SONGS FOR PASSOVER
SLAVES
Bang, bang, bang hold your hammer low
Bang, bang, bang, give a heavy blow
CHORUS:
For it’s work, work, work every day and every night
For it’s work, work, work when it’s dark and when it’s light
Dig, dig, dig, dig your shovel deep
Dig, dig, dig, there’s no time to sleep CHORUS
Pull, pull, pull, pull your heavy load
Pull, pull, pull down the long hard road CHORUS
BABY MOSES
Where is baby Moses, Moses, Moses?
Where is baby Moses?
He’s on the River Nile.
He is in a basket, a basket, a basket
He is in a basket, in the River Nile.
The princess, she is swimming, swimming, swimming
The princess, she is swimming in the River Nile.
She finds the baby Moses, Moses, Moses
She finds the baby Moses, on the River Nile.
BURING BUSH- By Emily Friedman
Moses was a shepherd watching the sheep (3x)
And he heard a voice that said:
CHORUS:
Moses, Moses, take off your shoes (3x)
For this is holy ground
A voice told Moses, “you must go back.” (3x)
And set your people free. (CHORUS)
Moses, Moses, stand up and lead (3x)
For your people must be free. CHORUS
OH LISTEN KING PHARAOH
Oh listen, oh listen, oh listen King Pharaoh
Oh listen, oh listen, please let my people go.
They work so hard all day, they want to go away
King Pharaoh, King Pharaoh, what do you say?
No, no, no, I will not let them go.
No, no, no, I will not let them go!
FROGS
One morning when Pharaoh awoke in his bed
There were frogs on his pillow and frogs on his head
Frogs on his nose, frogs on his toes
Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping everywhere
(even in his underwear!)
PHARAOH, PHARAOH- tune of “Louie, Louie” – Billy Jonas CD
CHORUS: PHARAOH, PHARAOH! OH, BABY, LET MY PEOPLE GO! UNH!
YEAH, YEAH,YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
A burning bush told Moses just the other day
That he should go to the Pharaoh and say
It’s time to let those slaves be free;
Listen to G-d if you won’t listen to me! CHORUS
Moses and the slaves went to the Red Sea
With Pharaoh’s best army coming quickly
Moses took his rod and struck it in the sand,
And all those slaves walked on dry land! CHORUS
That’s the story of the stubborn goat
Pharaoh should have known that a chariot won’t float
The answer is simple, it’s easy to find:
When it’s time to free the slaves, you had better mind!
Frogs were jumping everywhere!
CARIBBEAN PLAGUES – TUNE OF “DAY-O”
CHORUS:
Pharaoh, Pharaoh, plagues are comin’ and we want to go home
Pharaoh, Pharaoh, plagues are comin’ and we want to go home
First the Nile, she turned red.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then the frogs jumping in my bed.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then the lice running through my hair.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then the wild beasts, tiger, bears.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
CHORUS
Then the cattle, they got sick.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then their skin needs relief real quick!
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
CHORUS
Then the hail comes down like rain.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then the locusts cover the plains.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then the sky, she turns black.
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
Then the firstborn, gone like that!
Plagues are comin’ and we want to go home.
CHORUS
MAKE A MATZAH
Make a matzah pat, pat ,pat
Do not make it fat, fat, fat
Make a matzah flat, flat, flat
This is the way for Pesach.
AFIKOMAN MAMBO
CHORUS:
I’m gonna find it (3x)
I’m gonna find, gonna find the afikoman
Every year at Pesach time, we eat the matzah and we drink the wine
We ask four questions one by one, but before the seder’s done CHORUS
We eat charoset and we dip karpas, we tell the story of the Exodus
The bitter herbs they make my eyes go crossed!
But when I find the afikoman I’m the boss ‘cause CHORUS
Now you can hide it on a table, hide it in a box
Underneath the stairway, inside the kitchen clock
You can put it in your pocket, put it under the tv
But you can’t hide the afikoman from me.
“Cause everyone knows the seder’s not done until we taste the afikoman
And when I find it I’ll articulate the terms on which we shall negotiate, ‘cause
CHORUS
DON’T SHAKE THE TABLE
Don’t shake the table, don’t shake the table
Watch that cup of wine
Cause I want to see the wine go down
When it’s Eliyahu time-oh baby, baby….. (back to beginning)
DAYENU
Ilu hotzi, hotzianu, hotzianu mi-mitzrayim
Hotzianu mi-mitzrayim, Dayenu!
CHORUS: Dai, dayenu, dai, dayenu, dai, dayenu, dayenu, dayenu, dayenu
Dai, dayenu, dai, dayenu, dai, dayenu, dayenu, dayenu!
Ilu natan, natan lanu, natan lanu et hashabbat
Natan lanu et hashabbat, dayenu CHORUS
Ilu natan natan lanu, natan lanu et haTorah
Natan lanu, et haTorah, dayenu CHORUS