photo caption: Restaurante Tijuana, Viejo San Juan, PR
From: Meryl JumpowerTo: galligan
Subject: All Mexico Playlist
Date: Thur 25 Nov 2010 14:34:46 -0600
I am listening today to more than 100 songs with the word "Mexico" or "Mexican" or "Tijuana" in the title and it is quite wonderful. My favorite so far is this: [excerpts] *MEXICAN RABBI*
*words, lyrics, and music by David Kleiner* I was traveling down Mexico way
It was a Jewish holiday
I stepped into a temple to pray
What I saw took my breathe away
There on the bema was a vision so pure
My heart tilted like a mezuzah on a door
Then an old man sitting next to me
Tugged at my tallas, and he said to me: (chorus) Don't fall in love with a Mexican rabbi
She'll break your heart in two,
like a matzo tortilla
When she says "Shalom" does she mean hello or good-bye?
And does she just want a chair,
when she says "Silla!" (bridge) I met her outside the temple door
I'd never ever kissed a rabbi before
Her lips were sweet as Manishevitz wine
With a shot of Cuervo on the side
Then I heard the cantor say
"She belongs to the moyel Jose"
And I knew, yes I knew, I should leave,
but I heard her say:
"Come a little bit closer, you're my kind of mensch, so rich and secure
Come a little bit closer, and please don't kvetch,
donde vas, por favor? Donde vas, por favor?" (chorus) Don't fall in love with a Mexican rabbi
She'll break your heart in two,
like a kreplach quesadilla
When she says "shalom" does she mean hello or good-bye
And does she just want a chair,
when she says "See ya!" So I said good-bye to my Mexican rabbi
There are somethings you don't forget,
like a herring pinata
When she said "Shalom" did she mean hello or good-bye
As I sadly walked away, I just whispered, Manana...
Don't fall in love with a Mexican rabbi.
J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR