[HANASHIR:12275] I Had A Little Overcoat

[Julia Priest <priestsinger...>]

I have the notated music in a (gorgeous) children's book called "Joseph Had
a Little Overcoat" written and illustrated by Simms Taback.  Keeping in mind
that variants always occur with folksongs, we don't know how standard this
melodic version is, but so far it's the only one I've seen.  However,
there's another children's book, also quite lovely, by Phoebe Gilman, on the
same folktale, called "Something from Nothing."
Julia Priest

> Hi All,
>
> I just came across a song in Rise Up Singing called "I Had A
> Little Overcoat"
> by Teddi Schwartz (pg 183).  It also appears in Yiddish, Hob ikh
> mir a mantl.
> . .  Does anyone know the melody to this song.  I would love to learn it
> since I'm also a storyteller and tell one that's very similar.  I'm sure
> they're both adapted from the same Jewish folktale.  What a great
> combination
> the two would make!
>
> Thanks for all the help and sharing this list provides.
> Shabbat Shalom,
> Fran Moss
>
>

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