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- Alma Matters
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- Dear Camp Gan Yisroel
- Over The Summer, Dovid Became
- Sitting At Home, All Alone
- Now The Hour Draws Near
- Snuggled By The Fireplace
From Camp We Go(T.T.T.O. Australian Nigun (From 770)) From camp we go, we’ll miss you so Friends and counselors we’ve got to know We’ve learnt so much while we were here But Torah is for every season of the year
So I can learn, and know what to do So much fun, and learning too Because I am a Jew Alma MattersFarewell We Say As We Depart(T.T.T.O. Rachamana De’onei) Farewell we say as we depart From our Gan, close to our heart So strongly tied together here Farewell to games and fields and lake But something with us we will take The spirit will guide us through the year
On road of life our guide Your ideals are our pride By them may we abide Gan Yisroel, all year in our sight A beacon shining bright Through the stormy night Our faithful guiding light The Rebbe Will Come To CampHello Shmuly, How are you today How is camp, is everything ok Let me tell you of when here I played And the Rebbe came to camp Oh dear father how I wish I could Be so close to our nossi, then I would Try my hardest to learn and be good If the Rebbe came to camp My dear son remember on Chof Av How the Rebbe looked at you with love And you all went by the Rebbe, Oh the Rebbe’s still with camp Gan Yisroel is a fertile place Where you’ll learn to go the Rebbe’s ways Soon we’ll all be in our homeland And the Rebbe will come to camp Silence Reigns, The Air Is So Still(T.T.T.O. Nachamu—Tzlil V’zemer) Silence reigns, the air is so still The buses wait to depart I run through my bunk for my very last look At a camp so close to my heart Two months in camp fly by in my mind What I’ve learned, what I’ve done, the tears and the smiles My counselor so dear, the friends that I made Friday night arm in arm, the games that we played Sitting down on the bus A tear leaves my eye Gan Yisroel, I must say goodbye Yes, I know I’ll return In a year, but for now Gan Yisroel, I must say farewell Dear Camp Gan Yisroel(T.T.T.O. Shema Koleinu—J.E.P.) Dear Camp Gan Yisroel I write to you this letter To thank you for a wonderful time Other camps have known me But none of them can own me Of them, I have no memory You’ve burnt into my heart An everlasting spark Sweet thoughts of you fill my mind When boasting to my friends Of the days in camp I spent My body is bursting with pride Oh camp, you’re my soul And you give me life To carry all through the years As I put down my pen And this letter does end I have to wipe my tears Over The Summer, Dovid Became(T.T.T.O. Mah Novu—Holyland’s Greatest Hits) Over the summer, Dovid became So close to his counselor, Mendel his name Many hours together they spent Then came time, home to be sent
How will I make it through the coming year Don’t worry, my Dovid, take what you’ve learned here I’m sure that you’ll make it, next summer is near It’s the middle of winter, Mendel does wonder How is my Dovid, he does ponder Then it flashes, a thought comes to mind Of what he told Dovid when he left him behind Does he still keep Kosher, is a kippah on his head Does he still say Shma before going to bed I know that he’s taken that which he’s learned there I’m sure he’ll make it, next summer is near Sitting At Home, All Alone(T.T.T.O. L’maan Achai—S’dei Chemed II) Sitting at home, all alone Permitting my thoughts to roam To Gan Yisroel, my mind does turn Strongly, for you I yearn
Though snowflakes do cover the way The least I could do, if something at all A friendly telephone call Hello Gan Yisroel, oh how did I leave you Since then I’m just not the same The friends that I made, the games that I played In my heart they remain Remember that Shabbos we spent with the Rebbe The trips that we took now and then The snow will soon melt, the warmth will be felt Gan Yisroel, my home once again Now The Hour Draws Near(T.T.T.O. L’mikdosheich Tuv—MBD) Now the hour draws near When we must say farewell To our camp so dear Oh, Gan Yisroel
Of days at camp gone by Will set our heart at ease Though we leave with a sigh As I sit at home In the months to come I’ll often reminisce On the ruach and the fun Oh, Gan Yisroel How can we depart From the camp we love So cherished in our heart Oh, Gan Yisroel We promise to be true To the fine hashpa’ah Which we got from you Oh, Gan Yisroel The parting hour draws near I’ll guard your holy ruach Until we meet next year Snuggled By The FireplaceSnuggled by the fireplace Skimming through fond memories Of good times as a child The fire melts away the years As I find myself once more Sitting by a fire, but This time I’m not alone My counselor is sitting beside me My bunkmates are singing nearby With heartfelt concern he speaks to me The words that changed my life How it pains my heart to realize that Those times are forever gone Oh, where would I be, if it weren’t for you Gan Yisroel ‘82 Download 0.87 Mb. Share with your friends:
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