Re: Hungarian Jewish song

[Sam Weiss <SamWeiss...>]

I'm assuming that the parody has the same melody as the original. Do you 
know the tune? Can you hum it online?


At 06:23 AM 2/27/03, Paul A. Unger wrote:
><samweiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net> wrote:
> >Sirnak rinak a barányok,
> >Panaszkodnak a juhásznak...
> >(The sheep are crying, complaining to shepherd...)
>
>Sorry, I do not know of any other Hungarian song by the Kalever Rebbe but
>the "Szol a kakas mar".
>However, I heard the following song  :~) which was sung by the Hungarian
>Chalutsim movement in 1948-1950:
>
>Sírnak, rínak az arabok
>Ha megjönnek a chaluts-ok
>Haifa mellett ott laknak a chaluts-ok
>Ott ahol a p'luga háza áll
>
>(The Arabs are crying / when the chalutsim come /
>The chalutsim live near Haifa there  / where the company [p'luga]
>headquarters
>are.)

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