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In honor of the
joyous holiday of Purim, JHOM.com is pleased to present two Real
Audio recordings of Purim songs, for your listening
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Hag
Purim
JHOM.com
presents the Zamir Chorale
singing Herbert Fromm's arrangement of a classic
children's song about Purim. Words: Levin Kipnis; melody: folk
The holiday
of Purim is a great day for the Jews!
There are masks, noisemakers, singing and dancing!
Come, let's raise the roof with our noisemakers!
On the holiday
of Purim we send one another presents:
tasty foods, sweets, pastries and confections.
Come let's raise the roof with our noisemakers!
Recording
excerpted from Zamir Chorale of Boston "Seasons of Our Joy."
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Hag purim,
hag purim
Hag gadol layehudim
Masekhot, raáshanim, shirím ve-rikudim
Hava-nar'isha rash, rash, rash ba-ra'ashanim
Hag purim,
hag purim
ze leze sholchim manot
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the CD
http://www.zamir.org/
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Hop
Maine Hamentaschen
In
this historical recording, Raasche (U.S., early 20th cent.) sings a
Yiddish folk-song that tells the tale of a housewife who eagerly sets
off to bake hamentaschen in honor of Purim, but somehow doesn't
succeed. The recording is courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways.
From "Jewish Folk Songs of EuropeRaasche" (FW8712);
Hop Maine Hamentaschen, track 19; originally issued in 1960.
Yachne-Dvoshe's
in a dither
Packing for the market-place,
She is off to buy flour
For to bake the Purim cakes
Chorus:
Ho, my hamentaschen
Ho, my white delight,
Ho, my hamentaschen
Didn't come out quite right.
It's raining
and it's snowing,
And the roofs are dripping,
Yachne's bringing corn meal home
In a bag that's ripping.
She bought
no honey, no poppy seed,
And quite forget the yeast,
But Yachne's making hamentaschen
They're in the oven at least.
Yachne's carrying
her Purim gift
To her mother-in-law,
Two or three hamentaschen
Half-burned and half-raw.
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Yachne
dvoshe for in shtot
Halt sich in ein pak'n
Zi darf oif purim koif'n mel
Homentaschen bak'n
Chorus:
Hop maine homentaschen
Hop maine vaise
Hop maine homentaschen
Hot parsit a maise
S'geit
a reg'n s'geit a shnei
S'kapet fun de decher
Yachne firt shoin korn mel
In a zak mit lecher
Nicht kayn
honig, nisht kayn mon
Un fargesen hayven
Yachne macht shoyn homentaschen
Es bakt zich shoyn in ayv'in.
Yachne
trogt shoin hsalachmones
Tzu der mumen yente
Tzveidrei shvartze homentaschen
Halb roi; hald farbrebte.
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http://www.si.edu/folkways
Folkways
Records was found in 1948 by Moses Asch who sought to document the
entire world of sound. The 2,168 titles Asch released on Folkways
include traditional and contemporary music from around the world,
spoken word recordings and documentary recordings of individuals,
communities and events. Folkways was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution
in 1987. The entire Folkways catalogue, which includes more than 50
recordings related to the Jewish Heritage, is still available. All
recordings include extensive liner notes.
For more
information: http://www.si.edu/folkways
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