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Oh when I was a boy My one and only joy was pretending I was living in the past. So to get my little thrills I'd storm down from the hills A wooden sword held tightly in my grasp. CHORUS Oh Judah Macabee How was I to see what you would mean to me? No Syrian decree Could make you bend your knee Not Judah Macabee. Ah, my friends all thought me strange And sometimes would exchange a worried look Or word behind my back. No they couldn't understand The Romans were at hand And they were getting ready to attack. CHORUS Oh Judah Macabee How was I to see what you would mean to me? No Roman cavalry Could make you bend your knee Not Judah Macabee. In the Polish underground I never made a sound while running through The forest late at night. Just like Mattathias' sons I knew the time would come When I would need my courage to survive. CHORUS Oh Judah Macabee How was I to see what you would mean to me? No German infantry Could make you bend your knee Not Judah Macabee.
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A version of this song can be found on the Sons Of Safam Album. By the group Safam. It speaks metaphorically about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Polish underground, German infantry).
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