אל תאכל עטלפות, בסין וגם בקונגו.
זה רק גורם למגפות, בין טוקיו לשיקאגו.
כמו כן אל נא תנגוס בפיל,
בפנגולין או ארמדיל,
ואל תאכל עטלפות!
ואת דגניך, הקפד תמיד על לנפות,
ואל תאכל עטלפות!
המשך…
,Half past twelve
,And I'm having a meeting in my flat all alone
.And we talk all day and still I'm on my own
,Automn winds
,Blowing outside my window as I sit in my room
.And the only way to see you is by Zoom
,There is a plague out there
.No one to hear my prayer
,Gimme, gimme, gimme vaccines in the bicep
.Won't somebody help me chase the COVID away
,Gimme, gimme, gimme vaccines in the bicep
.Take us through the darkness to the break of the day
,I find in the morning three times out of ten
,A case of Corona’s been spotted again
,He hasn’t returned from Beijing or from Rome
.A decade has passed since he’d traveled from home
,I’m a young lady of savvy and STEM
,There isn’t that much I don’t know about germs
,How Koch set criteria, how Gram makes it stain
.I pester the grownups until they explain
,Flatten the curve, flatten the curve
?Why are we trying to flatten the curve
,Flatten the curve, flatten the curve
?Why are we trying to flatten the curve
עמוק בתל אביב, שם בפלורנטין
בינות צלילי גיטרה לקול מואזין
היה חדרון קטן שגגו דולף
ישב לו שם ג'וני ואפו נוטף
היה לו חום גבוה וראשו כאב
תפסה אותו קורונה, מה עושים עכשיו?
שב, שב
שב ג'וני, שב, שב
שב ג'וני, שב, שב
שב ג'וני, שב, שב
שב ג'וני, שב, שב
ג'וני בידוד
Do not forget to wash your hands
It puts us all in danger
You will be given reprimands
And scowling looks from strangers.
If you don't have a sink, it's wise
To do your best to sanitize…
Do not forget to wash your hands.
And mind your manners, lest illness overtake the land,
And don't forget to wash your hands!
Make proper use of PPE
To stave away diseases
Take off your gloves when you go pee
Put masks on for your sneezes!
And though you're lonely and upset
Don't buy any mosquito nets…
Make proper use of gloves and masks.
And mind your manners…
Do not go out into the street
Unless you have good reason
Except for meds or food to eat
Just wait until next season.
If seven hundred folks get sick
You'd be known as a giant prick…
Do not go out into the street.
TTTO: The Wellerman, by The Longest Johns
A country there was which had a plague
The name of the place I will keep vague
Suffice that for this shanty's sake
Trust it's a place we know.
