[HANASHIR:7542] Re: 'Sophisticated' Chanukah Songs

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

This song might qualify as sophisticated, I don't know.  If you're
interested, I could send you an MP3 file.

Andy

THE HAMMER CAME DOWN    words and music by Andy Curry

Verse 1:
Our story starts with a king
Who wasn't satisfied
With wives and gold and armies
And Sunday chariot rides.
"I'll make the people do my will;
Everyone will bow!"
And then he sent his soldiers
To show the people how.

REFRAIN:
Well, the Hammer came down
On Antiochus's toe;
Mr. Epiphanes seemed to think he was the star of the show.
Yes, the Hammer came down
On Antiochus's toe;
It's a painful little lesson been learned by many a foe.

Verse 2:
A lot of people went along;
No one wants a war.
"It all works out in time," they said,
"We've seen his kind before."
But there were Jews who wouldn't bow
For any old god's sake;
And when he took our Torah and our Temple,
He made a big mistake.
REFRAIN

Verse 3:
Judah and his brothers
(Hammer was his name)
Fought the king's big army
And beat them at their game.
So when you think you're better
Than any other man,
Remember Antiochus,
And consider a change of plan.
REFRAIN

At 01:44 AM 12/4/00 EST, you wrote:
>Any suggestions?  It's for a short program this Friday.  Thanks.
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>Michael
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