[HANASHIR:13213] Re Yiddish songs to teach children

[JAH29 <JAH29...>]

        I'd suggest "Hob Ich a Por Oksn" (I Have a Pair of Oxen), "Bulbe" -or 
Zuntig Bulbe (Sunday - Potatoes), "A Geneyve" (A Robbery), "Sha, Shtil, Macht 
Nisht Kein Gerider" (Be Quiet - Make No Commotion!), "Kum Aher Du Filozof" 
(Come Here, You Philosopher), "Kinder Mir Hobn Simchas Toyre!" (Children, We 
Have Simchat Torah!), "Chanuka, O Chanuka (same but verses in Yiddish).
     The first five are funny and somewhat repetitious and, thus, easy to 
learn.  They can be found in Ruth Rubin's classic "A Treasury of Jewish 
Folksong".
     The little "Jewish Center Songster", put out for years by the National 
Jewish Welfare Board in NYC also has "Un Az Der Rebbe Est", and "Der Rebbe 
Elimelech" among others.  These, too, children find fun and easy to learn.
     Julie Hirsch
     Savannah, GA