Colorado Hebrew

Chorale
Carol Kozak Ward, Founder and
Music Director
Travis Yamamoto, Pianist
Sunday, June 19, 2016
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12:00 12:40

Boulder
Pearl Street Mall

The Colorado Hebrew Chorale

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Shirah Hopson
Albert Banker Sheila Hyatt
Jan Edwards
Fred Karp
Lee Erickson
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Hannah
Feinstein
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Judy Megibow
Harriman
Leslie Mutnick
Brian
Harris OF
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MEMBERS
Kim
Harris

THE
COLORADO HEBREW

CHORALE

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evening of
INSTANT MUSIC
MONDAY JUNE 27 7:30 PM
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JUNE 29 7:30 PM

Colorado Hebrew Chorale

Carol Kozak Ward,
Founder and Music Director
Travis Yamamoto, Pianist

The Colorado Hebrew Chorale's

mission is to preserve, promote
and celebrate the Jewish
experience through song, by
performing with and for diverse
audiences. We are committed
to multicultural outreach,
education and Jewish
community involvement.

TRADITION PROLOGUE

Music Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon

Harnick

LEBN ZOL COLUMBUS

Lyrics: Louis Gilrod, Boris Thomashevsky & Abe Teres

Music: Arnold Perlmutter and Herman Wohl.

arr. Cathy Rand (with minor choral additions by

Joshua Jacobson)

A shtetl iz Amerikeh
A mechayeh chleben.
Es rut oif ir di shchinehleh,

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America is a wonderful land, I swear!--Gods .'
presence rests
on youwe
should
live this way!
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Mir zoln azai lebn.

Millchomes, biksen, menschenblut

Darfn mir oif tsures.
A gubernator darf men nit, a Kaiser
af kapures.

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Ai, siz gut, zingt-she aleh mit: Oy!
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Wars, guns, bloodshed. We dont need that misery!
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A governor--no one needs him. A Tsar?--Unnecessary! .
Oy its good! Everybody sing together!

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Long Live Columbus!

Brothers, drink
leChayim!
Long live Columbus
and this New Land!
Be happy!
Pay no attention to
grumblers.
Shout it out Jews!
Long Live Columbus!

Lebn zol Columbus,

trinkt briderlach
lechayim!
Lebn zol Columbus, oy,
far dem land dem
nayem.
Zait tsufriden, glebt nit
in di trombes,
Shrait-zhe Yidn: Lebn
zol Columbus.


Meidlech in Amerikeh, a glik gur

a Gan Eyden!




While boys iz do ke-choil ha

yom,
A
teyneg
oy a leybn!
Girls!
In America
is good fortune, a true Garden of Eden! ! ...

Boys are plentiful, like sand on the beach!

Such a thrill! Oy, what a life!





Kain nadan darf men do nit

shadchonim oif kapores. Un az a

trombanick vil gelt


krigt er a moyd mit tsores.
Ai, siz gut, zingt-she aleh mit: , '
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Oy!dont need a dowry, no matchmaker either!
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The fool who wants money? He gets a woman with Tzurris (problems)
Ay! its good. Come on girls, lets sing: Oy!

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Long Live Columbus!

Brothers, drink
leChayim!
Long live Columbus
and this New Land!
Be happy!
Pay no attention to
grumblers.
Shout it out Jews!
Long Live Columbus!

Lebn zol Columbus,

trinkt briderlach
lechayim!
Lebn zol Columbus, oy,
far dem land dem
nayem.
Zait tsufriden, glebt nit
in di trombes,
Shrait-zhe Yidn: Lebn
zol Columbus.

A shtetl iz Amerikeh
A mechayeh chleben.
Es rut oif ir di shchinehleh,
Mir zoln azai lebn.

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America is a wonderful land, I swear!--Gods
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rests on youwe should live this way!

Millchomes, biksen, menschenblut

Darfn mir oif tsures.
A gubernator darf men nit, a Kaiser
af kapures.

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Ai, siz gut, zingt-she aleh mit: Oy!
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Wars, guns, bloodshed. We dont need,
that
misery!

A governor--no one needs him. A Tsar?--Unnecessary!
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Oy its good! Everybody sing together!

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Long Live Columbus!

Brothers, drink
leChayim!
Long live Columbus
and this New Land!
Be happy!
Pay no attention to
grumblers.
Shout it out Jews!
Long Live Columbus!

