- Here are the famous Alternative Carols from Palestine:
they caused much grief in the Zionist camp
-
-
- O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
-
- O little town of Bethlehem ,
- How still we see thee lie!
- A wall is laid where tourists stayed,
- And tanks go rolling by.
- And in thy dark streets shineth
- No cheerful Christmas light;
- The grief and fears of four sad years
- Are met in thee tonight.
-
- How silently, how silently
- The world regards it all,
- As now thy heart is torn apart
- By Israel's ghetto wall.
- They terrorize a people -
- A war crime and a sin;
- Their winding "fence" can make no sense;
- Revenge can still get in.
-
- O promised child of Bethlehem,
- Cast down the iron cage,
- The walls of hate that separate
- And harden and enrage;
- Bring justice and make equal;
- Come down from far above;
- And come to birth upon this earth,
- As hope and peace and love.
-
-
- ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
-
- Once in royal David's city
- Stood some big Israeli tanks;
- Mothers giving birth to babies
- Met with checkpoints and roadbanks.
- Holy land was all defiled
- As a bullet killed a child.
-
- Round the ancient tomb of Rachel
- They have built a ghetto wall;
- Rachel's weeping for her children,
- And "her children" means us all.
- But this city's strangulated,
- Rachel's children segregated.
-
- David's people once instructed
- All the world in righteousness;
- Once they spoke of truth and justice,
- Now they ravage and oppress.
- Nations, look at Bethlehem ,
- And speak out the truth to them.
-
-
- THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
-
- On the first day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- An uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the second day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Two trampled doves
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the third day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the fourth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the fifth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the sixth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the seventh day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Seven checkpoints blocking,
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the eighth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Eight gunships firing,
- Seven checkpoints blocking,
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the ninth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Nine smashed computers,
- Eight gunships firing,
- Seven checkpoints blocking,
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the tenth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Ten wells obstructed,
- Nine smashed computers,
- Eight gunships firing,
- Seven checkpoints blocking,
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the eleventh day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Eleven homes demolished,
- Ten wells obstructed,
- Nine smashed computers,
- Eight gunships firing,
- Seven checkpoints blocking,
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings,
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
- On the twelfth day of Christmas, Arik Sharon sent me
- Twelve assassinations,
- Eleven homes demolished,
- Ten wells obstructed,
- Nine smashed computers,
- Eight gunships firing,
- Seven checkpoints blocking,
- Six tanks a-rolling,
- Five settlement rings.
- Four falling bombs,
- Three trench guns,
- Two trampled doves,
-
- And an uprooted olive tree.
-
-
- O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
-
- O come all ye faithful,
- All who care for justice,
- O look ye, O look ye at Bethlehem ;
- Come and behold it
- Under occupation.
- O come, let's not ignore it,
- O come, let's not ignore it,
- O come, let's not ignore it,
- Tell the world.
-
- Sing, all ye people,
- Sing in indignation,
- Be with the citizens of Bethlehem ;
- Sing out for justice,
- Freedom from oppression.
- O come, let's not ignore it,
- O come, let's not ignore it,
- O come, let's not ignore it,
- Tell the world.
-
-
- IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
-
- In the bleak midwinter,
- Refugees made moan;
- Sharon stood like iron,
- Bush was like a stone.
- Tanks were rolling, tank on tank,
- Tank on tank,
- Through the camps of Gaza
- And the West Bank .
-
- How can we stop him,
- Ariel Sharon?
- Silence of the nations
- Lets him carry on.
- Where is there a wise man
- Who could do his part?
- Tell the world to stop him
- With its heart.
-
-
- THE OLIVE AND THE IDF
-
- The olive and the IDF
- When they are both full-grown,
- Every olive tree on the West Bank
- The IDF cuts down.
-
- O the rampaging of settlers
- And the rolling of the tanks;
- The grinding of the bulldozers
- As the olives fall in ranks.
-
- The olive bears a berry
- As green as any grass;
- When the owners go to pick the fruit
- They're not allowed to pass.
-
- O the rampaging of settlers
- And the rolling of the tanks;
- The grinding of the bulldozers
- As the olives fall in ranks.
-
- This oppression bears a berry
- As red as any blood,
- As the owners see their livelihoods
- All trampled into mud.
-
- O the rampaging of settlers,
- And the rolling of the tanks;
- The grinding of the bulldozers
- As the olives fall in ranks.
-
- If you want to buy the olives,
- You'll find it very hard;
- To those that make it to checkpoints
- The way outside is barred.
-
- O the rampaging of settlers,
- And the rolling of the tanks;
- The grinding of the bulldozers
- As the olives fall in ranks.
-
- The olive and the IDF,
- When they are both full-grown,
- Every olive tree on the West Bank
- The IDF cuts down.
-
- WE FOUR KINGS
-
- FOUR KINGS TOGETHER
-
- We four kings, we're called the Quartet;
- With a roadmap off we all set,
- No-one knowing where we're going,
- Or how far we can get.
-
- CHORUS
-
- O, map of wonder, map of light,
- Map of promises so bright,
- In three phases, through the mazes
- Guide us with no end in sight.
-
- 1ST KING
-
- I'm King George, the USA man;
- And it goes according to plan;
- Fighting terror, righting error;
- After Iraq, Iran .
-
- CHORUS
-
- O, map of wonder, etc.
-
- 2ND KING
-
- I this year am King of EU;
- My name's known to more than a few -
- Sarkozy; I and Tony
- Take from King George our cue.
-
- CHORUS
-
- O map of wonder, etc.
-
- 3RD KING
-
- I'm King Putin, Muscovite Tzar,
- With this map I travel afar;
- I'm partaking in peace-making,
- Just like in Chechnya .
-
- CHORUS
-
- O map of wonder, etc.
-
- 4TH KING
-
- I'm Ban Ki-Moon, head of UN;
- It makes laws again and again,
- But ignored is, for the sword is
- Mightier than the pen.
-
- CHORUS
-
- O map of wonder, etc..
-
- FOUR KINGS TOGETHER
-
- We four kings, we're all in a flap,
- For we've got ourselves in a trap -
- Stopped by trenches, walls and fences,
- Not marked upon the map.
-
- CHORUS
-
- O map of wonder, etc.
-
-
-
- FOUR KINGS TOGETHER
-
- We four kings, bewildered we are,
- For this map's not getting us far,
- Nowhere leading - for we're needing
- Not a map but a star.
-
- CHORUS
-
- O star of freedom, star of light,
- Star of peace with justice bright,
- Shining ever, they can never
- Target-bomb thy perfect light.
-
-
- __._
-
-
- Israel Shamir
- adam@israelshamir.net.
|