Little Passover Song

This lyric

English

Music and words

Walter J. Kin

The recording credits Walter J. Kin with music and lyrics and Riglis Band with performance. The author describes writing a small English song for very young children. It is a contemporary contribution to Passover singing, not a translation of a named older Seder song. An exact composition date is not supplied in the description.

The published lyric uses a four-line unit repeatedly. It moves from the sensation of eating matzah to taking a seat, recognizing freedom and celebrating together. That sequence gives a tiny piece a shape: something a child can touch opens into something a community remembers.

Repetition is the central invitation. A child does not need to master a long story before joining the next return. Adults can place the song alongside a fuller account of Passover, but the song itself does not attempt to tell every part of the Exodus or describe the order of a Seder. Its achievement is participation at the beginning of that encounter.

The phrase about matzah being sweet belongs to the lyric's celebratory language; it is not a definition of every kind of matzah. Notice how the table invitation and the word freedom appear in the same brief space. A simple question after listening is what makes a person feel welcome at that table. English is the recorded language verified here.

The Russian prose is an explanation of the song, not an additional sung adaptation.

Credits & rights

Performer Riglis Band

Music Walter J. Kin

Language English

Publisher Rigli Publishing (Walter J. Kin)

Rights owner Rigli Publishing

Licensing Rigli Publishing

Copyright In album collective work (verify deposit)

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