Jubilee Jubilo
- © 2021 L. D. Vellani
Well, a jubilee is rollin’ round
Blow your horns & dance all night
Free is free to start a new
We’ve got no reason to fight
Seven times seven’s a mighty progression
I’m me-because-of-you is life-long lesson
Free is free to start anew
Let’s everybody get it right!
Moses was a mighty man
Zipporah was his wife
Moses read the 10 commands
Zipporah used a little flint knife
Seven is the sabbath day
Rest, get ready for a better day’
Moses was a mighty man
Zipporah was his wife
Seven is the sabbath day
Final day of a creative week
Zipporah asked her Moses dear
While they were dancing cheek to cheek
“Could a sabbath year come after several sevens?
Seven times seven years’s a mighty fine progression.
We all were so poor down in Egypt,
Now we’re free, let’s set things right!
The sabbath year is matter of sevens
Seven times seven years’s 49
49 years is a long enough session
For returning shared things on time
Seven times seven is a fine progression
Sharing what-folks-need is never in question
You know I am because we are, let’s everybody set things right!
At least 17 cycles over 800 years
They say folks tried to live that way
When the 7th-time-seven years rolled around
The biggest sharing was on display
The former prisoners wept, all the slaves went free
What once had been my land came back to me
Jubilee Year they started to call it—everybody shouted for joy!
Well, a jubilee is rollin’ round
Blow your horn & dance all night
Free is free to start anew
We’ve got no reason to fight
Seven times seven’s a fine progression
I’m me-because-of-you is a life-long lesson
Free is free to start a new
Where we had once begun
Some call it the year of Jubilo
Some call it a year of Shabbat
Some call it what’s mine is also yours
Some folks just leave it at that
I am me because of you
Do unto others as they should do to you
I am me because we are
I’m just gonna leave it at that
Well, a jubilee is rollin’ round
Blow your horn & dance all night
Free is free to start a new
We’ve got no reason to fight
Seven x seven’s a fine progression
I’m me because we are is a life-long lesson
Free is free to start a new
Where we had once begun …
Seven times seven redefines possession
I’m me because of you is a life-long lesson
Free is free to start a new
Get ready to have some fun
