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Rozhinkes, Mandlen and a tsigeleh

Does anyone have any information on the significance of the
raisins and almonds and the white goat in the old Yiddish
lullaby and the Goldfaden song which is derived from it?
Why are raisins and almonds mentioned as the source of livelihood?
And what does the goat symbolize? So far, I've come up with
the scapegoat in the Temple and the chad gadyah from the
Seder song. But, even so, what's the connection?

Joshua R. Jacobson
Northeastern University 
Boston, MA 02115 
JRJ (at) neu(dot)edu

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