It's a Rebbe's Life Lyrics

I see him at the cheder ⁣

I see him all the time ⁣

And even when I leave him ⁣

Can't get him off my mind ⁣

אוי כי הם חיינו ⁣

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life ⁣

The times that he's successful ⁣

The times I watch him fail ⁣

The learning and the struggle ⁣

The nachas and the pain ⁣

אוי כי הם חיינו ⁣

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life ⁣

I've tried rewards and prizes ⁣

And the wisest of advisors ⁣

Just to find out what he needs ⁣

For Yankele ben Gittel ⁣

Let me say one more kappitel ⁣

Gonna pray that he'll succeed ⁣

Cuz it's a rebbe's life ⁣

We understand ⁣

We've got the future of the world in our hands ⁣

For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see ⁣

Yes, it's a rebbe's life ⁣

We know every child ⁣

Has got a spark of something special inside ⁣

And the Torah we teach ⁣

Is a flame that will reach ⁣

Every heart and soul ⁣

For generations to be

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So many years later ⁣

I've left it all behind ⁣

But Yankele in cheder ⁣

Will sometimes cross my mind ⁣

אוי כי הם חיינו ⁣

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life ⁣

Then I attend a dinner ⁣

I meet the honoree ⁣

I say, "You look familiar" ⁣

And Yankel says "It's me!" ⁣

אוי כי הם חיינו ⁣

Oy cuz it's a rebbe's life⁣

My Yankel's dedicated ⁣

To assisting kids in cheder ⁣

For whom learning's really tough ⁣

He says "Rebbe I can guide 'em ⁣

Cuz I see the good inside 'em ⁣

And it's all because your love"

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Cuz it's a rebbe's life ⁣

We understand ⁣

We've got the future of the world in our hands ⁣

For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see

⁣

Yes, it's a rebbe's life ⁣

We know every child ⁣

Has got a spark of something special inside ⁣

And the Torah we teach ⁣

Is a flame that will reach ⁣

Every heart and soul ⁣

For generations to be ⁣

Cuz it's a rebbe's life ⁣

We understand ⁣

We've got the future of the world in our hands ⁣

For tinokos shel bais rabban are the leaders tomorrow we'll see ⁣

Yes, it's a rebbe's life ⁣

We know every child ⁣

Has got a spark of something special inside ⁣

And the Torah we teach ⁣

Is a flame that will reach ⁣

Every heart and soul ⁣

For generations to be ⁣

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