Song- once there was a wicked man

PinkandYellow

Wed, Feb 21 2007, 11:00 am

ok, I'm looking for the rest of this song, as its driving me crazy

once there was a wicked wicked man
and haman was his name oh
he wanted to kill all the jews
but they were not to blame so

oh today we'll merry merry be
oh today we'll merry merry be
and have some hamantaschen

and then?

amother

Wed, Feb 21 2007, 11:03 am

he fiddled all his tax returns
and had illegal maids oh
the IRS soon found him out
and sent him off 2 rikers so

(that help at all?)

greenfire

Wed, Feb 21 2007, 11:59 am

King Achashveirosh made a great feast
He asked his wife Vashti to come
She had many pimples 100 at least
and she said I can't join in your fun

The king was so angry he said to his guards
"take her - I don't want her she's mean.
And from all the maiden that Shushan town had
Esther became his new queen.

Haman said everyone - "bow down to me"
But Mordechai said "that I'll never do"
I bow only to Hashem, Hashem Elokim
and I'm so proud, so proud to be a JEW!!!

Clown

oh today we'll merry merry be
oh today we'll merry merry be
and have some hamantaschen

just kidding - but here's a purim song if you like

shopaholic

Wed, Feb 21 2007, 12:03 pm

Moshe Dovid's Mom - those are all the lines I know too, except "Oh today will merry merry be" is sung 3x

PinkandYellow

Wed, Feb 21 2007, 12:34 pm

momof3 wrote:

Moshe Dovid's Mom - those are all the lines I know too, except "Oh today will merry merry be" is sung 3x

oh yeah, I'm tone deaf, maybe thats why I only wrote it 2x instead of 3. maybe that's all there is to the song. it was just getting on my nerves.

sarahd

Thu, Feb 22 2007, 4:50 am

And Esther was the lovely queen
of King Achashverosh
When Haman said he'd kill us all
oh my, how he did scare us!

Oh, today we'll merry, merry be...

greenfire

Thu, Feb 22 2007, 7:34 am

and sarahd gets points for another verse - who's next girls

faigie

Thu, Feb 22 2007, 8:18 am

guys, those are good!

Motek

Thu, Feb 22 2007, 9:36 pm

in order to maintain the rhythm, I've corrected some of your words - see how it fits better?:

MosheDovid'sMom wrote:

once there was a wicked wicked man
and haman was his name oh
he would have murdered all the jews
but they were not to blame so

oh today we'll merry merry be
oh today we'll merry merry be
oh today we'll merry merry be
and have some hamantaschen

and then?

(I am doing research about further stanzas, if there are any)

Motek

Thu, Feb 22 2007, 9:54 pm

some of these stanzas sound familiar, others don't
found it on google

Quote:

Traditional Purim Song, Composer Unknown

Oh once there was a wicked wicked man,
And Haman was his name, Sir.
He would have murdered all the Jews,
Tho they were not to blame, Sir.

CHORUS:
Oh today we'll merry merry be
Oh today we'll merry merry be
Oh today we'll merry merry be
And nosh some hamentashen.

And Esther was the lovely queen of King Ahashveyrosh
When Haman said he'd kill us all,
Oh my how he did scare us.

CHORUS

But Mordechai her cousin bold
Said: "What a dreadful chutzpah
If guns were but invented now,
This Haman I would shoot, Sir."

CHORUS

The Kalashnikover Rebbe: There is a machloichis (disagreement) whether or not this verse (*) really belongs in the girsa (version). A vast majority of posqim (Jewish legal authorities) leave it out.

*When Esther speaking to the King
Of Haman's plot made mention
"Ha, ha," said he, "Oh, no he won't!
I'll spoil his bad intention."*

CHORUS

The guest of honor he shall be,
This clever Mr. Smarty
And high above us he shall swing
At a little hanging party.

CHORUS

Of all his cruel and unkind ways
This little joke did cure him
And don't forget we owe him thanks
For this jolly feast of Purim.

sarahd

Fri, Feb 23 2007, 4:55 am

This sounds about right, Motek.

greenfire

Fri, Feb 23 2007, 9:21 am

ah motek - now all our curious senial minds can rest - indeed those words are all too familiar - thanks Wink