אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִיתִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹנִי לְחִכִּי אִם לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִיאִם לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי
Naomi Shemer actually stole the melody for "Yerushelayim Shel Zahav" from a Basque musical artist named Paco Ibañez who toured Israel in 1962. She never admitted her purposeful theft of this melody until shortly before her death.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq1tcUixyRw
אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי
ReplyDeleteתִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹנִי לְחִכִּי אִם לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי
אִם לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי
Naomi Shemer actually stole the melody for "Yerushelayim Shel Zahav" from a Basque musical artist named Paco Ibañez who toured Israel in 1962. She never admitted her purposeful theft of this melody until shortly before her death.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq1tcUixyRw