Re: Lo yisa goy / study war no more

[Dean Bandes <deanb...>]

Andrew Merrill merrill (at) cs(dot)swarthmore(dot)edu asks:

>       Does anyone know where the tradition of singing the words of
>       "Lo yisa goy" to the music of "Study war no more" began?

"study war no more" is really a pretty close translation of "lo yilm'du
od milchama", so it makes awfully good sense.

I want to say I remember that from when I was in CAFTY, CA Federation
of Temple Youth, in '59 - '61, but I can't be sure.  That group was big
on seeing how many tunes we could use for "Hine mah tov" -- like to
the tune of "Deep in the heart of Texas" -- so it would have been in
character.  Of course, that's not to say it began there, anyway, just
that I think it goes back at least that far.

Dean Bandes   deanb (at) ma(dot)credence(dot)com

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