Lebn zol Columbus,

trinkt briderlach
lechayim!
Lebn zol Columbus, oy,
far dem land dem
nayem.
Zait tsufriden, glebt nit
in di trombes,
Shrait-zhe Yidn: Lebn
zol Columbus.


Soloist: Cantor Kim Harris

HALELUHU
PSALM 150
BENJIE ELLEN SCHILLER

Praise God in His

sanctuary; praise Him in
the firmament of His
power.
Praise Him for His mighty
acts; praise Him according
to His abundant greatness.
Praise Him with the blast
of the horn; praise Him
with the psaltery and harp.
Praise Him with the
timbrel and dance; praise
Him with stringed
instruments and the pipe.
Praise Him with the loudsounding cymbals; praise
Him with the clanging
cymbals.
Let every thing that hath
breath praise the LORD.
Hallelujah.

Hallelu e-l bekodsho

Hallelu birkia uzo.
Hallelu bigvurotat,
Hallelu kerov gudlo.
Hallelu beteka shofar
Hallelu benevel
vekhinor
Hallelu betof umachol
Hallelu beminim veugav
Hallelu betziltzelei
shama Hallelu
betziltzelei truah
Kol haneshama
tehallel yah
Halleluyah.

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Mi Ha-Ish
Who is the man that
desireth life, and loveth
days, that he may see good
therein? Keep thy tongue
from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile. Depart from
evil, and do good; seek
peace, and pursue it.

Mi ha-ish he-chafetz
chayyim, ohev yamim
lirot tov. Netzor
leshonkha mera
usefatekha midaber
mirma. Sur me-ra
vaaseh tov bakesh
shalom verodfehu

MI HA-ISH

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Who is the man? Ps. 34:13-15. (-)'

Music: Baruch Chait (1946- ), Arr. Elliott Z. Levine (1948- )

DER REBBE ELIMELEKH

LYRICS: YITZHAK REISS (MOSHE NADIR) 1885-1943

Az der Rebbe Elimelekh

Iz gevoren zeier freylach
Iz gevoren zeier freilach
Elimelekh
Hot er oisgeton di tfillen
Un hot ongeton di brillen
Un geshikt noch di fiddlers di
tzvey

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So when Rabbi Elimelekh
had become very happy
had become very happy Elimelekh,
he took off his tefilin
and put on his glasses
and sent after the two fiddlers.

Un di fidldike fidlers
hobn fidldik gefidlt,
hobn fidldik gefidlt hoben zey.
And the fiddling fiddlers
had fiddled fiddlingly,
had fiddle fiddlingly, they did!

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Un az der rebe elimelekh

iz gevorn noch mehr freylekh,
iz gevorn noch mehr freylekh
elimelekh,
hot er oysgeton dem kitl
un hot ongeton dos hitl
un geshikt nokh di tsimblers di
tsvey.

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Un di tsimbldike tsimblers
hobn tsimbldik getsimblt,
hobn
getsimblt
hobn had become totally happy
And tsimbldik
then Rebbe
Elimelekh
zey.

had become totally happy Elimelekh, he took off the Kitl (suit
and put on a hat, and sent after the two cymbalists.
& the cymbaling cymbalists cymballed cymballingly, cymballe
cymballingly they did!

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Un di paykldike payler hobn
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peikeldik gepeikelt, hobn peikldik
And
then hobn
Rebbe
Elimelekh had become really, truly happy
gepeikelt
zey.
had become really truly happy Elimelekh, he went and made
Havdoleh with the Shammes Reb Naftoleh, and sent after the
two drummers.
& the drumming drummers drummed drummingly, drummer
drummingly they did!
Un az der rebe elimelekh
iz gevorn gor gor freylekh,
iz gevorn gor gor freylekh
elimelekh,
hot er opgemacht havdoleh
Mitn shames Reb Naftole
un geshikt nokh di payklers di
tsvey.

Story by Sholem Aleichem, Albert Banker,

Storyteller
Third

Class

SHELEG AL IRI (PEROT HAMISHA-ASAR)

SNOW ON MY CITY (TU BISHVAT FRUITS)
(- )

Music and Lyrics: N. Shemer (1930-2004)

Arr. Gil Aldema (1928-2014)

Sheleg al iri kol halaila nach.

El artzot hachom ahuvi halach.

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Sheleg al iri vehalaila kar.

Me'artzot hachom li yavi tamar.

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Snow over my city, resting all the

night.
My love has gone to the warm lands.
Snow over my city, and the night is
cold.
From the warm countries he will
bring me a date.


