I think she’s got it! Thanks postsemgirl for those lyrics.
Ah, The Mitzvah Tree! We had those records. I had almost forgotten about them!
With that lead I started poking around and found the first three Mitzvah Tree records (I have access to the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive, a great resource) —
The Mitzvah Tree (1972) .. back cover .. song list
Stories Under the Mitzvah Tree(1973)
I hear a Mitzvah (1975) .. back cover .. song list
I’m sure I had heard the record in question by 1975, so I don’t think it would have been on a later record. And I don’t see “There once was an Alef” on any of these three.
BUT, it does say on the back of The Mitzvah Tree album “Last year a small record with original songs entitled ‘Songs from Torah from Our Morah’ was issued”. Hmm, a small record… I can almost see myself as a young kid putting a small record (the kind with the big hole in the middle) on and singing Shalom Mr Alef….
