עת הביתה עת | 'Et ha-bayta, 'et | (It is) Time to go home (1912)

Artist: Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938)

Hebrew translation (PDF)

The text of this song was published in Ha-Zamir (Odessa, 1903: p. 3) in a section titled: "From Children's Life". Idelsohn included the song in a section titled: “Play Songs”, without instructions.

In “'Et ha-bayta, 'et”, children bid their teacher goodbye and return home to their beloved mothers.

Idelsohn (Ben-Yehuda) composed the melody in a major key.

Included in

• Sefer ha-Shirim (Book of Songs)

Scores

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Transliteration

Transliteration (PDF)