Hava Nagila
Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Moshe Nathanson, 1918, Jewish· Other Traditional Songs (Various Origins) · p.411
D D7 Gm D Gm D
Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava nagila Vay'nismi'cha
D D7 Gm D Gm D
Hava nagila, hava nagila, hava nagila Vay'nismi'cha
D D7
Hava n'ran'na, hava n'ran'na
D Gm D
Hava n'ranana vay'nismi'cha
D D7
Hava n'ran'na, hava n'ran'na
D Gm D
Hava n'ranana vay'nism'cha
Gm
Uru, Uru, uru a chim, uru a chim b'lev sa'me'ach,
Gm
uru achim b'lev sa'me'ach
D7
uru a chim b'lev sa'me'ach
uru a chim b'lev sa'me'ach
D D7 D Gm
u 'r'achim u 'r'achim b'lev sa'me'ach
*The melody was taken from an Ukrainian folk dance-song from Bukovina (a variant of Hora). It uses the
Phrygian dominant scale, common in music of Romania and Western Ukraine. The commonly used text was
probably composed by Abraham Zevi (Zvi) Idelsohn in 1918 to celebrate the British victory in Palestine during
World War I as well as the Balfour Declaration. www.wikipedia.org