SONGS TO SING FOR ALL | Passover haggadah by Paul Browde

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Chad Gadyo
My father bought a lamb for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Chorus:
Ohhhhhhhhh (hold for as long or as loud as you can)
We sing it high we sing it low,
Chad Gad-ya-aaa
Chad Gad-ya
Then came the cat, which ate the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Chorus:
Ohhhhhhhhh (hold for as long or as loud as you can)
We sing it loud, we sing it soft,
Chad Gad-ya-aaa
Chad Gad-ya
Then came the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
(repeat Chorus between each verse)
Then came the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Then came the fire,
Which burned the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Then came the water, which put out the fire,
Which burned the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Then came the ox,
Which drank the water, which put out the fire,
Which burned the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Then came the Shochet, who slaughtered the ox,
Which drank the water, which put out the fire,
Which burned the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Then came the angel of death,
Who killed the Shochet, who slaughtered the ox,
Which drank the water, which put out the fire,
Which burned the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.
Then came the Holy One, Blessed be She,
And slew the angel of death,
Who killed the Shochet, who slaughtered the ox,
Which drank the water, which put out the fire,
Which burned the stick, which beat, beat, beat the dog,
Which bit, bit, bit the cat, which ate up all the lamb,
My father bought to serve for Seder.
Chad gadyo, chad gadyo.

Elijah
(Sung to the tune of "Maria")
Elijah!
I just saw the prophet Elijah.
And suddenly that name,
Will never sound the same to me.
Elijah!
He came to our seder
Elijah!
He had his cup of wine,
But could not stay to dine
This year!
Elijah!
For your message all Jews are waiting:
That the time's come for peace
and not hating.
Elijah!
Next year we'll be waiting,
Elijah!
Unshipwrecked Exodus
(sung to the tune of Gilligan’s Island)
Recline right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip,
That started many years ago, in old ancient Egypt.
Such agony, such suffering, such anguish, such ordeal,
We celebrate the Exodus with a three hour meal, a three hour meal!
(KEY CHANGE!)
Found hundred years of slavery for countless toiling yids
And then at last, to top it off, we couldn’t have no kids—we couldn’t have
no kids.
The structural injustice in that ancient place was great
If not for the effort of the organizers, what would be our fate, oh what
would be our fate.
Shifrah and Pu-ah’s example gave the people hope to flee,
Blight and vermin, lice and darkness, helped the Pharaoh see…
(or at least agree)
(KEY CHANGE!)
Desire blazed within our hearts, a fiery burning bush,
We knew that we could make it, just like the folks from Cush…
Just a Tad of Charoset
(Sung to the tune of "Just a Spoonful of Sugar")
Oh, back in Egypt long ago,
The Jews were slaves under Pharaoh.
They sweat and toiled and labored through the day.
So when we gather Pesah night, We do what we think right.
Maror, we chew,
To feel what they went through.
Chorus:
Just a tad of charoset helps the bitter herbs go down,
The bitter herbs go down, the bitter herbs go down.
Just a tad of charoset helps the bitter herbs go down,
In the most disguising way.
So after years of slavery
They saw no chance of being free.
Their suffering was the only life they knew.
But baby Moses grew up tall,
And said he'd save them all.
He did, and yet,
We swear we won't forget that ...
Chorus
While the maror is being passed,
We all refill our water glass, Preparing
for the taste that turns us red.
Although maror seems full of minuses, It
sure does clear our sinuses.
But what's to do?
It's hard to be a Jew!!!
Chorus
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