In honor of the joyous holiday of Purim, JHOM.com is pleased to present two Real Audio recordings of Purim songs, for your listening pleasure. If you don't already have the Real Audio plug-in for your browser, you can download the free RealPlayer from Real Networks in order to hear the broadcast. 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." 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 buy the CD http://www.zamir.org/ 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. 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 shalachmones Tzu der mumen yente Tzveidrei shvartze homentaschen Halb roi; hald farbrebte. 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 [back] ADAR Table of Contents