LYRIC
I’M PROUD TO BE A PART OF AM YISROEL- Country Yossi- Ride Again!
(Originally Okie from Muskogee- Merle Haggard & the Strangers-
Composed By Roy Edward Burris & Merle Haggard)
We don’t follow fashions made in Paris
We don’t really care what’s out or in
We still wear black hats, Tzitzis and jackets
And our boys hang out in Mir and Chaim Berlin.
Holywood ain’t some place we admire
Hey, we don’t even own a small TV
We don’t read page 6- we don’t like gossip
And our women all dress modestly.
CHORUS 1:
And I’m proud to be a part of Am Yisroel,
We don’t care what other people say
Livin’ by the Torah we’ve been given
And we don’t work at all on Saturday.
We all know our uncles weren’t monkeys
But we’re not sure about Darwin and his friends
And we know the Ten Commandments ain’t suggestions
And Mount Sinai was no hospital back then.
CHORUS 2:
And I’m proud to be a part of Am Yisroel,
Chosen by Hashem to be alive,
Unto all the nations in creation,
Studying His Torah day and night.
Our idea of fun is separate dancing
Separate swimming, ain’t that far behind?
Friday nights, we’re singing with our children,
And our families are the finest you can find.
CHORUS 1:
Yes I’m proud to be a part of Am Yisroel,
We don’t care what other people say
We’re livin’ by the Torah we’ve been given
And we don’t work at all on Saturday.
CHORUS 2:
And I’m proud to be a part of Am Yisroel,
Chosen by Hashem to be alive,
Unto all the nations in creation,
Studying His Torah day and night.
Unto all the nations in creation,
Studying His Torah day and night.