Kal Liheyot Yehudi (It’s Easy to be Jewish)

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Lyrics by: Leah Goldberg

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Synopsis: Lavry composed the music for many plays for the Israeli satirical Matateh Theater. Kal Liheyot Yehudi (It’s Easy to be Jewish) is one of the early ones.

The play was written by Yitzhak Nozik. Among the songs of the play that Lavry composed were:

• Shirat Ha’ezrach (The Citizen’s Song)
• Pizmon hanesi’ot (Travels Song)

Information from the composer’s opus book:
The composition was performed by the Jerusalem Radio Orchestra
November 7,1937

Lyrics: Shirat Ha’ezrch (Citizen’s Song) / Leah Goldberg
(transliterated from Hebrew to English)

Hineh halach bachur nechmad kol kach,
Lu hu haya, lu hu haya ezrach!
Chashavti kvar: hineh ani kala,
Lishlom beiti tid’ag hamemshala.

E’he’yeh isha tova leva’ali,
Ani ekrah lo: “bubaleh sheli”.
Ani atzit haprimus la’ezrach,
Yom yom otzi hachutza et hapach…

Pizmon Hanesi’ot (The Travel Song) / Leah Goldberg

Mitmal’im ha’otobusim,
Mitmal’ot ha’oniyot,
Gam ba’aviron yatusu
Lamdinot hanochriyot.

Mi barechev, mi baregel,
Mi mamri umi zochel,
Uvechol namel ba’aretz,
Kol sirena yetzaltzel.

Al tish’alu oti lama,
Al tish’aluni keitzad,
London, paris, yokohama,
Kapri, niapol, bagdad…