Re: Havah Nagilah

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

I have an offer to "translate" the Scottish contrafactum (sp?) if the
poster would like to send it my way...

Thanks, Joel

At 05:17 PM 5/8/99 , you wrote:
>I believe a twist version appeared on an old Lp called "Twistin' the 
>Freilachs,"
>along with similar teatments of "Dayyenu," and who knows what all else.  An
>English-language version appeared sometime in the '50's or 60's titled "the
>Circle," I think:  "Come to the valley/Run through the clover/ Harvest is
>over/Dance, everyone, dance."  And wasn't there a surf version recorded by
Dick
>Dale, of "Misirlou" fame?   Gee, I just had to go back and correct my spelling
>of "Twistin'."  I left the "S" out...
>
>Owen
>
>Robert Cohen wrote:
>
>> There have been, to my knowledge, two English-language contrafacta--pop
>> songs in English--written and recorded to the tune of Hava Nagilah.  (Not
>> counting Allan Sherman's annoying thing.)  I can provide more data if
>> anyone's interested--not sure if this counts.  And the original poster never
>> answered me or the list re why they wanted this list to begin w/.  Fun
>> anyway.
>>
>> >From: Rmsarig (at) aol(dot)com
>> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>> >To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>> >Subject: Re: Havah Nagilah
>> >Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 20:27:12 EDT
>> >
>> > >>The Texas "polka" group Brave Combo have a "twist" version of Hava
>> >Nagilah.
>> >
>> > > On what album (CD?), pray tell?  TIA.
>> >
>> >I heard them do it in concert just days ago, and then I went back to check
>> >some CDs of theirs I have, but couldn't find it. Could be it wasn't
>> >recorded,
>> >but I could've sworn it was. Sorry I can't be more definite.
>> >-Roni
>> >
>> >
>>
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