Eli Nathan - Fifteen Synagogues lyrics

In their little town there were fifteen synagogues in all Quite a phenomena for a town so small In every shul there prayed just ten men and no more There was no way that they would pray in the shul next door Each synagogue was so sure that their's was the best Why there couldn't be one finer among all the rest When they'd walk by another shul they'd say with a grin Hey that's one of the shuls I don't daven in Well the town hadn't seen much rain as the year was going by The wells were drying up and the throats were going dry That's when they decided to put it to the test Yes the synagogue that could make it rain surely was the best They started off with Beth David, they stood and prayed all day The skies remained crystal clear, pray hard as they may But as the day wore on smug smiles disappeared Soon fifteen shuls had come and gone and still no rain appeared They waited in the town square beneath the sky so blue The sun beat down upon them and they didn't know what to do And one old man got up and said unto the rest Let's all pray together now, no one here's the best And softly like a whisper, voices were heard As together they repeated word after word And from that moment on the town was not the same As the clouds began to form and it began to rain In their little town there was just one synagogue, that's all...