Songs
Avatikhim — אבֿטיחים
- Composer:
- Wolf, Artur — וואָלף, אַרטור
- Composer:
- Weiner (No First Name)
- Genre:
- Israeli/Humorous
- Subject:
- Bedouin/Theft/Watermelon/Blessings/Righteousness
- Additional song notes:
- Avatakhim = Watermelons
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 590
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration
- Publisher:
- Metro Music Co.
- Publisher address:
- 64 Second Ave, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1948
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 330
- First line:
- Avatikhim misadot genuvim…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אבטיחים משדות כנובים עלי דהשת שאו.
- Notes:
- Black lettering, Hebrew/English. One of four Palestinean songs arranged by Artur Wolf. Price 40 cents. Hebrew words on back cover. Humorous song about bedouin who has stolen watermelons from fields of Jewish colonists.