Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )

04 Dec 07 - 10:34 PM (#2208808)
Subject: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )
From: Rabbi-Sol

This song was recorded by Yehoram Gaon. It has the exact same tune as Steve Goodman's "The Spirit Of New Orleans" but it is NOT a translation of Goodman's song.

                                                 SOL

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04 Dec 07 - 11:00 PM (#2208820)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israel
From: Sorcha

Rabbi, click here for the lyrics in Hebrew and English. A PDF file is also available for the Hebrew alphabet lyrics. I'll try, next post, to get the lyrics posted at least...

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04 Dec 07 - 11:04 PM (#2208822)
Subject: ADD: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israel)
From: Sorcha

Here goes....wish me luck.

   SHALOM LACH
  ERETZ NEHEDERET
          PEACE TO YOU,
  LOVELY COUNTRY
           
  
  Hayiti b'Paris vegam b'Roma
  Ra'iti et shiv'at pil'ei tevel
  Bakotev hatzfoni vegam daroma
  Ach ein makom kmo Eretz Yisrael.
  Uch'mo gluyot shel nof yafot
  Tmunot bezichroni afot
  Kmo be'ad adasha shel matzlema.
  Betarmili otan esa
  Bechawl makom, bechawl masa
  Kit'ei p'seifas mitoch tmuna shleima.
  
  Chorus:
  Shalom lach eretz nehederet
  Avdech hadal nosei lach shir mizmor
  Gam im le'itim noded ani al derech -
  Mah tov lindod ach tov yoter lachzor.
  
  Tz'richei hamigdalim birushalayim
  Vesimte'ot hashuk hatziv'oni;
  Gagot hare'afim shel Giv'atayim
  Hanibatim mib'ad chaloni.
  Et ha'aviv b'Tel Aviv
  Et savati ve'et savi
  Et hachallah ve'et nerot Shabbat.
  Et Yam Hamelach mul Edom
  Ve'eshet Lot tzofa liS'dom
  Ve'et hakayitz bo'acha Eilat.
  
  Shalom lach eretz nehederet....
  
  Meimeha hak'chulim shel haKineret
  Veharaki'a hato'em mei'al.
  Vehargashat habayit hamukeret
  Betoch orkai zoremet kmo chasmal.
  Harei Galil vehaShomron,
  Hapardesim shebaSharon,
  Viyeladim began hamoshava;
  Et haKarmel ve'et hayam
  Echad echad ve'et kulam
  Tamid kortzim, omrim "Baruch Haba."
  
  Shalom lach eretz nehederet......
          
  
  I was in Paris and also in Rome,
  I saw the seven wonders of the world,
  At the North Pole and also at the South,
  But there's no place like the Land of Israel.
  And like postcards of beautiful scenery
  Pictures fly through my memory
  As if through the lens of a camera.
  In my backpack I carry them,
  everywhere, on every journey
  Pieces of a mosaic within the whole picture.
  
  Chorus:
  Peace to you, lovely country
  Your poor servant carries a song of praise to you.
  Though sometimes I wander on the road -
  How good it is to wander, but even better to return.
  
  The turrets of the towers in Jerusalem,
  And alleyways of the colorful street market;
  The tile roofs of Givatayim, which are seen through my window.
  Springtime in Tel Aviv,
  My grandmother and my grandfather,
  The challah and the Shabbat candles.
  The Dead Sea opposite the hills of Edom
  And Lot's wife looking towards Sodom
  And the summertime, as you approach Eilat.
  
  Peace to you, lovely country...
  
  The blue waters of Kineret
  And the matching sky above.
  And the familiar feeling of home
  Flows like electricity within my veins.
  The mountains of the Galil, and Shomron
  The orchards in the Sharon,
  And children in the garden of a moshava;
  The Carmel and the sea,
  Each one separately, and all of them,
  Always wink to me, saying "Welcome!"
  
  Peace to you, lovely country.
  

Sound file there too.

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04 Dec 07 - 11:40 PM (#2208840)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )
From: Rabbi-Sol

Thank you very much Sorcha for your quick response.

                                              SOL

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05 Dec 07 - 09:19 AM (#2209049)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )
From: GUEST,Volgadon

Yehoram Gaon also sang a song to the tune of Guthry's "This Land is Your Land". When I was a little kid and first heard Woody's song, I thought he borrowed it from us!

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05 Dec 07 - 01:33 PM (#2209252)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )
From: Rabbi-Sol

Volgadon,
          Do you happen to have the title of and the words to that song?
                                                 SOL

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05 Dec 07 - 02:50 PM (#2209314)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )
From: GUEST,Volgadon

I can't seem to find it right now. Has been years since I heard it. Will ask some people.

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05 Dec 07 - 05:12 PM (#2209429)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Shalom Lach Eretz Nehederet (Israeli )
From: Rabbi-Sol

Thanks; Let me know if you find it.

                                        SOL

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