What's the name of that Jewish song they ALWAYS play at weddings?

[joeybee12]

I'm humming it right now--can you hear it? Do you know what it's called? I don't.:shrug:

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Hava Nagila?

:shrug:

[Enraged_Ape]

4. That would be my guess

Hava Nagila.

[joeybee12]

5. I think that's it! Is that the way it's spelled?

Doesn't seem quite right, but what do I know?

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. It's transliterated from Hebrew.

You can spell it "Sade," for all I care. The real spelling's just a bunch of squiggly lines. :silly:

[joeybee12]

15. Before I posted, I tried to find out the name by starting with Hava and

Havel, Havla, etc...couldn't find it...the way you spelled it sounds right...mainly. Thanks.

[tridim]

17. Is that the one that sounds kind of Russian?

Starts out slow and builds speed. Very clappable and usually ends with everyone yelling, "HEY!"

[joeybee12]

19. Yup, the one I'm thinking of is where everyone claps, and yells Hey!

[RebelOne]

28. Definitely Hava Nagila.

I have been to many Jewish weddings and that was always the highlight of the reception.

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes do a kickass verison of that, haha

On their "Me First and the GImme Gimmes Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzvah" album.

[Radio_Lady]

Primate, are you serious? Is that a real recording or just a joke???

[BurtWorm]

2. Havana, Cuba

Havana, Cuba
Havana, Cuba
Beirut, Lebanon.

[XNASA]

3. Sunrise, Sunset?

[joeybee12]

8. They may play that, but the one I'm thinking of is Hava Naglia...see above

It's more upbeat! And EVERYONE runs out and dances.

[blondeatlast]

47. I hope not--way, way too sad.

I cry like a baby everytime I hear it.

[Aristus]

6. Sunrise,Sunset, maybe.

It's not a Jewish traditional, though. It originated with the Broadway play "Fiddler on the Roof".

Beautiful song, BTW. Captures the melancholy yet hopeful feel of four thousand years of Jewish tradition, family, and faith.

[joeybee12]

24. No, what I'm thinking of is Hava Nagila (see post above)...it's very

upbeat and EVERYONE dances to it.

[all.of.me]

42. it's a wonderful song

my daughter's class put 'fiddler' on a couple years ago. we STILL sing those great songs! that was one of the most touching, though. well, the one where she leaves on the train is actually more touching, if that's possible.

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. The dirge for Tisha b'Av?

No, that's just what was played at my wedding. Never mind.

[joeybee12]

10. Ok, you got me on that one...sing a little so I know how it goes!

[Magrittes Pipe]

13. How long will there be weeping in Zion

and mourning in Jerusalem?
Have mercy on Zion and rebuild
the walls of Jerusalem.

Because of our sins the Temple was destroyed,
because of our iniquities the Palace was burned.
In the city that once was bound firmly together
lamentations were heard,
and a host of heaven sounded a dirge.

[BurtWorm]

16. Your wedding must have been a blast.

;)

[Magrittes Pipe]

23. We actually were married on Tisha b'Av.

Of course, I'm a goy, so who gives a shit? :D

Then again, we got divorced 6 years later. Sunrise, sunset....

[BurtWorm]

27. Nothing like a dirge on your wedding day to serve as an omen.

:crazy:

[joeybee12]

18. Sounds sad...not the one I'm thinking of that gets everyone up and

dancing!

Just re-watched the marriage episode of Starngers with Candy--they do a dance sequence at the end, and they included Hava Naglia--got me humming and wondering.

[Radio_Lady]

49. whoisalhedges, is that a translation of this song or??? Thanks.

Is this something that is recited or sung at Yom Kippur... I'm clearly not a Talmudic scholar.

[Senior citizen]

9. Makhateinisteh Meineh?

It's a Yiddish song about a mother-in-law. It says something like, "Okay, you say my son isn't good enough for your daughter--well, let me tell you, your daughter isn't such a bargain either!"

[joeybee12]

12. Hey, I like how that one sounds!

But I don't think I've heard that one before!

[DS1]

14. Anna Godda Navida

:shrug:

[joeybee12]

30. Wow! Anna must be special to ahve a whole song named after her!

[miss_kitty]

