[HANASHIR:12203] Re: top Sukkot songs

[ilana axel <iaxel...>]

--- Meris Ruzow <meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com> wrote:
> Yay!  Thanks Carole!   I couldn't remember anything
> about Sally!  This
> list is great.  And by the way, I have completely
> different words to the
> hokey pokey!  
> "You put your lulav in, you put your lulav out,
> You put your lulav in, then you shake it all about,
> You come to shul on succos and and you shake it all
> around,
> That's what it's all about!"  
> 
> (I know, I know... but the older generation of
> ashkenazy jews love it!
> There are more verses.  If anyone wants them, I'll
> try to find them.)
YES PLEASE MERIS THANKS, ILANA AXEL iaxel (at) yahoo,com
> Meris
> 
> Meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org] On
> Behalf Of Carol Boyd Leon
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:45 PM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:12197] Re: top Sukkot songs
> 
> The Sukkot song Meris was referring to is Sally
> Heckelman's "Sittin' In
> Our 
> Sukkah" from Sally's recording, "Tap Your Feet To A
> Jewish Beat."
> 
> I've had success at Sukkot sing-alongs using parody
> songs, including
> "Under 
> The Sukkah/Under The Boardwalk" (Julie Silver), "If
> I Had A Sukkah/If I
> Had 
> A Hammer" (Karen Daniel), "Why Must I Wave My Etrog
> and Lulav?/Why Must
> I Be 
> A Teenager In Love?" (anonymous, ed. by Jeff
> Klepper), and the "Sukkot
> Hokey 
> Pokey" to which Meris also referred:
> 
> You hang an apple here,
> You hang a cornstalk there,
> You make a paper chain
> And you string it through the air.
> You build a little sukkah
> Then you eat a lovely meal,
> Sukkot's a real cool deal, hey!
> 
> You take the lulav here,
> You take the etrog there,
> You put them together
> And you shake them in the air.
> You say a little bracha
> And you pray to God above,
> That's n'tillat lulav, hey!
> 
> -- Carol Boyd Leon
>    CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Meris Ruzow" <meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com>
> Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Subject: [HANASHIR:12194] Re: top Sukkot songs
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:03:56 -0400
> 
> This is going to sound crazy because I can't
> remember.... but I think
> the name of the tape is "Sally and the Daffodills"
> and there's a
> wonderful succot song on there.  All generations
> love it and it's an
> "instant catch - on" which you MUST get.
> "Sittin' in My Sukkah."
> Sittin' in my sukkah, all night long.......
> Waitin' for the stars to come out........
> The words to the verses are wonderful, explain the
> holiday and a very
> informative but fun way.  I hope someone knows more
> about where to find
> this.  It was given to me by Sally's mother, Devorah
> Heckelman.
> Meris Ruzow
> 
> Meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
> 
> 
> 
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