish tzavah [ch pronounced as a guttural thruout]
Rough translation: Please come out [x4] girl recruits, & see the young recruits in the village.
Please do not [x5] hide yourselves from the young soldier, man of the army.