Pesach in Paducah
When the serious business of the seder is completed, we sit around our family table and sing. Traditional songs like Had Gadya, yes, but some unique stuff as well. Many, many years ago our Cantor at that time, Rinaldo Tazzini, introduced us to Pesach in Paducah to the tune of Christmas in Killarney. Here are the words:
Sing ho, sing hi, the matzoh brei
The cleaning the scrubbing, the ay, ay, ay
It's Pesach in Paducah and a heckuva day at home.
The eggs are floating in the brine
And Papa is floating in too much wine.
It's Pesach in Paducah and a heckuva day at home.
And while the door was open,
We clearly saw some tracks,
We thought it was Elijah
But 'twas only Uncle Max.
The welcome's on the Welcome Mat
Linoleum's polished with chicken fat
It's Pesach in Paducah, and a heckuva day at home.
(Irish Washerwoman)
There'll be Weinstein and Feinstein
And every old keinstein
And Lenitz and Revitz and some Manischevitz
Rabinowitz, Timowitz each one gets in
Ach, it's everyone's landsman from near and from far.
(First)
On Seder night we must invite
But some of the family is sure to fight
It's Pesach in Paducah and a heckuvah day at home.
Some little schnook a matzoh took,
And somebody called him a dirty crook
It's Pesach in Paducah and a heckuva day at home.
And while the door was open
A voice cried out, "Oi Vah"
We thought it was Elijah
But 'twas only Johnnie Ray.
My achin' head cries out for bed. I wish I were in a hotel instead
Oh Pesach in Paducah, no matter where you roam,
Yes, Pesach in Paducah is a heckuvah day at home.
(Second)
There's a Kohn with a K and a Cohen with a C
There's a Levy and Levi and Mr. Levee
There's a Nitzberg from Pittsburgh and fancy old Ritzburgh
They each have a kid and they're all coming here.
Oh, Pesach in Paducah, is a heckuva day at home.
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