Lyrics to Some of the Songs Played on Rejuvenating Heritage Shows:


Host: Michael Sherman

KEOS, 89.1FM, College Station/Bryan TX

Arik Einstein

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Yoel Moshe Salomon (This song honors this great Pioneer)

[Hebrew Transliteration and English Translation]
B'boker lach b'shanat tarlach
et katsir ha anavim
Yastu m'Yaffo al susim
Chamestet Ha Rochvim

Stamper ba, v'Gutman ba
v' Zerach Baalev
v' Yoel Moshe Salomon
Im cherev b'avnet

Itam rachav Mazraki
Ha Doktor ha kasum
L'orech ha Yarkon ha ruach
Shar bikne ha suf

L'yad Umlabes hem chanu
b'lev bitsot v'svach
v'al giva ktana tipsu
Lirot et ha sviva

v'Hu nishar al ha giva
v'bein chatsot l'or
Pitom tsamchu l'Salomon
Knafaim shel tsipor

L'an hu af,l'an parach
Ain ish asher yeda
Ulai haya ze rak chalom
Ulai rak agada

Ach c'she ha boker shuv ala
M'ever l'harim
Ha emek ha arur
Nimla tsiuts shel tsiporim (tsif, tsif)

v'Yesh omrim ki ad ha yom
L'orech ha Yarkon
Ha tsiporim sharot
al Yoel Moshe Salomon

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On a wet morning in 5638 (1878)
In the grape season
five riders went
from Jaffa on Horses

Stamper came and Gutamn came
and Zaraki Beelev
And Yoel Moshe Salomon,
with a sword in his Sash

And with them,
the magic Doctor Mazraki
Along the Yarkon,
 the wind rustled the bamboo

Beside Petach Tikva, they stopped
in the heart of the swamp (and thicket)
And up a small hill they climbed
to see the surroundings

He remained on the hill
from midnight till the light
Suddenly, Salomon grew
the wings of a bird

To where he flew, to where he flew
Until today, noone knows
Maybe it was only a dream
Maybe just a legend

But when the morning arose,
behind the mountains
the cursed valley
 was full of birds chirping (cheep, cheep)

And some say, until today
along the Yarkon
The birds sing
of Yoel Moshe Salomon
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