[HANASHIR:13215] Yiddish songs for children

[JAH29 <JAH29...>]

     I'd Like to suggest "Hob Ich a Por Oksn" (I Have a Pair of Oxen), 
"Bulbe" (Potatoes) - sometimes entitled "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 with some repeating choruses or segments and, 
thus, easy to learn.  They can be found in Ruth Rubin's classic "A Treasury 
of Jewish Folksong" along with singable English verses.
     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