Eli Nathan - Alpeh Bais lyrics

Little Moshe went to cheder every day And with the other children he learned to say Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey And the rebbe would smile at him in a special way When they came and went no one ever saw The study of the torah was forbidden by the law In the ominous dark shadow of the kgb They learnt the aleph bais secretly Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey Moshe and the children would all say together they'd repeat with voices soft and sweet Aleph, bais, gimmel ,daled, hey Soldiers boots scraping on the hallway floor Terrified young eyes focused on the door The crusty hardened face of the soldier that appeared Filled the cheder room with great fear He singled out Moshe what have you learned To the scared young child all faces turned With the bayonet so close he had no choice but to say Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey Somewhere in that soldier's memory Himself as a young boy he did see As the image flashed before his mind, tears came to his eyes All the cheder children heard him say with a sigh Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey, there was a time when those letters i would say He fought back his emotions and to the soldiers down the hall He called lets move on there's nothing here at all Lets move on there's nothing here at all Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey Moshe and the children would all say together they'd repeat with voices soft and sweet Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey Aleph, bais, gimmel, daled, hey