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First Line:
I had a little overcoat as old as can be
Artist & Tune
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About the Song
The videos above have slightly different melodies and chords to this traditional Yiddish children's song which appears in Rise Up Singing with singable English translation.
Paul Kaplan's song "I Had an Old Coat"(found on page 212 in the Play section of Rise Again) is another variant of this same Yiddish song.
The popular Simms Taback children's book Joseph Had an Overcoat is also based on this song. (The last video above is a reading with pictures from this book.)