Same Time Next Year

to the tune of “Makin’ Whoopee”

Another Pesach, another year,

The family seder with near and dear . . .

Our faces shining,

All thoughts of dining

Are put on hold now.

We hear four questions,

The answer given

Recalls the Jews from Egypt driven.

The khrain is bitter, (haroset better!)

Please pass the matzah.

Why is this evening different

This year the Jews all over

Are free to perform the rites.

A gorgeous dinner — who can deny it —

Won’t make us thinner, to hell with diet!

It’s such great cooking . . .

and no one’s looking,

So just enjoy it.

Moving along at steady clip

Elijah enters, and takes a sip;

And then the singing with voices ringing

Our laughter mingling.

When singing about Had Gadya.

Watch close or your place you’ll lose,

For Ehad Mi Yode’a:

Which tune shall we use?

We pray next Pessah

We’ll all be here.

It’s a tradition . . .

Same time next year . . .

So fill it up now, the final cup now,

Next year at ____________.


haggadah Section: Shulchan Oreich