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(to the tune of the Louis Armstrong song) | |
I see skhakh of green, red berries[1] for “berries” substitute flowers, roses, apples, ornaments, tchotchkes, etc. as appropriate too, they provide shelter for me and you. In the sukkah at least, it’s a wonderful world. | |
I see skies of blue, and clouds of white, the bright blessed day, the dark sacred night, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world. | |
(bridge 1) The colors of the rainbow, on the sukkah walls and also on the faces of people big and small. I see friends in the corner sayin’, “How do you do?” They’re really sayin’ “I love you.” | |
When we sit in the sukkah, we know that we’re exposed, but we’re safe and protected, as every Jew knows. In the sukkah at least, it’s a wonderful world, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world. | |
(musical interlude) | |
(bridge 2) The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, We see them in our neighbors when we look them in the eye. I see friends walking in, saying “Ḥag same’aḥ to you”. They’re really saying, “God loves you.” | |
The earth is a sukkah, a great one with no walls, with clouds for the roof, and a canopy of stars. When everybody knows this, what a wonderful world. When the green earth is our sukkah, what a wonderful world. |
“In the Sukkah At Least, It’s a Wonderful World” by Len Fellman was written for Sukkot in 2015.
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| 1 | for “berries” substitute flowers, roses, apples, ornaments, tchotchkes, etc. as appropriate |
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