This haunting jingle is from the bangitout Seder Sidekick 2015. To the tune of Hozier’s Take me to Church. Enjoy!
TAKE ME TO SEARCH (for the afikomen)
My seder’s got humour
We giggle at Egypt’s funeral
Knows everybody’s disapproval
I should’ve spilled wine sooner
If the children did ask to speak
The 4 questions to mouthpiece
Every step’s getting more bleak
A fresh whipping with an onion or leek
“We were born slaves” you heard them say it
My seder offers no absolutes
Mom tells me “recline in the living room”
The only matzah I’ll be sent to
Is when shmura is to hard to chew
I was born enslaved
But I escaped it
Command me to be free
Aaay. Amen. Amen. Amen.
[Chorus 2x:]
Take me to search
I’ll sniff it like a dog by the shine of your candlelight
I’ll get the afikomen and you can surely have a bite
Offer me that tasteless bread
Good God, let me give you my wine
If I’m enslaved to the good times
Mmy morning is Shema sunlight
To keep the charoses on my side
Karbon Pesach demands a sacrifice
Split the whole sea
Get to Mt Sinai maybe
Something meaty for the main course
That’s a fine-looking Egptian horse
One little goat in the stable?
We’ve a lot of starving faithful
That looks tasty
That looks plenty
This is hungry work
[Chorus 2x:]
Take me to Search
I’ll sniff it like a dog by the shine of your candlelight
I’ll get the afikomen and you can surely have a bite
Offer me that tasteless bread
Good God, let me give you my wine
No masters or kings
When the ritual begins
There is no sweeter innocence than our children
In the madness and miracle of that holy earthly scene
Only then I am a Jew man
Only then I am free
Ooh oh. Amen. Amen. Amen.
[Chorus 2x:]
Take me to Search
I’ll sniff it like a dog by the shine of your candlelight
I’ll get the afikomen and you can surely have a bite
Offer me that tasteless bread
Good God, let me give you my wine