Re: silly trivia contests

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Amen, and Shabbat Shalom!

Owen

Hayyim Feldman wrote:

> Beat a path of retreat up them spiral staircases
> Pass the tree of smoke, pass the angel with four faces
> Begging God for mercy and weepin' in unholy places
> Angelina
>



> III.
> ...Strap yourself
> To the tree with roots
> You ain't goin' nowhere
> Whoo-ee! Ride me high
> Tomorrow's the day
> My bride's gonna come
> Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
> Down in the easy chair!
>
> (Git Shabbes!)
>
> -Hayyim
>
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> And may the spirit of this song,
> may it rise up pure and free.
> May it be a shield for you,
> a shield against the enemy.
>
>                         -Leonard Cohen, "Lover Lover Lover" (1974)
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

--
Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
The Wholesale Klezmer Band

A shout of jubilee in lovely notes responding from daughter to daughter
>From son to [s]on as if the Stars beaming innumerable
Thro the night should sing soft warbling filling Earth & heaven

Wm. Blake


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