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Larry: Dancelists: Animal dances

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Dancelists: Animal dances

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Larry: update lost link and add a reference

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update lost link and add a reference

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	stanza), and "g'di" (kid, fifth stanza). The song appears in Alterman's		stanza), and "g'di" (kid, fifth stanza). The song appears in Alterman's
	book ''Parable Games: Songs, Games, and Plays for Kindergartens and Schools'',		book ''Parable Games: Songs, Games, and Plays for Kindergartens and Schools'',
	published in Vilna in 1913 and again in Warsaw in 1922.		published in Vilna in 1913 and again in Warsaw in 1922, along with Alterman's
			instructions for a dance (not the current one).

	The lyrics were sung to several different folk tunes. The tune commonly		The lyrics were sung to several different folk tunes. The tune commonly
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	lyrics was created sometime after the song became popular in Israel. Some		lyrics was created sometime after the song became popular in Israel. Some
	say that it was part of a Purim		say that it was part of a Purim
	spiel<ref>http://www.plaot.com/document/62,0,184.aspx</ref>, others		spiel<ref>http://www.plaot.com/document/62,0,184.aspx</ref>, some say a 1930s graduation party
	credit "the innocent children of Israel"<ref>https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/963/909.html</ref>.		for kindergarten teachers<ref>https://www.nli.org.il/he/items/NNL_MUSIC_AL003971139/NLI (this link has other stories too)</ref>
			others
			credit simply "the innocent children of Israel"<ref>https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/963/909.html</ref>.
	The stanza of the parody is:		The stanza of the parody is:

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	=== External Links ===		=== External Links ===

	[https://www.~~tapuz~~.co.il/~~forums~~/~~articles/article/347/72746/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%94~~ Full text] (in Hebrew) ~~from~~ Alterman's 1913 book~~, including his instructions for a dance (not the current one)~~		[https://www.zemereshet.co.il/m/song.asp?id=351 Full text] (in Hebrew) as published in Alterman's 1913 book

	[https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F Yitzchak Alterman] at Wikipedia (in Hebrew)		[https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F Yitzchak Alterman] at Wikipedia (in Hebrew)

Larry: Dancelist Problem Solver Dances

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Dancelist Problem Solver Dances

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Larry: Section header "Notes" changed to "References"

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Section header "Notes" changed to "References"

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	yesh-va-yesh"<ref>For an example, see the instructional video at Rokdim.</ref>.		yesh-va-yesh"<ref>For an example, see the instructional video at Rokdim.</ref>.

	=== ~~Notes~~ ===		=== References ===

	<references/>		<references/>

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	"tayish" (male goat, first three stanzas), "ez" (female goat, fourth		"tayish" (male goat, first three stanzas), "ez" (female goat, fourth
	stanza), and "g'di" (kid, fifth stanza). The song appears in Alterman's		stanza), and "g'di" (kid, fifth stanza). The song appears in Alterman's
	book "Parable Games: Songs, Games, and Plays for Kindergartens and		book ''Parable Games: Songs, Games, and Plays for Kindergartens and Schools'',
	Schools", published in Vilna in 1913 and again in Warsaw in 1922.		published in Vilna in 1913 and again in Warsaw in 1922.

	The lyrics were sung to several different folk tunes. The tune commonly		The lyrics were sung to several different folk tunes. The tune commonly

Larry: Created page with "Hebrew: יש לנו תיש, "We Have a Goat". Alternative name: Yesh. Children's partner dance in contra dance proper formation, dating probably from the 1940s. Variously attr..."

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Created page with "Hebrew: יש לנו תיש, "We Have a Goat". Alternative name: Yesh. Children's partner dance in contra dance proper formation, dating probably from the 1940s. Variously attr..."

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Hebrew: יש לנו תיש, "We Have a Goat". Alternative name: Yesh. Children's partner dance in
contra dance proper formation, dating probably from the 1940s. Variously
attributed to Raya Spivak, Gurit Kadman, or just "folk".

More interesting is the song. The lyrics were written by Yitzchak
Alterman—father of influential Israeli poet, playwright, and
journalist Nathan Alterman—as an aid for children's Hebrew
instruction. The five stanzas were used to teach the distinction between
"tayish" (male goat, first three stanzas), "ez" (female goat, fourth
stanza), and "g'di" (kid, fifth stanza). The song appears in Alterman's
book "Parable Games: Songs, Games, and Plays for Kindergartens and
Schools", published in Vilna in 1913 and again in Warsaw in 1922.

The lyrics were sung to several different folk tunes. The tune commonly
used for the dance today includes a refrain between the stanzas that is
often sung just "la la la" but sometimes with words: "בַּמַּקֵּל, בַּסַּרְגֵּל, מַה שֶּׁבָּא
לַיָּד", that is, "with a stick, with a ruler, with whatever comes to hand".
How did these lines, which don't appear in Alterman's poem, become attached
to the song?

The generally accepted explanation is that a parody version of Alterman's
lyrics was created sometime after the song became popular in Israel. Some
say that it was part of a Purim
spiel<ref>http://www.plaot.com/document/62,0,184.aspx</ref>, others
credit "the innocent children of Israel"<ref>https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART/963/909.html</ref>.
The stanza of the parody is:

<div dir="rtl">
יֵשׁ לָנוּ רַבִּי<br>
לָרַבִּי יֵשׁ זָקָן<br>
וְלוֹ אַרְבַּעה תַּלְמִידִים<br>
וְהוּא מַכֶּה אוֹתָם
</div>

"We have a rebbe, the rebbe has a beard, and he has four students, and he
beats them..." followed by the two lines about stick and ruler. Those
last two lines then spread widely because Alterman's lyrics don't supply
words for the la-la-la refrain in the usual tune.<ref>A
[https://www.tapuz.co.il/forums/articles/article/347/72746/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%94 commenter] at Nathan
Alterman's site is indignant about the insult to Alterman by
attributing to him this sentiment of rabbinical violence.</ref>

In most recordings there is an eight-beat intro each time through.
The participants take hands across and say
"Yesh" five or six times (silent on beats two, four, and maybe eight). But often "va" is substituted on beat six, giving "Yesh; yesh;
yesh-va-yesh"<ref>For an example, see the instructional video at Rokdim.</ref>.

=== Notes ===

<references/>

=== External Links ===

[https://www.tapuz.co.il/forums/articles/article/347/72746/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%94 Full text] (in Hebrew) from Alterman's 1913 book, including his instructions for a dance (not the current one)

[https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F Yitzchak Alterman] at Wikipedia (in Hebrew)

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