Text and Melody: Naomi Shemer

Yerushalayim Shel Zahav

arr. Ron K. Cytron

As clear as wine the wind is

fly - ing
Al - as the dry - ing wells and foun- tains
But when I come to count your prai - ses

A - mong the drea - my

For - got- ten mar - ket
And sing Hal - lel to

pines
day
you

As
eve - ning light is slow - ly
dy - ing a lone- ly bell
The sound of horn from Tem- ple's moun- tain No lon- ger calls
With pret - ty rhymes I dare not crown you As oth- er po -

still
to
ets

chimes
pray
do

So ma - ny songs so ma - ny
The roc - ky caves at night are
Up - on my lips is al - ways

sto - ries
haun - ted
burn - ing

The
sto - ny hills
By sounds of long
Your name so dear

re a so

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call
go
old

A - round her heart my ci - ty car - ries A lone - ly

When we were go - ing to the Jor - dan By way of
I shan't for - get Ye - ru- sha - lay - im Of bronze and

an - cient
Jer i light
and

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wall
co
gold

Ye - ru- sha - la - yim shel za - hav

la - yim all of gold

v' - shel n' Ye - ru - sha -

17

21

cho - shet
v' - shel
la - yim, bronze and

or
light

ha - lo l' - chol
With- in my heart

shee I
-

rei - ich
a trea - sure Your

21

1.

2.

25

ni

kee

nor

Ye - ru- sha

1.

gold

en

sight

2.

25

Thanks to Carl Smith for help with this arrangement