A playful klezmer-pop Purim song from RIGLI and JewishSong.org
Purim is the most joyful, playful holiday of the Jewish year: costumes, noisemakers, sweet hamantaschen, and the whole story of brave Queen Esther who saved her people. It is a day made for laughing out loud.
RIGLI captures all of that fun in a bouncy klezmer-pop song that practically asks a room full of children to jump up and dance.
The song celebrates everything kids love about Purim: dressing up, spinning the grogger to drown out the villain's name, and the happy ending of the Purim story. It is part of the world of JEWISH, RIGLI's project for reviving Jewish song for a new century.
Turn on captions in the video above and sing along with the whole class. A printable lyric sheet is coming soon. Want it sooner for your choir or classroom? Write to walter@jewishsong.org and we will send it.
Original music and lyrics by Walter J. Kin (RIGLI). Performance: Riglis Band. Part of the world of JEWISH, creative producer Walter J. Kin (RIGLI).
You may sing, perform, teach, record, and share Happy Purim! for non-commercial purposes: schools, synagogues, JCCs, choirs, camps, museums, families, and individuals. Keep the credit to RIGLI and JewishSong.org, and please do not charge for the performance or resell the files.
The music, lyrics, and recording were created for RIGLI by Walter J. Kin, Member of the Dramatists Guild of America, and published by Rigli Publishing as part of JewishSong.org. Full terms and a copy-paste credit line are on our License - Free page. For commercial use or custom arrangements, write to walter@jewishsong.org.