[HANASHIR:3696] Re: Sukkot Music

[Carole Rivel <crivel...>]

This song appears in one of the holiday collections put out by Tara-- I don't
have all of my books at home this summer, so am not sure which one it is, but
it is definitely in one of the larger collections.
Carole

Joshua Miller wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I learned this Yiddish/Hebrew Folk Song last year to teach for Sukkot, it
> was pretty fun, and it was in a bunch of my resource books... Feel free
> to call (510)-527-2355 and I'd be happy to sing it for someone's v-mail :)
>
> - Josh Miller
>
> LAMA SUKAH ZU?
>
> Lamah sukah zu, aba tov sheli? (2x)
> Leisheiv basukah yakiri, leisheiv basukah chavivi,
> Leisheiv basukah yeled chein, yeled chein sheli. (2x)
>
> Lamah leisheiv ba, aba tov sheli? (2x)
> Avoteinu yakiri, avoteinu chavivi,
> Avoteinu af gam heimah yash'vu basukah. (2x)
>
> Ma bakuf'sa yesh, aba tov sheli? (2x)
> Etrog, etrog yakiri,
> Etrog, etrog chavivi,
> Etrog, etrog, yeled chein, yeled chein sheli. (2x)
>
> What is this sukkah, my good father? You dwell in the sukkah, my dear, my
> joy, my beautiful boy.
> Why do we sit in it, my good father? Our ancestors, my dear, my joy, sat
> in the sukkah.
> What is in the box, my good father? An etrog, an etrog, my dear, my joy,
> my beautiful boy.
> (Israeli Yiddish/Hebrew Folk Song)
>

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