MY FAITHER WAS BORN A HEBREW

MY FAITHER WAS BORN A HEBREW

by

Matt McGinn

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too

It is 5,000 years since

My faither’s folk all fled

In search of milk and honey and

By Moses they were led

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too

Now Jesus was a preacher

He was heard by quite a few

But when he was going around the place

They said, ‘He’s just a Jew’

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too

A laudie needs his lassie

A lassie needs her laud

But they didnae understand till

They sent for Sigmund Freud

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too

The workers worked in dungeons

They didnae have a pal

But then, along comes Charlie

And he writes Das Kapital

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too

The atom was a tiny thing

The scientists all knew

Along comes Abie Einstein

And splits the things in two

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too

There’s good and bad in Scotia

There’s good in Timbuktu

There’s good and bad in every lad

So dinnae run down the Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

My faither was born a Jew

My faither was born a Hebrew

And I am a Hebrew too