פרידת הצפרים | Pridat ha-tsiporim | Birds’ Departure (1912)

Artist: Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938)

Lyrics: From: Ha-Zamir

Tune: Foreign Melody

The text of this song was published in Ha-Zamir (Odessa, 1903: p. 9), and the melody was published in Ta'ame Zimra Le-Shire Ha-Zamir (Warsaw, 1904: p. 35).

“Pridat ha-tsiporim” presents a dialogue between birds and children. The birds bid farewell to the children before their departure south for the winter. The children ask the birds to be sure to return in the spring.

The melody, whose source is unidentified, is in a major key.

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