The Greatest Hit of all Klezmer, Hava Nagila! Sheet music, chords, lyrics, and a recording

Probably the most widely known Klezmer tune these days all over the world - often played at celebrations, the song starts slow, then steadily increases in tempo, causing the circling dancers to accellerate till their feet are flying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soUjj-asquM&fmt=18


"Hava Nagila," meaning "Let Us Rejoice," is perhaps the best known Jewish folk song and is a staple for bands playing at Jewish festivals. The melody was taken from a Ukrainian folk song. The lyrics were probably written by Abraham Zvi Idelsohn in 1918 to celebrate the British victory in Palestine during World War I as well as the Balfour Declaration of 1917.
The Lyrics in English:

Let's rejoice
Let's rejoice
Let's rejoice and be happy
Let's sing
Let's sing
Let's sing and be happy

Awake, brothers, awake
Awake, brothers, with a happy heart
Awake, brothers, awake brothers
With a happy heart

-------------------quote from http://messiahstudies.org/HavaNagila.html