I hear you had one heck of a long trip back from slot land. Sounds like you had a lot of fun.

Thanks for the welcome. Good to be back I think. I have been hiding for awhile and taking cover. Didn't know if it was safe to come out from under the bed yet - still unsure; feel like I have been branded.

Sabra

This land is your land,
This land is my land,
From California
To the New York island,
From the Redwood Forest,
To the Gulf stream waters,
This land was made for you and me.

As I was walking,
That ribbon of highway,
I saw above me
That endless skyway,
I saw below me
That golden valley.
This land was made for you and me.

I've roamed and rambled
And I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

The sun comes shining
As I was strolling
The wheat fields waving
And the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me

As I was walkin'
I saw a sign there
And that sign said no tress passin'
But on the other side
It didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!

In the squares of the city
In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office
I see my people
And some are grumblin'
And some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

Nobody living can ever stop me
As I go walking
That freedom highway
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land was made for you and me

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Sabra... just read your post. Too much fun on the trip and a heck of an adventure going home.

We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dudes, lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic, the search for the grail

Love is the answer
And you know that for sure
Love is a flower
You got to let it, you got to let it grow

So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future, outta the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind

Yeah we're playing those mind games forever
Projecting our images in space and in time

Yes is the answer
And you know that for sure
Yes is surrender
You got to let it, you got to let it go

So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel

Keep on playing those mind games forever
Raising the spirit of peace and love
Love

I want you to make love, not war
I know you've heard it before
I want you to lay down your sword
I know you've heard it before

Love,
Maria

Space Monkey
by Patti Smith

Blood on the T.V., ten o'clock news.
Souls are invaded, heart in a groove.
Beatin' and beatin' so outta time.
What's the mad matter with the church chimes?
Here comes a stranger up on Ninth Avenue.
Leanin' green tower, indiscreet view.
Over the cloud, over the bridge,
sensitive muscle, sensitive ridge of my
space monkey. Sign of the time-time
Space monkey, so outta line-line.
Space monkey, sort of divine.
And he's mine, mine, all mine.

Pierre Clementi, snot full o' cocaine.
The sexual streets, why it's all so insane.
Humans are running, lavender room.
Hoverin' liquid, move over moon for my
space monkey. Sign of the time-time
Space monkey, sort of divine-vine
Space monkey, so out of line and he's mine, mine, oh he's mine

(spoken)
A stranger comes up to him; hands him an old, rusty Polaroid.
It starts crumbling in his hands.
He says, "Oh man, I don't get the picture. This is no picture.
This is just...this just-a...this just-a...
This is my jack-knife. This is my jack-knife.
This is my jack-knife. This is my jack." [shriek]

Rude excavation, landin' site.
Boy hesitatin', jack-knife.
He rips his leg open, so out of time.
Blood and light runnin'. It's all like a dream.
Light of my life, he's dressed in flame.
It's all so predestined. It's all such a game for my
space monkey. Sign of the time-time.
Space monkey, sort of divine-vine.
Space monkey, so out of line and it's all just space, just space.

There he is, up in a tree.
Oh, I hear him callin' down to me.
That banana-shaped object ain't no banana.
It's a bright, yellow U.F.O.
And he's coming to get me. Here I go.
Up, up, up, up, up, up, up ,up, up ...
Oh, goodbye mama. I'll never do dishes again.
Here I go from my body.
Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Help!

Love,
Maria

Light a candle, and continue the dance.
Allen Ginsberg

She wrote this when she was 21. I found midi's with just the music, but I wanted one with the words sung. I found it (the link is below), but its only a 45 second excerpt. I think it is still better than listening to just the music. The other link below is a very short clip of Joni talking about Both Sides Now. I just love this song .

