מבשר האביב | Mevaser ha-aviv | Spring Herald (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. 5). A different melody was published in Ta'ame Zimra le Shire Ha-Zamir (Warsaw, 1904: p. 30).

In “Mevaser ha-aviv”, the cry of a cuckoo bird signifies the coming of springtime, and children dance to welcome the season.

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

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