Zum Gali Gali

DESCRIPTION: Hebrew. "Zum, gali-gali-gali, Zum gali-gali, Zum, gali-gali-gali, Zum gali-gali. Hechalutz le'man avodah; Avodah le'man hechalutz. Hechalutz le'man avodah; Avodah le'man hechalutz." People can succeed if they work together
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (People's Songbook); there are reports of earlier forms going back to perhaps the 1920s
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage campsong
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REFERENCES (5 citations):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 340, "Zum Gali Gali" (1 short text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 314, 443, "Zum Gali Gali" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, p. 90, "Zum Gali Gali" (1 text, 1 tune)
GirlScout-PocketSongbook, p. 44, "Zum Gali Gali" (1 text, 1 tune)
SongsOfManyNations, "Zum Gali Gali" (1 text, 1 tune) (CC edition, p. 39)
NOTES [38 words]: It is usually claimed that this song was associated with the formation of the modern state of Israel in 1948. But some people think it is older. Perhaps there is a pre-canonical form? The sources I've seen are very unclear. - RBW
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