Ari Lesser - Hanukkah - Yehudit

Listen to this song and lots more on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2igBWdB Yehudit Lyrics By Ari Lesser A town in Judea was forced to defend Itself against a cruel general and his men It was never pretty when they captured a city They showed no mercy compassion or pity Men would be murdered, and women defiled This army was vile they would kill every child The town’s people knew no one would survive If their city ever fell, so they fought for their lives They denied the general each time he tried To break inside, they were well fortified But he saw that he couldn’t just win by force So he ordered his army to change its course Surrounding the town with an all out siege Nothing could enter No one could leave Trying to make them surrender or die By cutting their food and their water supply As the weeks went by things got bad They consumed almost everything they had Sinking deep in despair, with no food or drink Thinking of surrender, they were on the brink Their leaders convinced them to stay and pray That G-d would save them in the next few days After that, unless they were blessed with success They would just surrender and hope for the best But one young woman who lived in the town Found courage to fight, she would not back down Braver than any man, she came up with a plan And took the situation into her own hands She was Yehudit, daughter of the high priest Senorita, way hotter than the noon day heat A petite, little widow who knew how to talk sweet More charming than most women you’ll ever meet A master of deceit she was able to beat An elite general on his own love seat Her feat of bravery made an army retreat To snatch victory from the jaws of defeat She got dressed in the best clothes she had left Things hadn’t worn since her husband’s death As I’m sure you can guess she was looking real pretty When she slipped outside though the gates of her city The soldiers stopped her soon as she crossed She said she had urgent news for their boss So without delay they whisked her away For the General to hear what she had to say When she came to greet him her voice was sweet Saying, “Nice to meet you I’m Yehudit I decided that I could not stand by While my people stubbornly starve and die If you give me your word that you’ll show us some pity I’ll tell you how you can capture the city See as long as their Jewish faith is strong Our G-d will not let you do them wrong But soon when they run out of things to eat Everyone will turn to un-kosher meat Then G-d will be angry, ignore their call And all of the city will easily fall If you’d like I could try and be your spy To keep an eye on their food supply And when, in fact, they run out, I’ll come back So you’ll know exactly when to attack.” The General was struck by this woman’s charm She had a good plan, it could no harm So he agreed and commanded that his armies Should allow her to come and go as she pleased She was Yehudit, daughter of the high priest Senorita, way hotter than the noon day heat A petite, little widow who knew how to talk sweet More charming than most women you’ll ever meet A master of deceit she was able to beat An elite general on his own love seat Her feat of bravery made an army retreat To snatch victory from the jaws of defeat A few days later Yehudith came back And told the General, “Get ready to attack Not a scrap of kosher food in town It’s famine, folks are bound to break down” The General rejoiced, said, “This is great You and I should celebrate with a hot date If your not too busy, I’d like to invite You to come by yourself to my tent tonight Yehudit consented, that evening she went All alone and entered the General’s tent Brought a wheel of her famous homemade cheese And some fine strong wine that was sure to please She fed him that savory goat cheese first Then kept pouring wine to quench his thirst Until he got so drunk that he couldn’t keep His eyes open, soon he was deep asleep But while that wasted warlord snored Yehudit unfastened his massive sword He was out for the night, couldn’t put up a fight, As she swung down the blade with all her might In one stroke she chopped off the General’s head Leaveing him dead lying there on the bed She wrapped up his bloody head with a rag And took it from his tent in her big hand bag Walked slowly so she raised no suspicion As she returned from her covert mission And when she was safe in her city’s the gate She showed all her people the general’s fate The Jews rejoiced when they heard the news She rallied the troops there was no time to lose They attacked at dawn, and their enemies fled When they saw that their mighty general was dead Thanks to Yehudit, daughter of the high priest Senorita, way hotter than the noon day heat A petite, little widow who knew how to talk sweet More charming than most women you’ll ever meet A master of deceit she was able to beat An elite general on his own love seat Her feat of bravery made an army retreat To snatch victory from the jaws of defeat