20. Hava Nagila aka 'Harvey and Sheila'

"Harvey And Sheila
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Oh, the day they met.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
No one will forget.
Harvey's a CPA.
He works for IBM.
He went to MIT and got his PhD.
Sheila's a girl I know,
At B.B.D.& O.
She works the PBX,
And makes out the checks.
Then came one great day when
Harvey took the elevator,
Sheila got in two floors later,
Soon they both felt they were falling,
Everyone heard Sheila calling,
"Ring the bell,"
But they fell.
Harv and Sheila fell in love.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Chose a wedding ring.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Married in the spring.
She shopped at A & P.
He bought a used MG.
They sat and watched TV
On their RCA.
Borrowed from HFC,
Bought some AT&T,
And on election day, worked for JFK.
Then they went and got a
Charge-A-Plate from R.H. Macy,
Bought a layette, pink and lacy,
Then they had twin baby girls,
Both with dimples, both with curls,
One named Bea,
One named Kay,
Soon they joined the PTA.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Moved to West LA.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Flew TWA.
They bought a house one day,
Financed by FHA.
It had a swimming pool, full of H2O.
Traded their used MG
For a new XKE.
Switched to the GOP,
That's the way things go.
Oh that Harvey he was
Really smart, he used his noodle.
Sheila bought a white French poodle,
Went to Europe with a visa,
Henry's rich, they say that he's a
VIP!
This could be,
Only in the USA!"

Allan Sherman the Weird Al of the 60s...

[joeybee12]

22. Yuk-yuk!

[underpants]

21. Have a tequila- have a tequila -have a tequila- it's so good

Strange cross cultural thing there.

[joeybee12]

25. Then does everyone yell Hey! at the end of that line?

[underpants]

31. HEY!

Sorry, I'm not Jewish

[joeybee12]

34. Neither am I...but every wedding I've been to, they always play it!

[HEyHEY]

26. Smoke on the water

[joeybee12]

32. Hmmm...doesn't sound Jewish to me....

[Generic Other]

29. HARVEY AND SHEILA

Harvey And Sheila by Allen Sherman


Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Oh, the day they met.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
No one will forget.
Harvey's a CPA.
He works for IBM.
He went to MIT and got his PhD.
Sheila's a girl I know,
At B.B.D.& O.
She works the PBX,
And makes out the checks.
Then came one great day when
Harvey took the elevator,
Sheila got in two floors later,
Soon they both felt they were falling,
Everyone heard Sheila calling,
"Ring the bell,"
But they fell.
Harv and Sheila fell in love.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Chose a wedding ring.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Married in the spring.
She shopped at A & P.
He bought a used MG.
They sat and watched TV
On their RCA.
Borrowed from HFC,
Bought some AT&T,
And on election day, worked for JFK.
Then they went and got a
Charge-A-Plate from R.H. Macy,
Bought a layette, pink and lacy,
Then they had twin baby girls,
Both with dimples, both with curls,
One named Bea,
One named Kay,
Soon they joined the PTA.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Moved to West LA.
Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Flew TWA.
They bought a house one day,
Financed by FHA.
It had a swimming pool, full of H2O.
Traded their used MG
For a new XKE.
Switched to the GOP,
That's the way things go.
Oh that Harvey he was
Really smart, he used his noodle.
Sheila bought a white French poodle,
Went to Europe with a visa,
Henry's rich, they say that he's a
VIP!
This could be,
Only in the USA!

http://www.geocities.com/evilduff/sherman.htm

[joeybee12]

33. You're the second one to post this--how come I never heard this

before?

[Generic Other]

35. I just have a lot of Dad's old Allen Sherman records

He died in the 60s...

:(

[Atlas Mugged]

36. It's better than what us gentiles get stuck with....

...the 'Achey Breakey'.

Damn, I hate that song. And it plays at every fucking wedding I'm stuck with attending...

Oh, that and the 'Macarena'.

[underpants]

37. I had one hard rule at our wedding

NO Achey Breaky NO Macarena and ABSOLUTELY NO!!! Electric Glide.

I told the DJ I don't care who asks for it and how much they offer you the answer is NO or we cancel payment on the check. Oh and tell me who asked so my 900 pounds of groomsmen can beat them down.

[bleedingheart]

40. Speak for yourself...

I had a polka band at my wedding and they played the wedding dance while guest shoved $20 bills in my mom's apron and then stood in line to whirl me around the dance floor before my uncle did shots with them and they got their cake...
at the end my husband had to get through the guests to "take me away"...hahahaha

[Arugula Latte]

48. Did they play "The Chicken Dance"

la la la la la la LA
la la la la la la LA
la la la la la la LA
cluck cluck cluck cluck!

[AlCzervik]

39. oh that takes me back to my wedding-have a listen

http://www.greatjewishmusic.com/Midifiles/Hava%20Nagila.mid
My poor non-jewish husband was clueless.

[mykpart]

41. For some reason I always thought Hava Nagila was

the national anthem of Israel.

[joeybee12]

43. And I always thought Cinco de Mayo was the Mexican Independence

Day...it isn't.

Some misinformation always sneaks in there.

[AngryAmish]

44. "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang?

It been played at every Jewish wedding I have been to.

[Bullwinkle925]

45. "IF I WERE A RICH MAN"? - oops - that would be from the F-O-T-B!

[joeybee12]

46. Lots of suggestions from FOTR...

that would certainly be an upbeat wedding song.