Sabra

Both Sides Now
by Joni Mitchell

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and they snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love
Really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

Oh but now old friends they're acting strange
And they shake their heads
And they tell me that I've changed
Well something's lost but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life
I really don't know life at all

COPYRIGHT 1967 (RENEWED) CRAZY CROW MUSIC

BOTH SIDES NOW

Joni talks about Both Sides Now

Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinios Central, Monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail
All along a southbound odyssey
The train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name
Freight yards full of old black men
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Singing good morning America, how are you?
Saying, don't you know me I’m your native son?
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

Dealing cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain’t no one keeping score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels a rumbling ’neath the floor

And the sons of Pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers’ magic carpet made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Rockin’ to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Singing good morning America, how are you?
Saying don’t you know me, I'm your native son?
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I’ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

Nighttime on the City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway home and we’ll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain’t heard the news
The conductor sings his song again
The passengers will please refrain
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

Singing good morning America, how are you?
Saying don’t you know me, I'm your native son?
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I’ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

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Hi Maria, Sabra & Snowpea!

I know that Cristina (thank you) posted two Hava Nagila midi's on the "the forgotten Faces ..here they are again" thread several days ago. Reminded me of Sunday school , because I use to hear both versions a lot. Those two are good ones and they are very common, but somewhat generic.

I thought you may like the below, because when you hear the words sung to it; well, see (or hear rather) for yourself on the link below.

First, here are the words translated to English:

HAVA NAGILA
LET US REJOICE & BE GLAD

Hava nagila, hava nagila
Let us rejoice

Hava nagila venis'mecha
and be glad

Repeat

Hava neranena, hava neranena
Let us sing

Hava nagila venis'mecha
and be glad

Uru, uru achim
Awaken brethren

Uru achim belev same'ach
With a cheerful heart.

Below is one of the best versions I have ever heard. If you enjoy the Hora, you really have to hear this. Near the end there are 2 or 3 seconds of silence, so make sure it plays to the end if you do listen to it. It is performed by the Barry Sisters who are almost like a Jewish version of the Andrew Sisters .

I closed my eyes while listening and I have to say I got very homesick and a little choked up. But it is a very joyous Israeli folk song. I hope you three enjoy it as much as I did. If you have any problems with the links or downloading it, let me know.

Hava Nagila - Barry Sisters

They sing some English with it also, although it is not the exact translation as above. Here are some of the words:

quote:

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Dance where the wheat grows high, under a golden sky, dance where the wine was born.

Dance, everyone dance. Whirl and turn about, lift up your arms and shout, join hands and kick along. Dance, everyone dance.

Turn left, turn right hold tight. Lift your feet, your heart will follow. Lift your voice, fill the hollow.

Spread your wings, like a swallow. Spread your wings, like a swallow. Fly away...greet the day! Dance, dance everybody dance.

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Below is a Beatles version (just the music) believe it or not :
Hava Nagila - Beatles version

Of course, we had Hava Nagila played at my wedding. Below is a link with six small pics (not mine) of a Jewish wedding and the Hora. Our wedding was just like the ones you see on the link below (it is a quick load).

The bride sits in a chair and is lifted up and the groom is lifted up in another chair with a handkerchief between them (third pic on the right). While both are sitting in the chair holding on to this handkerchief, the chairs are rotated in a circle. In the meantime, the rest of the guests are doing the Hora around them (1st pic on the left). Usually the Hora is made up from 2 to 4 circles within each other and each circle of people dances the opposite way. (One circle clockwise and another circle counter-clockwise.)

This is exactly what we did at our wedding. The Hora is not only done at weddings, but for any joyous occasion (without the chair lifting, lol). The handkerchief is very symbolic. Briefly, the bridegroom indicates his agreement to fulfill obligations of the ketuba by taking hold of a handkerchief or piece of cloth.

Hava Nagila - wedding pictures

Sabra

Snowpea - the below is only after you have your baby .

quote:

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Steps for Hava Nagila

1. Step right foot; cross left foot over right
keep weight on right foot - for 2 beats

2. Bringing left foot back to original position,
Step left foot; cross
right foot over left
keeping weight on left foot - for 2 beats

3. Step right foot; left foot steps behind right for 2 beats

This is a 6 beat pattern in a 4/4 song.

Hava Nagila is sung in Hebrew its mode makes it a GREAT example of the influence in Israeli music of the European Jewish wedding band music - the style that has become known these days as Klezmer.

