[HANASHIR:15987] Re: song background information

[Michael and Abby Gostein <gosteins...>]

I know the song -- learned it from an Israeli preschool teacher at some Reform 
camp somewhere in life -- maybe on an educator's retreat?  My guess is that it 
comes from the Israeli preschool music scene.  WIsh I could tell you more.
Abby
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Beverly Warshai 
  To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:39 AM
  Subject: [HANASHIR:15986] song background information


  Hi,
  I am the music teacher at the Hebrew Day School in Ann Arbor and am looking 
for some information about a song I am using for our music festival in December 
with the first grade students.  I had learned it in the 60's at Habonim Camp 
Tavor and it is so simple and catchy I don't know why I can't find it anywhere 
and no one I ask has heard of it. So I am sending it out here and am courious 
whether someone else on this list might know it and can shed some light as to 
where it came from.  The hand motions and jumps that I remember that go with it 
make it into a kids couples dance too.  Here's the words-

  Histovevu el hahar zug el zug  (3x)
  Yadayim l'malah ul'histovev
  Yadayim al einayim (or any body part) zug el zug (3x)
  yadayim l'malah u'lhistovev

  thanks for your help,
   Bev Warshai