Monday, April 18, 2011

The Passover Singing Pack

I probably could write 50 of these in a day. But I think five are more than enough! Guaranteed to enliven any seder. Happy Passover.

Four Questions
(sung to Maria)

Four questions
Why won't someone ask the four questions?
In English or Hebrew
Either language will do tonight
Four questions
Why won't someone ask the four questions?
It's just four little whys
There's no need to be shy or contrite
Four questions
Without them there is no real seder
And one hell of an angry creator
Four questions
We need to just ask the four questions

I Hope Elijah Comes This Time
(sung to Get Me To The Church On Time)

I'm getting everything so ready
Horeses, the matzohs and the wine
I have the haggadahs and sponge cake from mother
I hope Elijah comes this time

I got a silver cup just for him
He could have a drink and dine
We'd feed him knaydles and Passadickah bagels
I hope Elijah comes this time


Gefilte Fish and Carrots
(sung to Gary, Indiana)

Gefilte fish and carrots
Are a combo of great merit
They’re the highlight of our family’s seder meal
Gefilte fish and carrots
Though the children grin and bear it
The adults eat every morsel with great zeal
Make sure to add a spoonful of horseradish
And every piece of fish will quickly vanish
It’s a grand tradition not something that’s faddish
It’s the kind of food that puts you in a good mood
Oh..
Gefilte fish and carrots
Are a combo of great merit
They’re the highlight of our family’s seder meal
Gefilte fish and carrots
There’s nothing it compares with
When it’s kosher it’s the real deal!

Let’s Call The Seder Off
(sung to Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off)

You say haggadah, I say haggudah
You say zeroa, I say zeroya
Haggadah, haggudah, zeroa, zeroya
Let’s call the seder off
You say chametz, I say choometz
You say charoset, I say charoyses
Chametz, choometz, charoset, charoyses
Let’s call the seder off
But oh, if we call the seder off
We’ll break the chain
Of all the generations
Who ate matzah
Mixed with chrain
So you say haggadah, I’ll say haggudah
You say zeroa, I’ll say zeroya
However we say it, it fills us with joy-a
We’ll never call the seder off
Oh we’ll never call the seder off

Ten Plagues From Hell
(sung to Heartbreak Hotel)

We once were slaves in Egypt
Then we found a new place to dwell
When Pharaoh wouldn’t let us go
We gave him plagues from hell, oh baby
Gave him ten plagues, oh baby
Gave him ten plagues, oh baby
Gave him such tzooris, that he cried

We turned the blood to water
Then we gave him frogs
Gnats, disease and pestilence
For all the Jews he flogged, oh baby
Gave him ten plagues, oh baby
Gave him ten plagues, oh baby
Gave him such tzooris, that he cried

Then came all the boils
Hail and locusts too
Darkness and death on the land
Such pain we put him through, oh baby
Gave him ten plagues, oh baby
Gave him ten plagues, oh baby
Gave him such tzooris, that he cried

1 comment:

Eli said...

Brilliant! Saw this post too late for this year...