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A song for the restoration of the Jordan River, in honor of the environmental peacemaking efforts of Friends of the Earth Middle East.

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Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

Lately Leviathan has crept up from the south
Up the River Jordan there with its ever thirsty mouth
Drinks and drinks and drinks and drinks, it’s never satisfied
Down below, the River has died

Wild Ox, please my friend, don’t leave your droppings here
Let the life-filled waters flow to the valley of tears
Stand up with us - stand up - together we will see
A land, alive and free

Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

Dark side of hope is that it keeps us paralyzed
Waiting for the yonder man, savior from the other side
Don’t you see that mystery unfolding over there
So let’s cross, not sit and stare

Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

Forty years of searching shows one thing that’s surely true
You’ve got to find the river first, before you can cross on through
Prophets find the path but they can’t take us to the other side
So let’s go, ourselves, don’t hide!

Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

Rise, rise, rise, rise
Sweet waters, let them rise

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from Nigunim, Vol. IV: Brooklyn Spirituals, released August 6, 2014

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Joey Weisenberg Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Virtuosic multi-instrumental musician, composer and teacher Joey Weisenberg is the founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, cultivating grassroots musical-spiritual creativity in Jewish community. He has released seven albums with the Hadar Ensemble and is author of The Torah of Music (2017 winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and Building Singing Communities. ... more

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