A song for Passover to be sung to the tune of “Don’t Fence Me In”

By Howard Meyerowitz

Oh, give us sand, lots of sand under starry skies above
Let us walk and ride through the open country we don’t love
Don’t enslave us in

At the base of Sinai let us stand where we’ll hear each command
Let us wander over yonder till we see the Red Sea meander
Don’t enslave us in

On to the Promised Land with our free Jewish band
We want to reach the ridge where the East commence
And gaze at the new moon till we lose our senses
And we can’t look at Pharoah and we can’t stand fences
Don’t enslave us in
Don’t enslave us in

Howard Meyerowitz is a Ledger staff member and a member of Beth El Temple in West Hartford. He lives in Bloomfield with his wife, Susan.

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