===== 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]] // ^ ^ ^ | **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]] |