Dvash hate'eina, metek hecharuv.
Ve'orchat gmalim amusei kawl tuv.
The honey of the fig, the sweetness of carob.
And a caravan of camels laden with all good things.
Heinah shuv yashuv shemesh levavi
Umisham tapuach zahav yavi.
Surely my heart's sun will return here.
And from there, he will bring an orange.
Sheleg al iri nach kmo talit.
Me'artzot hachom ma heveita li?
Snow over my city, resting like a tallit.
From the warm lands, what have you brought me?
Sheleg al iri, sheleg al panai.
Uvetoch hapri kawl ga'agu'ai.
Snow on my city, snow on my face.
And within the fruit are all my longings.

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Music: Leonard Bernstein(1918-1990)

Lyrics: John LaTouche (1914-1956)
arr. Robert Page (1928- )
Proving that this is the best of all possible worlds

THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE

WORLDS
FROM CANDIDE

Let us review
Lesson eleven!
Paragraph two
Axiom seven
Once one dismisses
The rest of all possible worlds
One finds that this is
The best of all possible worlds!
Pray classify
Pigeons and camels
Pigeons can fly!
Camels are mammals!
There is a reason
For everything under the sun!

Objection!
What about snakes?
Snakes!
'Twas snake that tempted
mother Eve
Because of snake we now
believe
That though depraved
We can be saved
From hellfire and damnation
(Because of snake's
temptation!)
If snake had not seduced our
lot
And primed us for salvation
Jehova could not pardon all
The sins that we call cardinal
Involving bed and bottle!

Now onto Aristotle!

Mankind is one
All men are brothers!
As you'd have done
Do unto others!
It's understood in
This best of all possible worlds-All's for the good in
This best of all possible worlds!
Objection! What about war?
War! Though war may seem a
bloody curse
It is a blessing in reverse
When canon roar
Both rich and poor
By danger are united!
(Till every wrong is righted!)

Philosophers make evident

The point that I have cited
'Tis war makes equal -- as it
were -The noble and the commoner
Thus war improves relations!
Now onto conjugations!
Amo, amas, amat, amamus!
Amo, amas, amat, amamus!
Proving that this is
The best of all possible worlds
With love and kisses
The best of all possible worlds!
Quod erat demunstrandum!
QED!
In this best of all Possible,
possible, possible worlds!

Ani veAta

Ani veata neshaneh et You and I will change

haolam
the world.
ani veata az yavou
You and I, and then all
kvar kulam
will follow
Amru et zeh kodem
Others have said it
lefanai
before,
lo meshaneh, ani
It doesnt matter you
veata neshaneh et
and I will change the
haolam.
world.

Ani veata nenaseh

You and I will try from
mehatchalah
the beginning.
yihyeh lanu ra, ein
It will be hard, no
davar zeh lo nora.
matter, its not too bad.
Amru et zeh kodem
Others have said it
lefanai
before,
zeh lo meshaneh,
It doesnt matter
Ani veata neshaneh et You and I will change
haolam.
the world.

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ANI VE-ATA
ARIK EINSTEIN
Words: Arik Einstein (1939-2013)
Music Miki Gavrielov (b. 1949)
arr. Joshua R. Jacobson

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DEN ZEDNS NIGN LYRICS SHEIKE

DRIZ MUSIC JOSH WALETZKY.
ARR. BINYUMEN SCHAECHTER

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LECHAIM! !

BAI MIR BISTI SHEYN

(TO ME, YOU ARE PRETTY)

Music: Sholom Secunda(1894-1974)

Lyrics (Yiddish): Jacob Joe Jacobs (1890-1977)
Lyrics (English): Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) and
Saul Chaplin (1912-1997)
Arr. Joshua Jacobson

Even if you were as swarthy as a Tatar

Even if you had eyes like a tomcat
And even if you limped a little
Or had wooden footsies
I say that wouldnt bother me.
And even if you had a foolish grin,
And even if you had no more brains than Vayzasa,
Even if you were as wild as an Indian
Or even if you were a Galitziyaner
I say it wouldnt bother me.

Tell me, how do you explain this?

Ill soon tell you why.

To me you are pretty,

To me you are charming,
To me you are one of a kind.
To me you are good,
To me youve got it,
To me you are more precious than gold.

Many pretty boys/girls have

Already wanted to take me,
And out of all these I have chosen
Only you!

The Colorado Hebrew Chorale

Carol Kozak Ward,
Founder and Music Director

THANK YOU!