Re: greetings- off topic, but current, more

[Bob Wiener <wiener...>]

To be more precise, I'm referring to the Purim Songster section of a soft 
spiral bound collection of song lyrics "Compiled and Edited by Harry 
Coopersmith, Music Dir. J.E.C., published by the Jewish Education Committee 
Press (of NY), 5th edition, 1946.  The Table of Contents for the section lists 
"Chag Purim" (Words by L. Kipnis -- Folk Song).  Where the lyrics themselves 
are printed, there is (as #3. on the top of p.4) a song in Hebrew is printed 
with "Songs of Zion", H. Coopersmith is printed beneath the song title.  
Therefore, I deduced (correctly?)that the lyricist was L. Kipnis and the 
collector was H. Coopersmith. 

The song begins, "Chag Purim, chag Purim.  Chag gadol hoo lay'hudim."  (My free 
transliteration.)  I readily recognized this song from my youth and, I believe, 
from recordings.  So I assumed (correctly?) that it might well be the song to 
which  Robert Cohen was referring.

Bob
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lori Cahan-Simon 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 6:13 AM
  Subject: Re: greetings- off topic, but current, more


  Wouldn't a listing of Kipnis indicate he collected it rather than wrote it?  
Which song are you referring to?
  Lorele

  Bob Wiener wrote:

Listed in one of my books as:
Words by L. Kipnis -- Folk Song

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: greetings- off topic, but current, more


  
Isn't there a sort-of chestnut contemporary song that refers to "Chag
    
Purim"
  
as well?
    
--Robert Cohen