The

Bagel Song

Hamotzi lechem min ha’aretz

Who brings forth our earthly bread

If the earth were like this circle

Then no hatred would be spread

But until the day there is Shalom

We’ve still got Learning to do

So let’s learn from our bagels

And become better Jews!

All I want is a Bagel

To get me going in the morning

A Bagel

To get me where I wanna be

A Bagel

I’ll go against my doctor’s warnings

And if I’m good I might just get one

All I want’s that chewy dough

Wrapped around a little hole

If the Earth were filled with bagels

Every country would be full

Because wherever you go

You already know

They’ve all got things in common with you

And if it turns out they like bagels

You may have met a Jew!

All I want is a Bagel

To get me going in the morning

A Bagel

To get me where I wanna be

A Bagel

I’ll go against my doctor’s warnings

And if I’m good I might just get one

Cream cheese, lox, egg salad, butter

Hummus, lettuce, cinnamon, rye

If they all get along on the bagel

Then why in the world can’t we give Shalom a try?

Hamotzi lechem min ha’aretz

Who brings forth our earthly bread

If the Earth were like this circle

Then no hatred would be spread

But until the day there is Shalom

We’ve still got Learning to do

So let’s learn from our bagels

And become better Jews!

All I want is a Bagel

To get me going in the morning

A Bagel

To get me where I wanna be

A Bagel

I’ll go against my doctor’s warnings

And if I’m good I might just get A Bagel...

To get me going in the morning

A Bagel...

To get me where I wanna be

A Bagel

I’ll go against my doctor’s warnings

And if I’m good I might just get one... too?

(Lyrics transcribed with slight modifications to reflect kashrut and consistent tenses)

Lyrics

“If the Earth were like this circle, then no hatred would be spread.”

Max Mellman wrote The Bagel Song in 2007.

© 2011 Max Mellman