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This is just too cool !! I get to try the dance steps. I did this many many years back, when my sister and I attended a Jewish wedding ceremony of the company owners son. It was so much fun! You know he dedicated a tree for each of us in Israel. I could actually say I have a tree in Israel. I thought that was such a wonderful gesture. I don't quite understand the tree dedication and did not want to ask out of respect.

Again, Sabra Thank You Very Much!!

Sabra, thanks for sending this e-mail. I tried to hear it on-site on another one of those times I got here, but when I clicked the first link it tried to start the Real Player and I disconnected, heh.

Love you,
Maria

Cristina -
Glad that you enjoyed the Barry Sisters version. Pretty good isn't. They sing it with a lot of enthusiasm and spirit . It almost made me want to get a plane ticket and take a trip. I liked the English words to it also.

I haven't heard Belafonte sing it before, so I downloaded it when you mentioned it. Nothing against Belafonte, but let's just say the Barry Sisters spoiled me .

Maria couldn't get the RealPlayer link working and since it is just a link, there wasn't a way to download it. So I downloaded a Napster like program and took some time to search all over the web to see if anybody had the Barry Sisters version. I actually found the exact same recording that somebody had in Mp3 format. I downloaded it and converted it to a WMA file and it sounds great .

I emailed the file to Maria already and I can email it to you if you want it. After I zipped it, the file size is right under 3 megs.

Maria -
You've got (old) mail .
I emailed the song to you along with the Beatles version the other day. I know you are swamped, but could you just take a second and let me know if you got it so I don't think my email went into the great vast cyberspace void ?

I think Snowpea is busy having a baby .

Sabra

ps
That was a "wonderful gesture" regarding the tree dedication. About a hundred years ago, Israel was mostly swamp and desert, with very few trees. So reforestation was and still is a high priority. In this effort, trees in Israel have been planted by people from all corners of the globe to honor loved ones or to commemorate someone dear.

Thus, the forests are living legacies populated by millions of trees dedicated to millions of people throughout the world. It usually marks the birth of a child or grandchild, a marriage, a Bar/Bat Mitzva, or in memory of a family member. It's a way of giving something of yourself and making a physical connection to Israel.

, please do email the file. I'd love to have the WMA file too. Can you also include the Harry Belafonte version. I like Belafonte. The email's still the same. Thanks!

Wow, thanks for explaining the tree dedication. So it was indeed something special! I felt honored when he told us, and now knowing what it symbolizes, it gave me a feeling of warmth in my heart. He is a good and special man and employer with a wonderful heart.

Snowpea having a baby? I'll go check star chat.

Thank again!

Help! I need somebody
Help! Not just anybody
Help! You know I need someone
Help!
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way
And now these days have gone
I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind
I've opened up the doors
Help me if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please please help me?

And now my life has changed in oh, so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I just need you like
I've never done before
Help me if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please please help me?

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way
And now these days have gone
I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind
I've opened up the doors
Help me if you can I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please please help me?
Help me help me ooh.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
They call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they
Tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing
Through my open views inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe
Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.

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Let It Be
Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney
(Let It Be, 1971)

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

I read the news today oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights have changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a film today oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on.

Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged my comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my way coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on.

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know
She wouldn't say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know
She wouldn't say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding

by Elvis Costello

As I walk through
This wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity,
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside,
There's one thing I want to know:
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

And as I walk on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes.
So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is that harmony, sweet harmony?

'Cause each time I feel it slipping away,
Just makes me want to cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is that harmony, sweet harmony?

'Cause each time I feel it slipping away,
Just makes me want to cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding?

Love from another naive Aries

Take care of yourself. Eat. Sleep. Go through the motions. You are strong.

This is an Aries song, and it is for you:


The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I Love You Tomorrow!
You're Only A Day Away The sun will come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs
And the sorrow
Til there's none!
When I'm stuck with a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And grin,
And say,
Oh...
The sun will come out tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love you
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
Away!

Your friend,
Joyce

Hang in, honey. This too shall pass.

My precious pitbull says hello

Love,
Joyce

I am sorry to insult you with that red square. It was a sun with sunglasses on.

Joyce