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Lyrics
Summer is here the sun is so bright
Happy kids singing in the light
Bring the green branches put them in place
Big happy smiles on every face
(Hey!) Shake shake shake the baskets around
(Ho!) Jump jump jump to the summer sound
Sweet juicy berries fresh and neat
Happy Shavuot to everyone we meet
(Yeah!)
Put on your dress so clean and so white
Everything looks so pretty and bright
Baking a cheesecake inside the hall
Sharing the treats with one and with all
(Hey!) Shake shake shake the baskets around
(Ho!) Jump jump jump to the summer sound
Sweet juicy berries fresh and neat
Happy Shavuot to everyone we meet
(Clap your hands!)
One two three let us shout out loud
(Hooray!)
Four five six we are feeling proud
Summer is sweet and summer is fun
Let us all dance now everyone
(Are you ready?)
(Let us go!)
(Hey!) Shake shake shake the baskets around
(Ho!) Jump jump jump to the summer sound
Sweet juicy berries fresh and neat
Happy Shavuot to everyone we meet
(Happy Shavuot!)
Dance dance dance all through the day
(Woo!)
Summer is here to stay
Happy Shavuot everyone
(Yeah!)
Behind the song
The song’s story
Harvest and the gift of Torah
Shavuot is the Festival of Weeks, with roots in harvest and first fruits and a central place in Jewish remembrance of receiving the Torah. Those connections allow a celebration to speak of both what grows in the earth and what a community learns together.
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Baskets and something sweet
Fruit baskets and dairy treats make the song's festival easy to picture. Dairy foods are a Shavuot custom with several explanations, not a practice with one securely established origin story. They sit beside the older harvest and Torah associations.
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A song written for this celebration
Walter J. Kin created the music and English words of this recording. Shavuot is an original contemporary holiday song, not an Olga Anikina adaptation or a translation of a historic lyric. Its purpose is to give families a new way to sing the festival.
Our recording & notes
About this recording
Summer light, green branches and baskets of fruit set the scene. Children dress up, share cheesecake and join a chorus of jumps, claps and greetings.
Walter J. Kin wrote Shavuot directly in English, with original music and lyrics. It has no Russian predecessor: this is a new holiday song created for children, families and shared celebrations.
Why we consider this song Jewish or Jewish-themed
The title and images directly celebrate Shavuot. Green branches, fruit and dairy treats bring the holiday into a song built around movement and participation.
For us, Jewish song is also something to create now. This original English work gives children a new way to sing about a Jewish holiday together.
Credits & source
- Music / English words / production
- Walter J. Kin (RIGLI)
- Performance
- Riglis Band
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