[HANASHIR:11802] Re: looking for source of song....

[Kerrwhitt <Kerrwhitt...>]

In a message dated 6/30/2002 7:27:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Prezbimbam (at) aol(dot)com writes:


> Hi - I recently heard part of song through a parent who only knows she 
> thought it might be nice to teach to my younger kids in Religious School - 
> she thinks it's called, "I've got that Shabbat Feeling...." ????? 
> (continues 
> with deep in my heart, or down in my toes)....sounds a bit like something 
> that's been adapted or changed from some sort of camp song?

It's an adaptation of a Christian camp song, but I use it all the time in my 
Orthodox tot Shabbat, using Hebrew words for the body parts. The children 
LOVE it and think it's hysterically funny. We do talk about HOW we could have 
the Shabbos feeling up in our nose (smell the challah, the smell of the 
match/candles burning out, the smell of Shabbos dinner, etc.), up in our eyes 
(candles, rabbi, daddy blessing us, etc.), down in our toes (walking to shul, 
soapy in the bath before Shabbos begins, etc.), but their favorite verse is 
when Shabbos is down in their stomach. I use "Shabbos" because it fits in the 
song better and because it's an Orthodox synagogue where they use Ashkenazic 
pronounciation a lot anyway. I'll look around and see if I can find an MP3 
version of the Christian song on-line, or you can e-mail me privately and 
I'll give you my phone number so you can call. It is a very fun song, 
particularly when you use the Hebrew!
Jessie Kerr-Whitt
cantorial soloist
bar/bat mitzvah tutor
music teacher
song leader
Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse, NY