The Official Jewish Songbook
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- Recalling My Thoughts
- Sitting Alone In His Bunk
- On The Last Day Of The School Year
- Forlornly Gazing From The bus Window
- Standing Side By Side
- Stars Above Flicker So Bright
Entranced By The FlameEntranced by the flame Engulfed by its light She sits immersed in thoughts Before the fire late that night Embers slowly dying A voice beside her calls Tell me my dear camper Why do you tear drops fall Chorus: Sad eyes look up as she cries Is it time to say good-bye Is it the friends that she’ll be leaving Or the beauty that stays behind Will memories be washed away With the passing of times Will she be leaving all of this behind She gently wipes her tears As they sit beneath the stars Help expel the fears As she hold her in her arms Here we met and here we part You’ll stay within my heart But tell me my dear counselor now Why I look up to see you cry Chorus: Recalling My ThoughtsRecalling my thoughts when I first arrived How different you seemed to me In years bygone you’d smile at me with pride Your flag now covered with tears The Rebbe’s chossid you’d teach me to be Moshiach you’ve made part of me In despair now I cry, broken inside Your glory again will I see Your song and spirit like never before Your flag continues to fly The shouts of yechi, your lesson is clear The Rebbe is always with me Oh Gan Yisroel, you’ve taught me to strive L’matoh the Rebbe to bring Soon your tears will dry, your flag flying high Smiling forever at me Sitting Alone In His Bunk(T.T.T.O. Me’ein Olam Haba—Pirchei IV) Sitting alone in his bunk A letter from home in his hand Thoughts flashing by him so swiftly Oh, what do my parents demand
The words making him feel so sad Oh son, when will you come home And be with your Mom and Dad A pencil and paper he takes Writing back, as his heart breaks Oh father, oh mother, how can I return Later, for camp I shall yearn Playing and learning together Helping a friend in need Seeing the clowns at the circus For this, dear parents, I plead Growing spirit from day to day I’m asking you, please let me stay Oh father, oh mother, how can I return Later, for camp I shall yearn On The Last Day Of The School Year(T.T.T.O. Al Zeh Hoyoh—S’dei Chemed I) On the last day of the school year The parting words to my friend so dear I ask him now, oh tell me friend The summer months, how will you spend He nods his head, I see at once Long stretched-out days, void empty months
Seeing the Neshama bearing so much pain His precious years, so tender and young In Gan Yisroel they do belong In Gan Yisroel you will find Body and soul in perfect bind In activities, sports and games Using only our Hebrew names And in Color War, the main thing then Was studying for Tzivos Hashem Now this year, what we can achieve With the great gift we did receive The Rebbe’s dollar, given with love To bring us blessings from Above Forlornly Gazing From The bus Window(T.T.T.O. Al Eileh—Rabbi’s Sons) Forlornly gazing from the bus window I feel a tear rolling down my cheek As the bus starts moving, my heart starts pondering Recalling memories of the past few weeks
In an environment of Ahavas Yisroel My pride awakening at my ancient heritage Keeping me grateful and walking tall All the activities and the varied trips Were gently bathed in the Torah light Chazering Mishnayos, and the warmth of Shabbos All kept my days so complete and bright Oh Gan Yisroel, oh Gan Yisroel I can’t stop hoping to return to you Oh Gan Yisroel, oh Gan Yisroel You have formed me into a better Jew Standing Side By SideStanding side by side Tears well up in their eyes Each unaware that the other is there Whispering a silent prayer Dear Rebbe I’d like you to see The children you entrusted to me Each one a jewel so precious and rare You have placed into my care To live with you every moment Is the message I’ve tried to impart To bring you limato together with us Each of us doing our part Now Rebbe the summer is over Now that my shlichus is through I ask that the spirit of Gan Yisroel Continue in all that they do Dear Rebbe I want you to see How much Gan Yisroel changed me I’m closer to you than ever before Connected forever more My counselor your shliach inspired me With true dedication and love His friendship I’ll treasure forever How can I thank him enough Oh Rebbe your Gan Yisroel Will always find place in my heart It’s chayos and warmth will remain with me It’s lessons I’ll treasure and guard As the crowd in the ohel does grow Mendele turns to go As he leaves he sees a familiar face Camper and counselor embrace Good-bye Gan Yisroel Farewell to those wonderful times Your memories will always be part of me Oh Gan Yisroel good-bye Stars Above Flicker So Bright(T.T.T.O. A Nation Apart) Stars above flicker so bright A cold and frosty winter night A young boy dreams of a summer gone by A vision forms in his eye
Proudly, all do shout out Yechi Sounds of laughter, smiles on each face Oh, what an enjoyable place Oh Gan Yisroel, you’ve touched my heart It aches me so, I don’t want to part You’ve lighted my path, you’ve shown me the way You’ve made me a proud Jew today As dawn does break, he sits up awake That place of joy, now far away Summer without you is too much to bear Gan Yisroel, I’ll be back next year Download 0.87 Mb. Share with your friends:
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