hava nagila (2) venism'cha...uru akhim...belev sameach

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:

Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)

Also known as:

Living With the H Tune

Author:

Nathanson, Moshe

Genre:

Folk/Hora

Subject:

Dance/Celebration/Joy

Song comment:

See Page 130 for extended info on the song

Origin:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)

Transliteration:

Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)

Translation:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)

Music:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15

Additional song notes:

Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.

Related information in folder 832:

Comments:

1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila

Folder:

1011

Series:

4

Arranger:

William Sher

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Texts:

Hebrew/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Company

Publisher address:

54 Second Ave, New York, New York 10003

Date:

1955

Provenance:

Gift of Faye and Jerry Rosenthal

First line:

Hava nagila (2) venism'cha...uru akhim...belev sameach

First line (Yiddish):

הבה נגילה, ונשמחה!...עורו אחים...בלב שמח

Notes:

From "Metro Folio Popular Jewish Songs" See Book Index "SM Scher"