Arnold Perlmutter & Herman Wohl — Long Live Columbus

America is a shtetl Where, I swear, life is great The Divine rests on her; We should all get to live so Wars, guns, or bloodshed We need like a hole in the head Who needs an ruler? The hell with kings Ay, it’s great Everyone sing along: Long live Columbus! Brothers, drink a toast to life—l’ḥayyim! Oh, long live Columbus For discovering this new land! Be merry! Pay no heed to the grumblers Jews, shout: Long live Columbus! For girls, America Is a great place, a paradise For boys here are plentiful like the sands of the sea A pleasure, Oh, what a life You don’t need a dowry The hell with matchmakers And if a chump wants to marry for money He’s liable to wind up with a wife no one else would marry Oh, it’s good Girls sing along: Long live Columbus!...