(To the tune of "Let it Snow")
"Oh the diamonds inside are sparkling
But they can't hide what's behind 'em
They're funding apartheid so
Just say no, just say no just say no"
(see all the lyrics below!!)
Join Adalah-NY and the Palestine Liberation Singing Troupe for some post-Hannukah, pre-Christmas, end of Eid, Winter Solstice, nondenominational caroling outside of Israeli diamond and settlement mogul Lev Leviev's NYC storefront.
The tunes will be familiar, but the words will be tweaked to highlight the destruction of communities that Leviev sponsors in Palestine, New York and Africa, and the profits Leviev makes from human rights abuses.
MEET AT 1PM, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22ND
700 MADISON AVE, BTW 62ND AND 63RD
Make the shortest day of the year the longest day for Leviev!
For more information: www.mideastjustice.org
Boycott Leviev!
To see what the demo might look like:
www.mideastjustice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105
For a high resolution PDF of our flyer:
Leviev, Leviev
(to the tune of Jingle Bells)
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMnTRx_vPGI )
Leviev, Leviev, destroys human lives,
Think of where your money goes when shopping for your wives, -HEY!
Leviev, Leviev, displaces human lives,
Think of where your money goes when shopping for your wives.
Building settlements
on confiscated lands,
selling di-amonds,
with blood on his hands. Ho Ho Ho!
Making lots of dough,
Ignoring human rights
What a shame it is to shop at Leviev tonight! -HEY!
Leviev, Leviev, destroys human lives,
Think of where your money goes when shopping for your wives, -HEY!
Leviev, Leviev, displaces human lives,
Think of where your money goes when shopping for your wives.
When greed is the game
Why speak of human rights?
Lev has got no shame
Out of mind and sight! Ho Ho Ho!
If it sells, if it sells,
Nothin's in his way!
Oh what fun it is to hide
the high price poor folks pay! -HEY!
Leviev, Leviev, destroys human lives,
Think of where your money goes when shopping for your wives, -HEY!
Leviev, Leviev, displaces human lives,
Think of where your money goes when shopping for your wives.
Leviev the Red-Faced Magnate
(to the tune of Rudolph)
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55j7rLp8iIY&feature=related)
Leviev the red-faced magnate
Likes to uproot olive trees
And the way he can fund this,
Is with every shopping spree.
But if you spend cash elsewhere,
Palestinians won't lose land,
And Leviev the crooked jeweler,
He'll just have an empty hand.
Two days be-fore Christmas eve,
We're here to announce.
Leviev won't sell gems tonight,
We know customers will do right!
Lev we all hope you're listening,
Stop building on stolen land,
We'll be here almost weekly,
Until you don't have more demand
(REPEAT ONCE FROM THE TOP)
Leviev Oh Leviev
(to the tune of "Hanukkah oh Hanukkah")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.gardenofsong.com/ohhanukkah.html )
Leviev oh leviev
Destruction you're sowing
Stealing the land where the crops all are growing
Using all your billions to sponsor a cheat
In Jayous and Bilin there's nothing to eat
And while you
Ignore it
A Settlement still is a crime
No matter where
Apartheid's not fair
And we'll resist you every time
No matter where
Apartheid's not fair
And we'll resist you every time
Buy Yourself a Little Tchotchke
(to the tune of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUlOMc-2QvA)
Buy yourself a merry little tchotchke
At Leviev's store;
To be sure, it's gonna cost you thousands more.
Think of all the settlements you're funding
Where they don't belong;
'Cause Leviev's ruthless and he can't go wrong.
Here you are, having wine and cakes
While Leviev takes lots more
He'll make sure that there's nothing left
After all his theft and gore.
Make yourself all comfy at the Plaza;
Leave aside all care;
And forget the folks who live in Gaza there;
Buy your tchotchke at Leviev's if you dare.
(REPEAT ONCE FROM THE TOP)
I Made a Little Settlement
(to the tune of "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.msgr.ca/msgr-8/christmas_Dreidel_pattern.htm)
Lev-i-ev builds settlements
On Palestinians' best
farmland and bulldozed houses,
calls cops when they protest!
Oh boycott boycott boycott
Don't buy Leviev today
Funds crime with all that profit
Who needs diamonds anyway?
When Jews come to Israel,
Lev sells them stolen land.
The law says it's illegal,
He says catch me if you can!
Apartments for Jews only—
Discrimination, sure!
He thinks Palestine's the problem
and Apartheid is the cure!
Oh boycott boycott boycott
Don't buy Leviev today
Funds crime with all that profit
Who needs diamonds anyway?
Dividing up the West Bank
Jew-only homes and roads
Makes Palestine impossible.
Peace talks a cru-el hoax!
It's not just Palestine
That Lev defies the law.
At his building sites in Brooklyn,
Workers have no rights at all.
Oh boycott boycott boycott
Don't buy Leviev today
Funds crime with all that profit
Who needs diamonds anyway?
So boycott Leviev diamonds,
Until his land grabs cease.
Love your neighbor, not your glitter—
This season, work for peace!
Oh boycott boycott boycott
Don't buy Leviev today
Funds crime with all that profit
Who needs diamonds anyway
Stealing Palestinian Land
(to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CEopHlClLE&feature=related)
Sales will ring, are ya list'nin'?
In the lanes jewels are glist'nin'.
A beautiful sight, Leviev's happy tonight,
Stealing lots of Palestinian land.
Gone away is the bluebird;
Here to stay is a boo-bird.
We'll sing you this song as he goes along,
Stealing lots of Palestinian land.
In the meadow he will build a snowman,
And pretend his lawyer is in town.
