From a friend, Based on the 1950s song Greenfields..

Based on the 1950s song Greenfields..
From Rahel in the galut who yearns for Ha Eretz


1.) Once there was Avram and lech lecha
Once there was Yitzak and Ha Akeida
Once there was Yakov , a sulam to on high
He gave them His heritage and its for you and I
bnai Yisrael is wed to the Land..



2 .) once there were gold rocks, kissed by the sun
once there were valleys where our young ones used to run
under the blue skies w/ white clouds up above
to Yerushalayim where they felt Shekhina's love
But now there is galut and like a dreamer, how I yearn


Chorus :
Your kedusha will always beckon me
In Sfat and Tiverya, i hear Your melody
" return my children..the shofar it does sing
Hevron , Yerushalayim I shelter w/ my wing "



3 ) '' Shiloh and ha midbar, the green hills of Golan
the sands by yam ha melakh, the aura of Meron
Here in Bet Lechem where Rahel she does weep
In each amot you walk, the zechut will be deep
For you are my people and this is my Land ''





4.) Now gone are the rulers who took our true home
Gone now is Ashur and Bavel and Rome
Gone are the Greeks, the Farsis , and the Turks
Ottomans dont rule us yet still some tumeh lurks
It's time now for mitzvot to cleanse our land



Chorus :
Your kedusha will always beckon me
In Sfat and Tiverya, i hear Your melody
" return my children..the shofar it does sing
Hevron , Yerushalayim I shelter w/ my wing "

4 .) So HaShem , He is calling, our land will atone
He promises rebirth, a new soul He will loan
And in this sweet land, the land of our soul's home
We'll no longer wander, we'll no longer roam
We'll walk w/ Shekhina in the home of our own...\



5 .) So now there are gold rocks, glist'ning in the sun
The valleys are green and children again run ,
breathe ' neath th ose blue skies w/ white clouds high above
Here we live Torah and bask in His love
No more galut for He brought us home


Chorus :
Your kedusha will always beckon me
In Sfat and Tiverya, i hear Your melody
" return my children..the shofar it does sing
Hevron , Yerushalayim I shelter w/ my wing "

And He is waiting for Yisrael to come home