Pretty Fly For A Rabbi Lyrics

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Vern zol fun dir a blintsa

(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!

And all the goyim say I'm pretty fly for a rabbi

Meccha leccha hi, meccha hiney hiney ho

Our temple's had a fair share of rabbis in the past
But most of'em were nudniks and none of'em would last
But our new guy's real kosher, I think he'll do the trick
I tell ya, he's to die for - he really knows his shtick

So how's by you? Have you seen this Jew?
Reads the Torah, does his own accounting too
Working' like a dog at the synagogue
He's there all day, he's there all day
Just say "Vay ish mir!" and he'll kick into gear
He'll bring you lots of cheer and maybe bagels with some shmeer
Just grab your yamaka and
Hey! Hey! Do that Hebrew thing!

(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!

And all the goyim say I'm pretty fly (for a rabbi)

He shops at discount stores, not just any will suffice
He has to find a bargain 'cause he won't pay retail price
He never acts meshugga and he's hardly a schlemiel
But if you wanna haggle, oy, he'll make you such a deal!

People used to scoff, now they say "Mazel tov!"
He's such a macher 'cause he works his tuchis off
Yeah, he keeps his cool and teaches shul
What's not to like? What's not to like?
Oh high holy days, you know he prays and prays
And he never eats pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise
Put on your yamaka and
Hey! Hey! Do that Hebrew thing!

When he's doing a Bar Mitzvah, now that you shouldn't miss
He'll always shlep on down for a wedding or a briss
They say he's got a lot of chutzpah, he's really quite hhhhhip
The parents pay the moyl and he gets to keep the tip!

(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!
(How ya doin', Bernie?) Oy vey, oy vey!

Meccha leccha hi, meccha meccha cholly ho

He's doin' well, I gotta kvell
The yentas love him, even shicksas think he's swell
Show up at his home, he says, "Shalom!"
And "Have some cake-You want some cake?"
Yeah he calls the shots, we really love him lots
Oy gevalt, I'm so ferklempt that I could plotz!
So grab your yamaka--
The one you got for Chanukah--
Let's put on our yamakas and--
Hey! Hey! Do that Hebrew thing!

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alternative_fairy	16/05/2006 03:33:01
i'm sorry to say but whoever wrote out the lyrics doesn't know hebrew. at all. in any way. yamakah, for one thing. there's no l's or r's. i hate to sound snobby, but i wonder if half the people who laugh at this really understand why it's funny. also, there's a lot of words in this song that are yiddish/hebrew.

<3 becca <3	18/08/2005 19:30:44
this song is so funni it could get my dead granny up n dancein ...erm...yeh n e way it rawks =D

monsterr	07/11/2004 03:28:31
This song is a different version of the Offspring

i luv weerd al	13/06/2004 23:03:25
its histerical how weerd al uses weerd words sometimes(especially in this song) he is totally the best

black_vampiress	08/01/2004 12:04:35
this is 1 of the only things that makes my dad laugh, and thats a pretty big achievment cos my dad has the same sense of humour as a troll!

dudett307	17/07/2003 22:20:30
Wierd Al rules

jackisareep	27/06/2003 04:57:47
unbeatable

Nov	09/04/2003 12:32:16
Weird Al is good in parodies. In this parody of the Offspring's "Pretty Fly For a White Guy," he crowds the lyrics with Yiddish words, including the "Oy Vey!" with which he accompanies the chorus. Nice schtick.