Source for song "Don't walk in front of me"

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A popular Jewish children's song contains the lyrics

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Just walk beside me, and just be my friend.

This is actually a quote from Albert Camus I would like to know when and how this became part of the Jewish song.

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/uncle-moishy-stole-the-quote — Michoel, Feb 03 '13 at 03:36
http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/8826/being-a-light-to-the-nations-what-does-it-mean#comment11437_8833 — Michoel, Feb 03 '13 at 03:37
It could be the attribution to Camus is incorrect. See here: http://blog.quotesome.com/10-famous-misquotations-and-misattributed-quotes/ and here:http://darrananderson.com/2013/05/25/albert-camus-and-the-ventriloquists/ — Ephraim, Mar 06 '14 at 15:52
This is almost certainly not from Albert Camus. But Uncle Moishe is still around, perhaps someone will ask him one day ... — Yishai, Nov 30 '14 at 20:21
it does not even appear to be from camus according to the different sites that investigated this question. the original author seems to still be unknown — grisham, Dec 06 '19 at 13:14

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '14 at 20:06

This first appeared in a Jewish context with the release of Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men vol. 2, in the early 1980s.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow;
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead;
Just walk beside me, and be my friend;
And together we will walk in the way of Hashem.

Source for song "Don't walk in front of me"

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