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The Mitzvah Bus

by MISTER G

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Challah-lalala 02:25
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The Mitzvah Bus 02:44
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Hanukkah 02:32
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Hola Shalom 02:26
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Camp 02:13
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Latkes for Breakfast 02:40
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LATKES FOR BREAKFAST Latkes in the morning With sour cream When I go to sleep at night That’s what I dream I don’t want one, two, three or four I’ll eat a thousand or maybe more Golden brown and so delicious With applesauce they are nutritious Potatoes and eggs, salt and pepper A little bit of onion, now mix it all together CHORUS I love latkes in my tummy Better than brisket, or apples and honey Some kids like gelt and birthday cake But when I hear that sizzle my knees start to shake CHORUS Last night I had the greatest dream I was surfing on a cloud of latkes When I looked up I saw latkes When I looked down I saw latkes When I looked all around, I saw latkes! I’d rather eat latkes than walk on the moon I’d rather eat latkes than clean my room CHORUS ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc.. ASCAP 2015
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Bevakasha 02:17
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BEVAKASHA Bevakasha, bevakasha Please, please When you want falafel and apple pie Or a bright, red shiny new bike to ride When you need some hugs and smooches too Want to hug your Bubbe all afternoon Bevakasha, bevakasha Please, please If you can’t wait to help with the Seder plate Head out to the pond for a midnight skate Where might that afikomen be? If you want a hint try saying please Bevakasha, bevakasha Please, please Every single day it seems Is full of opportunities There's nothing to it It's as easy as can be Say bevakasha, just say please Bevakasha, bevakasha Please, Please
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Matzah on my Mind 01:58
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Shabbat Shalom 02:59
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SHABBAT SHALOM Shabbat Shalom, Shabbat Shalom Come on home, turn off that phone Shabbat Shalom Shabbat Shalom, Shabbat Shalom It's been a long week now it's time for a treat Shabbat Shalom Every Friday night, we eat by candlelight Oh the world is right, I'm with my family Share the challah, pour the wine Say the prayers then suppertime Close my eyes and realize There's no place I'd rather be Shabbat Shalom, Shabbat Shalom Come on home, put down that phone Shabbat Shalom Shabbat Shalom, Shabbat Shalom It's been a long week now it's time for a treat Shabbat Shalom Every Friday night, we eat by candlelight Kiddush cups for all of us, I'm with my family Invite our friends both old and new To share the blessing, share the food Study Torah, rest and sing Shabbat’s the best of everything CHORUS Every Friday night, we eat by candlelight We hold each other tight, this is my family Share the challah, pour the wine Say the prayers then suppertime Come Havdalah I’m feeling fine The perfect place to be Shabbat Shalom, Shabbat Shalom Come on home, put down that phone Shabbat Shalom It's been a long week now it's time for a treat Shabbat Shalom ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc., ASCAP 2015
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Purim Party Song 01:54
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Purim Party Song This is gonna be a purim song This is gonna be a purim song So get some hamantaschen and start singing along This is a purim party song Put your costume on and come with me We’ll read the Megillah and you will see Just why we celebrate, it’s because we’re free This is our purim party song Bridge So we say l’chaim and parade all through town Give some tzedekah, then jump up and down Come to our crazy purim party now Mordechai and Esther were brave and strong But Haman the wicked was mean and wrong Thanks to Hashem we’ve been here all along Singing this purim party song So put on your masks and grab some noisemakers We’ll laugh and we’ll eat (joke) and dance with our shakers And we’ll sing this purim party song, all night long You know I wait for purim every year On the 14th of Adar it’s finally here It’s my favorite holiday, so let me hear you cheer While we sing our purim party song Love to sing our purim party song ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc., ASCAP 2015
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Tokhes 02:07
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Tokhes Rub your tummy, clap your hands, get on the floor Rub your tummy, clap your hands, get on the floor Rub your tummy, get on the floor, clap your hands Yell more, more more Rub your tummy, clap your hands, get on the floor Pat your pupik, tap your tokhes, get on the floor (Pat your belly button, pat your bottom, get on the floor) Pat your pupik, tap your tokhes, get on the floor Pat your pupik, get on the floor, tap your tokhes Yell more, more more Pat your pupik, tap your tokhes, get on the floor Tap your tokhes, tap your tokhes, tap your tokhes Get on the floor Rub your tummy, it’s so funny, rub your tummy Get on the floor Sniff your shnoz, clap your hent, get on the floor (Sniff your nose, clap your hands, get on the floor) Sniff your schnoz, clap your hent, get on the floor Sniff your schnoz, get on the floor, clap your hent Yell more, more more Pat your pupik, tap your tokhes, get on the floor Pat your pupik, tap your tokhes, get on the floor Rub your tummy, clap your hands, get on the floor ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc. ASCAP 2015
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Flood's Gonna Come 04:03
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FLOOD’S GONNA COME God said to Noah, “I’ll tell you what to do You’ve got to build an ark, like a floating zoo You can’t take one, you gotta take two of every animal Every frog and skunk and kangaroo Cause the flood’s gonna come The water’s gonna rise The floods gonna come Better get/comeS inside Noah was six hundred years old But when God started talking, Noah did as he was told God was angry at the wickedness of every man Except for Noah, he alone would understand Cause the flood’s gonna come The water’s gonna rise The floods gonna come Better get/comeS inside Noah built the ark, while his neighbors laughed At the crazy guy building a boat for a couple giraffes But Noah kept working, all night and day With his family, and this is what he’s say Chorus All animals went into the Ark The wolves did howl, and the dogs did bark And the storm clouds came, filled up the sky And the rain started pouring, was Noah surprised? No he wasn’t surprised Chorus For forty days and forty nights The storm kept raging, no land in sight For forty days and forty nights The storm kept raging, no land in sight From valleys low to mountains high The ocean nearly touched the sky After many months at sea God sent a wind, a drying breeze And when the dove did not return They got out of the ark, lessons learned Chorus ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc., ASCAP 2015
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Naturaleza 01:53
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NATURALEZA Rios y montañas (Rivers and mountains) Naturaleza (Nature) Rivers and moutains Naturaleza (Nature) Nuestro mundo tan bonita (Our world is so beautiful) Canten con migo ninos (Sing with me children) Juntos para ver la naturaleza (Together we can see the wonder of nature) Winter and spring Naturaleza (Nature) Khoref ve aviv (Winter and spring) Naturaleza (Nature) Nuestro mundo tan bonito (Our world is so beautiful) Canten conmigo niños (Sing with me children) Juntos para ver la naturaleza (Together we can see the wonder of nature) Hay que protegerla (We need to protect nature) Hay que protegeria Hay que protegeria Hay que protegeria Bal tashchit (Do not destroy) Bal tashchit Fields and flowers Naturaleza (Nature) Sadeh ve prachim (Fields and flowers) Naturaleza (Nature) Nuestro mundo tan bonito (Our world is so beautiful) Canten conmigo niños (Sing with me children) Juntos para ver la naturaleza (Together we can see the wonder of nature) Juntos para ver la naturaleza ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc., ASCAP 2015
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Lilah Tov 02:59
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LILAH TOV It’s been a long and beautiful day The sun got tired and went away The moon is rising big and bright Now it’s time to say goodnight Lilah Tov Lilah Tov Lilah Tov to my sister and brother
Lilah Tov to my father and mother
Lilah Tov to the birds in the trees
Lilah Tov to the fish in the sea LilahTov Lilah Tov Good night, good night good night Sleep is coming to take me away
Dream of peaceful happy days
The house is quiet, I'm tucked in tight
Now it's time to say goodnight
 Lilah Tov LilahTov ©Ben Gundersheimer, Coil Records, Inc., ASCAP 2015


