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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIVE FOR THE REBBE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: The rebbe went dancing Last Line: All that they drink is life Subject(s): Clergy;hasidism;jews;mysticism - Judaism; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;judaism | |||
1 The rebbe went dancing & lost all he had When his hasidim found it he gave them a sign Then he took it all back 2 The rebbe was a good old boy when he drank a toast all his hasidim used to fight to catch the droppings 3 When the rebbe dances the walls dance with him the hasidim clap hands They clap hands when the rebbe dances 4 The rebbe sits & sweats & the shekinah hovers over him Then the hasidim sing & dance & jump They love the way the rebbe looks 5 days of messiah king the rebbe eldest wears his hair long like a hermit sweet bread buns grow on the trees with corn cob pipes for branches & tobacco leaves hasidim can light up on not in prayer huts made of clay brick but built with stews & noodle puddings whiskey fountains in the rebbe's kitchen Nebukhadnezzar come himself from Babylon into Yerushelayim crying to the rebbe life life all that they drink is life Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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