Song for Passover: Daiyenu

(If you know the original Daiyenu tune, it scans reasonably well. All triplets rhyme)

For all the years spent in Mitzrayim
Eating matzah, drinking mayim
Some days it was really tryin', daiyenu

Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it coulda been enough daiyenu
Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it coulda been enough

For putting up with mean ol pharaoh
whose laws chilled us to the marrow
take us out in Your wheelbarrow, daiyenu

Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it woulda been enough daiyenu
Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it woulda been enough

For giving forty years of journey
like some king's demented tourney
Wheel me on an angel's gurney, daiyenu

Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it shoulda been enough daiyenu
Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it shoulda been enough

Now we're back from Di-a-Spo-ra
Still we're reading from the Torah
Least we get to dance the hora, daiyenu

Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it coulda been enough daiyenu
Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it coulda been enough

Now in modern ever afta
Thank You for your gift of BAFTA
And our nukes, you didn't hafta, daiyenu

Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it woulda been enough daiyenu
Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it woulda been enough

Yet I wonder as a menschen
Still don't quite know Your intention
Why post-meal am I still benchin'? daiyenu

Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it shoulda been enough daiyenu
Dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, dai-daiyenu, it shoulda been enough

(creative commons by me) Sunday April 17, 2011