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"Kid-friendly bilingual rock star" --The Washington Post

A Latin Grammy Winner, Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) is one of the leading figures in the world of children's music. The Mitzvah Bus is Mister G's third Parents' Choice Gold-winning album of original music.

Parents' Choice Review:

"Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer), a leading figure in the world of children's music, delivers crafty and fun bilingual tunes, which are culturally broadening and often address the emotional lives of children. The Mitzvah Bus, his first collection of Jewish-themed original songs, is witty and very, very entertaining. Beginning with rollicking "Challah-lalala," he celebrates the plethora of tasty traditional foods, while the R&B flavored title song, explains the concept of service and being part of a caring community.

Hanukkah somehow condenses several thousand years of teaching into a very danceable song with an irresistible Ska beat; likewise, Hola Shalom (Hello friends, Peace friends) is a thoroughly infectious song about friendship and bridging cultural borders, sung in English, Spanish and Hebrew. Camp captures the summer joys of sleep-away camp, while Latkes for Breakfast uses funk, soul and rap to extol humorously the virtues of those tasty potato delicacies. In the same way, he has explained key Spanish phrases on previous albums, Bevakasha illuminates the Hebrew word for both "please" and "thank you." Food themes return (as they often do in real life) in the rock-steady Matzah on my Mind, while Shabbat Shalom uses a funky Dire Straits-like arrangement to elucidate the traditional Sabbath day of rest. Elsewhere, Purim Party Song is essentially an instructional storytelling song about the Jewish holiday of the title, while Tokhes uses Hebrew words to describe various body parts. Flood's Gonna Come is a jazzy, soulful retelling of the story of Noah and his ark; Naturaleza is a trilingual ode to nature. The album ends with the beautiful and lyrical lullaby Lilah Tov(good night).

As with his previous releases, a host of brilliant and professional musicians joins Mister G, as he plays highly rhythmic acoustic guitar, and sings in a clear and friendly voice. Full lyrics are available on his easy to navigate and kid-friendly website. Though the album is culturally and religiously themed, Gundersheimer's approach offers a wider understanding and an open sharing of ideas, concepts and traditions with children and adults. The fact that he accomplishes this with so much fun speaks volumes to the ingenuity of the very talented Mister G."

Lahri Bond ©2016 Parents' Choice

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released December 6, 2015

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MISTER G Northampton, Massachusetts

"Kid-friendly bilingual rock star" --Washington Post

MISTER G (Ben Gundersheimer) is a Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist, author and educator. His dynamic, interactive bilingual performances aim to dissolve borders and foster cross-cultural connections.

"We'll Make Things Better Together" is the musical companion to Ben's children's picture book of the same title published by Penguin in 2023. ... more

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