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
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אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי
תִּדְבַּק 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq1tcUixyRw
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