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Hava Nagila" (Hebrew: הָבָה נָגִילָה, Hāvā Nāgīlā, "Let us rejoice") is a Jewish folk song. It is traditionally sung at celebrations, such as weddings , Bar and bat mitzvahs , and other Jewish holidays among the Jewish community.
The beginning of "I'm the Man" features an electric guitar riff of the Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila", which can also be heard in the chorus. The chorus' lyrics are borrowed from one of Taylor Negron's lines in the Rodney Dangerfield film Easy Money. Rather than using a sample, the song's lines are performed by Frank Bello.
I recall a similar parody done by Buddy Hackett some time in the 1960's where he sang "hava nagila, have two nagila, have three nagila, there's plenny more." (Plenny being a colloquial pronunciation of "plenty" but I couldn't give you any exact references (dates, broadcasts, etc.) -- Rudbekia 12:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC) [ reply ]
It is said that the twelve-year-old Nathanson suggested (Psalm 118: 24), "Zeh hayom asah Adonai; nagila v’nismekha vo" inspiring the famous Hava Nagila. [ 4 ] Nathanson left Jerusalem and immigrated to Quebec, Canada on September 7, 1920, where he later began to attend McGill University in 1922 where he pursued a law degree but later ...
"Hevenu shalom aleichem" (Hebrew: הבאנו שלום עליכם "We brought peace upon you" [1]) is a Hebrew-language folk song based on the greeting Shalom aleichem.While perceived to be an Israeli folk song, the melody of "Hevenu shalom aleichem" pre-dates the current state of Israel and is of Hasidic origin.
If you are a Baby Boomer who feels like your Social Security benefit doesn’t quite stretch far enough, there’s a very good reason for that. Your benefits have been losing ground for decades ...
After hearing Pete Seeger performing Tzena, [1] with The Weavers as backing, Gordon Jenkins made an arrangement of the song for the Weavers with English lyrics. [ 2 ] The Jenkins/Weavers version, released by Decca Records under catalog number 27077, was one side of a two-sided hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard magazine charts in 1950 while ...
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