He'll ask, "Now are you legal?" Lev says, "No, man!
But I won't let the question get me down!"
Later on, he'll conspire
As he dreams by the fire,
And face unafraid the plans that he's made
Building lots of homes on stolen land.
[Softer]
And face unafraid the plans that he's made
Building lots of homes on stolen land.
[Softer]
And face unafraid the plans that he's made
Building lots of homes on stolen land.
Wein 'a Ramallah
The original song can be found here:
(http://www.jordaniansongs.net/Jameel-And-Slwa/230 )
Wein 'a Ramallah
Wein 'a Ramallah
Welfi ya msafer wein 'a Ramallah
Ma tkhaf minaallah
Ma tkhaf minaallah
Sargat glaibee ma tkhaf minaallah
Wein ya habibi
Wein ya habibi
Tarekni ou rayeh wein ya habibi
Hazzi ou nassibi
Hazzi ou nassibi
Raitak min Allah hazzi ou nassibi
'Ed al khail ou yallah
'Ed al khail ou yallah
Terheb 'adwak bee ou adouallah
Khail min Ramallah
Khail min Ramallah
Nadait, rad el-khail min Ramallah
Wein 'a Bil'ini
Wein 'a Bil'ini
Tarekni ou rayeh wein 'a Bil'ini
Shougi ou hanini,
Shougi ou hanini
Bayen fi glaibi shougi ou hanini
Wein 'a Jayyoussi
Wein 'a Jayyoussi
Tarekni ou rayeh wein 'a Jayyoussi
Itammi mahroussi,
Itammi mahroussi,
Raitek minaallah itammi mahroussi
Wein 'a Ramallah
Wein 'a Ramallah
Welfi ya msafer wein 'a Ramallah
Raje' 'a bladi
Raje' 'a bladi
'ala ardi alkhadra, raje' a' bladi
Leviev's Got Your Home for the Holidays
(to the tune of "Home for the Holidays")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9UHq0Fymw)
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays,
But only if you're Zionist, my dear;
Leviev's building homes for the holidays;
He's stealing land and spreading lots of fear.
There's a man from Oklahoma
And he's heading for Har Homa,
To live beneath the spreading azure sky;
The land is someone else's,
But hey, Leviev tells us,
It's cheaper taking land you did not buy.
There's no place like home for the holidays,
Even with no fuel or food, I fear,
In Gaza when you're home for the holidays
In this happy, jolly, ho-ho time of year.
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays,
But only if you're Zionist, my dear;
Leviev's building homes for the holidays;
He's stealing land and spreading lots of fear.
Oh, you're a hungry cayuse
When you're stuck down there in Jayyous
And Lev has carted off your olive trees;
How can you make a living
In this merry time of giving?
You suffer while Leviev takes his ease.
Yes, there's no place like home for the holidays;
Even when you've nothing anywhere;
Leviev's got your home for the holidays;
He'll sell it to that rich man over there
Yes, He'll sell it to that rich man over there
Starve Jayyous
(to the tune of "Do they know it's Christmas?")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6heYHOhZww )
Boycott Leviev, Show Palestinians humanity
It's Leviev, so there's reason to be afraid
Leviev, he builds Israelis homes, so he can get paid
And in Lev's world of plenty, he can spread a smile of joy,
Throw the Palestinians off their land, at any time,
Don't say goodbye, goodbye to the homeless ones,
Building settlements is not hard, cause Lev's got a gun,
There's a village outside his window,
But it won't be there next year,
Where the only water flowing,
Is for the settlement that's near,
The bulldozers that work there, are destroying someone's home
Well tonight thank god it's Arabs instead of you,
And there won't be fuel in Gaza this wintertime,
They'll be lucky to escape with their life
Ohhh, In Gaza not a house glows,
Cause none of Lev's fuel flows
Will they survive wintertime at all?
Here's to Lev
Raise a glass for the wealthy one
Here's to Bil'in
Living beneath a soldier's gun
Will they survive wintertime at all?
Lev starves Jayyous,
Cuts the fuel to the Gaza Strip
Lev starves Jayyous,
Cuts the fuel to the Gaza Strip
Lev starves Jayyous,
Cuts the fuel to the Gaza Strip
(segue to...)
Boycott Leviev,
Show Palestinians humanity
Boycott Leviev,
Show Palestinians humanity
Boycott Leviev,
Show Palestinians humanity
Just Say No (to the tune of "Let it Snow")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIMShgfWIns )
Oh the diamonds inside are sparklin
But they can't hide what's behind em
They're funding apartheid so
Just say no, just say no just say no
Leviev's spent decades earning
Off of people's pain and suff'ring
So if you'd rather not help his show
Just say no, just say no just say no
In Bilin all the farmers sigh
As Lev takes away their land
But the settlements are a crime
And justice is our demand
Lev's lies are fin'lly showing
And his greed is overflowing
New York knows the way to go
Just say no, Just say no Just say no
(REPEAT ONCE FROM THE TOP)
Lev-i-ev the Rich Man Jeweler
(to the tune of "Rudolph")
The original song can be found here:
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55j7rLp8iIY&feature=related)
Lev-i-ev the rich man jeweler
Watches all his billions grow
Off of Angolan diamonds
Helping a dictator's show
Look at Leviev's billions
Funding an illegal plan
Settlements he is building
Dividing up the West Bank land
Then one cold November eve
Leviev came to town
He put a store here in New York
But we will shut him down
Leviev your crimes are showing
Your deeds are getting hard to hide
No matter what you call it
We say NO to apartheid!
(REPEAT ONCE FROM THE TOP
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