LYRIC
OH YANKEL- Country Yossi- Ride Again!
(Originally Oh! Carol- Neil Sedaka- Composed By Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield)
Oh, Yankel
You were such a fool
That’s why the Rabbi
Threw you out of Shul!
You plopple
‘Bout politics and stocks
But up in Shomayim
You’ll be in for a shock.
You won’t have a place in Olam Haba
They won’t let you in
Though you’ll be cryin’
It won’t erase your sin.
You disturbed the leining with your talking
‘Bout the Yankees and the Mets
Oy yoy yoy, Yankel
Up there, no one forgets.
Ohhhhh, Yankel!
Bist givehn azah na’ar!
Hust gehakt un geplopped…
It didn’t get you very far!
Ah, fleks lachen!
Gemacht ah joke or two!
But in the Olam HaEmes
The joke will be on you.
You won’t have a place in Olam Haba
They won’t let you in
Though you’ll be cryin’
It won’t erase your sin.
You disturbed the leining with your talking
‘Bout the Yankees and the Mets
Oy yoy yoy, Yankel
Up there, no one forgets.
So make yourself a place in Olam Haba
Change your evil ways
Try some Kavannah
Every time you pray.
Try to say Amen Yehey Shmey Rabah
That’s what we all should do
Try to get closer
To Hakadosh Baruch Hu.