RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

I leared the same tune in the 50s to the tune of Deep in The Heart Of Texas. 
  Seems jew from Dallas and Austin were singing it that way!

Trudi the G

>From: bloom (at) gis(dot)net (Bloom)
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:20:29 -0400 (EDT)
>
>When I was in summer camp, we sang 'Hinei ma tov umanaim shevet achim gam
>yachad' to a very large variety of tunes, and The Battle Hymn of the
>Republic was one of them.
>
>Hinei ma tov umanaim
>Hinei ma tov umanaim
>Hinei ma tov umanaim
>Shevet achim gam yachad!
>
>By the way, I understand that melody to have been originally written as the
>Methodist hymn 'Oh Brother Won't You Meet Me On Canaan's Happy Shore.'
>After John Brown's failed revolt, the song 'John Brown's Body' was set to
>it.  During the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe's poem 'The Battle Hymn of the
>Republic' was set to it (it was originally published without any suggested
>melody.)
>
>And don't forget the camp bus song, 'John Brown's Baby Had a Cold Upon His
>Chest.'
>
>Jacob Bloom
>
> >.From: "winston weilheimer" <taxrelief (at) bitstorm(dot)net>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
> >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:37:49 -0400
> >
> >the original tune is John Brown's Body.....Lays amolding in the grave!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:11 PM
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
> >
> >
> >I have a co-worker (Chris) who claims that when he was in France in 1976 
>a
> >Sephardi Rabbi chanted psalm 133 for him (Shir hama'alot- hinei ma tov 
>uma
> >naim shevet achim gam yachad etc.) with a tune which was related to 'The
> >Battle Hymn of the Republic'. Chris would like to track this tune down, 
>if
> >possible. Does this ring a bell for anybody, or is somebody just 
>whistling
> >'Dixie'?
> >                            Thanks,
> >                            EK
>
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