[HANASHIR:3700] Re: Sukkot Music

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

BOY!  Does THAT take me back a few years!!  This is a song that I learned when
I was a child, more years ago than I'd care to admit.

Judy

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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