from_the_river_to_the_sea [Rose City Iron Front]

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===== From the River to the sea, The Holy Land is not for free =====
// For marches, rallies, chants. Donated to the Public Domain, derivative versions and musical adaptations welcomed, attribution is appreciated.  More recent version here [[The Holy Land is not for Free]]. First performed live at [[https://youtu.be/E4ljFqPFYo0?t=852|Multnomah County Board of Commissioners 20th June 14:12]].  We challenge all-comers to an [[Israel Palestine debate]] //  
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| **From the River to the Sea \\ The Holy Land is not for Free**  | //piano-forte equivalento// |
| The Roman empire and the Byzantine \\ named their colony Palestine | piano |
| The Islamic Arabs and Frankish Crusaders \\ Egyptians, Ottomans, and British invaders |
| All these foreign empires who occupy \\ Delude themselves with their own lie, | //mezzo// |
| Now the atheist tankies fill the hall \\ But Marx misled them and Lenin will fall |  |
| They will be divided, they will be defeated, \\ Let the truth be spoken and the words will be repeated | // the people, united// |
| Palestine is a Roman imperial innovation \\ Israel is post-colonial liberation \\ of the land's indigenous Jewish nation |  |
| Hey, Hey, Ho, ho, \\ Idolaters, Tankies, got to go  | Signo \\  //reprise "Leninfall, what do you know?"//   |
| Who wrote the bible? Well, well, \\  Who stands with Israel?  | //reprise improvisando ad forte// \\ Standing well, well, well, well \\  I stand with Israel \\   |
| **Free the hostages, free them now.** \\ Let the kings of Gaza come and bow. | //fortissimo staccato PRN \\ mezzo-forte, legato// |
| One, two, three, four \\ No more death cults, no more war | \\ // D.S. per requiem necessitat et ad nauseum// |
|Dar ha-yShalom? house of war? \\ What is it you're praying for? | //piano// |
| Hidden in caves, holes in the ground \\ Blast the shofar hear the sound. | \\ //teruah, tekia ad shevarim// |
|Who wrote the bible? Well, well, \\  Who stands with Israel?  | //reprise improvisando ad crescendo forte//   |
| Ratzonecha, ken yehi \\ Come judge the nations righteously \\ fulfill the ancient prophecy | C.f. [[http://sefaria.org/Psalm.96|Psalm 96]] \\ [[http://sefaria.org/Psalm.98|Psalm 98]], etc. |
| The Holy God will draw the line  \\ And possess the gates of Palestine. | // Majestuoso, mezzo-piano \\  reprise "Come _ and draw" //    |
| **From the River to the sea, \\ Let the sons of Jacob return to thee** \\ With mitzvot and good deeds that be \\ in keeping with your holy law of liberty | C.f. [[https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.30|Deuteronomy 30]], \\  [[http://sefaria.org/Jeremiah.30|Jeremiah 30-33]] |
| **From the Persian gulf to the Sahel,  \\  Peace to the friends of Israel.**  | C.f. [[http://sefaria.org/Isaiah.2|Isaiah 2]] \\  [[http://sefaria.org/Isaiah.62|62]] |