Comments on: Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

By: Michael Greengard

Michael Greengard — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:46:02 +0000

The Merry Middle Eastern Minuet (with apologies to Sheldon)

They’re rioting in Syria
There’s strife in Bahrain
There’s fighting in the Lebanon
Qadafi’s insane.

The Middle East is festering with unbalanced jerks.
The Arabs hate the Persians, the Greeks hate the Turks.
Egyptians hate Libyans, the Maronites hate the Druze.
On one thing they all agree – to hate the Jews.

But we can be thankful, and need have no fear.
Our leaders waste billions of dollars each year.
And thus, it may happen that some lovely day
Israel may be foreclosed, and we will have to move away.

They’re striking in the hospitals.
And I’ve got the blues.
What our enemies don’t do to us
Will be done by our fellow Jews.

By: jan descoteaux

jan descoteaux — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:49:52 +0000

my maiden name is harnick – my grandfather was makar and grandmother was eurine – just wondering if we are related as the harnick name is not exactly a common name – don’t exactly know what he means by mirroring his own life as a jew – i was lead to believe that my heritage was russian – don’t really expect you to answer but i had to ask…..

By: Terry Greenberg

Terry Greenberg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:09 +0000

Is there a transcript available for someone who does not hear well?

By: Dr. Amy Eisenberg

Dr. Amy Eisenberg — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:56:22 +0000

Wonderful
Shabbat Shalom
Chazak chazak v’tit chazek
may you go from strength to strength